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And in these Covid19 times, with remote working becoming the norm, this is the ideal time to try and reverse that.
Recently I'm seeing a lot of stepping back from the enthusiasm for pure homeworking. Companies and commentators are recognising some things do happen better and faster face to face. I think the enthusiasm is for a hybrid model of a few days a week/month on site. That limits how far away people will base themselves by both time and travel costs.
Also, the covid experience of working from home has been abnormally quiet. As the economy starts up, so does traffic, building work, road work etc. Which will make home less conducive to conference calls or concentration.
And actually both are a good thing for people who want to stay employed, because if ones job really can be 100% remote, it very likely doesn't need a UK based person earning a UK salary.
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Which will make home less conducive to conference calls or concentration.
From a purely selfish point of view I wish the woman in the flat next door and the woman above me could get back to their offices 5 days a week so that I can get on with my caretaking/gardening stuff in peace and crank up my guitars like wot i used to.
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course, if things pan out nicely with the pound, a UK based person on a UK salary might be extraordinarily cheap... assuming they can tie their shoelaces and string sentences together and didn't flounce abroad with the national exodus.
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lookitsluke
I don't think it's nonsense, but it's highly South East specific, and in particular London. If you want to buy a house in the many parts of the country, no problem. They're cheap as chips. The problem is that everyone there (well, nearly) is on the minimum wage or benefits. The places where the jobs are, particularly the well-paying jobs, are highly centralized and as a result the house prices in those particular locations are astro-fucking-nomical, with commuter belts extending up to 100 miles outwards.
I agree the problem isn't a lack of housing per se. The problem is the highly localised demand for housing. And in these Covid19 times, with remote working becoming the norm, this is the ideal time to try and reverse that. Trouble is, all the Daily Mail-reading Boomers will be up in arms if it turns out their family home that they bought for two-and-a-half shillings in the mid seventies is no longer worth a couple of mill...