London especially suffers from lots of shoddy conversions. However, buildings built today to today's modern standards (with a little foresight) could easily be

London especially suffers from lots of shoddy conversions. However, buildings built today to today's modern standards (with a little foresight) could easily be fine 100 years in the future. I'm not talking about fragile glass showpieces, but simple properly insulated homes built from durable materials.