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The English (I don't know about NI) tend to be snobbish about flats, not to mention public transport, demanding their 'own' space. They are also obsessed with home ownership. This leads to the proliferation of lowish intensity housing and paved gardens which aren't actually wanted as gardens, not to mention all the unnecessary car journeys. As new developments tend to be on the outskirts of towns with inadequate public transport the problems deepen.
This the direct opposite to, say, Holland, where people are happy to live in well-specified apartments with good public transport.
The consequence is that English developers build according to demand and hence profit.
Colin_the_Bald
What's with the house obsession?
Not being snarky but having low rise flats with parks take up less space and make public transport and community centres / childcare more viable as you have enough of a population density.
Yes we are in a house, cos garden and few apartments on offer in Belfast that aren't either grim or super £.
The gardens that people pave over cos of "maintenance" those things :)
I got told by someone their estate agent said flats don't hold their value is that why?