High Density Housing

[muddy]

It seems to be the government policy to build high density housing .
Blocks of flats going up let right and centre .
It's sad that people have to live like this especially families with children .
Where do they play and even at home they mustn't make too much noise .
Children should have a garden to play in .

Also other people may be annoyed by people above below and to the side of them .
A bad neighbour is bad everywhere but must be worse in a flat .

Yet it would seem inevitable that at some point I will end up in a flat as so many old people do especially when they are left alone .
Would rather live in a little house with some outdoor space .
Although a pent house flat with a terrace for pots  sounds OK
But AFAIK flats in the U.K. seem to have tiny balconies if any and no storage for people so they stuff everything on the balconies .
Why don't they build nice ones?

At the moment live in a bungalow with large garden ( by the standards of today not by mine )
But at least quiet and away from the maddin crowd .

[Mups]

I could never live in a block of flats if I could help it.   I know I couldn't live with constant noise,  like people who play loud music,  loud TV,  noisy party's,  kids screaming etc.
 I like my garden, even if it is only a small one,  it's therapeutic -  noise isn't.

[Scrumpy]

I live in a three bed house.. Neighbours are lovely..
I have a shop nearby .. Priory Park .. Earlswood Lakes..
Reigate town.. all within easy reach..
I can manage the garden at the moment.. it is not too big..
BUT I am not stupid in thinking that this will always be the case..
A flat sounds very lonely..
If the residents are all elderly I guess it wouldn't be too much of a problem..
We could all meet up for tea and scones and chat about the war.. 😁
Old age is fine if your brain is still operating.. along with your legs..
If you are lucky you might even meet a nice old gentleman to stroll around with..

[muddy]

When I was in the sixth form at school we did one session a week at Royal Earlswood Asylum helping with the poor inmates.
It's now been converted into luxury flats . 

[GrannyMac]

We'd like a flat in a certain type of complex. I've visited some that would be suitable, but I fear it will not be possible for such as us.   To buy one in a private block would take what we'd get for our house, then there would be monthly charges that may be too expensive.

On the other hand, our local authority won't consider home owners. As they work with housing associations, that route is pretty much blocked too. Mmm.

[klondike]

I think this is the last place of my own I'll have. I couldn't face moving. Certainly not to anywhere smaller. The cost in skips alone would rule it out.

[muddy]

Talking about skips

I have too much stuff
Books and things I have collected in a lifetime .
I always say to my son when he visits take anything you like .
His answer thanks mum I have enough rubbish of my own !

What my treasured possessions !

He continued now don't you worry when the time comes I will just get a skip and have this place cleared out in a morning .

No I won't throw it all away I will take the good stuff to the charity shop .

Well that's a comfort ☹️

[Scrumpy]

When I'm gone I will not care about the (memories) that are put in a skip..
My children/ grandchildren will take any memories that are important to them..
We can't carry all the memories of others with us through life...
Our mind carries the most important ones...

I agree with GrannyMac.. 
 Selling our property does not always cover the cost of a safe retirement home.. 
Sometimes being skint is more beneficial to us..

[Mups]

I agree with you, Scrumps.  

[muddy]

But we do carry memories .
And our memories are weak .

As the Chinese saying goes

The strongest memory is weaker than the palest ink .

Of course we won't worry after we are gone we will be dead !

[Scrumpy]

Of course we carry memories.... In our minds..
But, we can not carry (all) the memories  (material things) that others in the past have collected..
  The weight is far too heavy..
 I wouldn't expect my family to keep all the (material) memories that were/are important to only me.. 

[muddy]

My grandmother left nothing at all but a needle case belonging to her own mother who had died young .
She was very poor all her life so she never set store by possessions .

[klondike]

Most of the things left in my house will mean little to the children. Some may be remembered by grandchildren from times they stayed. I find it hard binning items. Even those I don't particularly like myself. Everything has a history and it's the history that is the treasure. A phone busts - in the bin, A TV  busts - in the bin. Bust some valueless item bought in a charity shop 20 years ago? That gets kept. I even sometimes repair such things it they get accidentally damaged.

[Mups]

Most of the things left in my house will mean little to the children. Some may be remembered by grandchildren from times they stayed. I find it hard binning items. Even those I don't particularly like myself. Everything has a history and it's the history that is the treasure. A phone busts - in the bin, A TV  busts - in the bin. Bust some valueless item bought in a charity shop 20 years ago? That gets kept. I even sometimes repair such things it they get accidentally damaged.

Nice post, Klondie.