wtf is wrong with uk housing stock

[mousymousehunt]

looking for a place to buy atm and it is soooo frustrating!

• newbuilds with bad layouts and lack of storage and drafty windows
• old buildings with very restrictive conservation listings (you are not allowed to fit double glazing WTAF)
• (nearly) all buildings badly insulated, only thin double glazing not proper thermo glazing
• half the properties we have seen have a damp/mould problem (you can smell it as soon as you enter)
• no plots to self build, all land is owned by developers...

sorry to rant, I'm sure there are good houses in between, but not very many it feels like.

What part of the uk are you looking in OP?

east london...it has not been good so far.
maybe I need to look at (even) more places or more places that don't quite fit what we want.

mousie - we are in a 1930 semi and you couldn't find a more solidly built, spacious, light-filled house. Admittedly the last owners had some strange tastes and we are going to have spend time and money undoing a lot of that but the house is sound.