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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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belchingmatt
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Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 3:16 am Posts: 6146 Location: Middle Earth
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This must be going against some EU law or the other somewhere.
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Linux_User
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Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm Posts: 7173
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Fantastic idea. They should bring it in over here.
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:25 pm |
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:56 pm Posts: 12030
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Knowing how much the Italians love their red tape, it's a miracle anyone can buy a house in Italy. Watch with interest, I reckon.
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:28 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I agree. Cornwall will use this. It might rebuild communities again.
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Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:42 pm |
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big_D
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm Posts: 10691 Location: Bramsche
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It is common sense, so it is bound to fail, but I'll keep my fingers crossed that it does succeed. Affordable housing for local families in "holiday" areas is very much needed - as long as the title on the property restricts reselling to local for 50 years or something, otherwise you'll get locals buying cheap, selling high and buggering off anyway... 
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 6:09 am |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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I think it will be good for the area. It will retain locals and the character of an area. It will also retain a significant local population in the off season, which has been a problem in the lake district and cornwall. Maybe the restrictions should be permanent rather than 50 years otherwise families will sell out a generation or two later and you are back to square one.
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 8:42 am |
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pcernie
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Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:30 pm Posts: 45931 Location: Belfast
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That was my first thought too...
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:48 pm |
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jonbwfc
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:26 pm Posts: 17040
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It's probably against EU law to make it statute only to sell to locals but there's nothing to stop people doing it anyway once the idea is out there. You don't have to sell anything to anyone if you don't want to.
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:52 pm |
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l3v1ck
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am Posts: 12700 Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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+1 Use a variation of it to stop 2nd (holiday) homes destroying communities.
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Mon Jul 05, 2010 5:58 pm |
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Amnesia10
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Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 2:02 am Posts: 29240 Location: Guantanamo Bay (thanks bobbdobbs)
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It would be like a deed of covenant which is perfectly legal.
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