CEO/Architect of Sky-House Co. Purveyor of gentle density, sustainable and award-winning places. Parliamentary Liaison Group for Housing and SYMCA Board Member.
Joined December 2009
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Jun 1
At Sky-House Co, we’ve been reimagining traditional housing types for years proving that some of the best ideas for the future can come from the past. @JoeyGardiner
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David Cross retweeted
May 21
A lot of time housebuilders get stick for failing to build 'the right number' of social houses as part of a development plan. It may help to get a little insight into how development economics works. You may find the below linked tweet interesting as well- it ties into what I am talking about here neatly: x.com/johndotwills/status/20…
May 21
Great piece.
This is a similar argument to mine about social housing: people think that a unit of land/accommodation has value because they are used to paying for their iteration of that unit.
With an increase in input costs (Labour, capital, materials) that isn't matched in the prices achieved by the finished goods, the formerly profitable part of the equation has it's value eroded until it's negative.
Same for social housing- the costs associated in maintaining and managing the property has increased until the property has a ridiculously low value.
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David Cross retweeted
May 14
A very strong start to 2026 -significantly above forecasts. GDP/capita rose 0.6% in first three months of 2026 (@OBR_UK expected gdp/capita to grow by 0.8% in 2026 as a whole)
GDP grew 0.6% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2026.
Services ( 0.8%) construction ( 0.4%) and production ( 0.2%) all increased.
Read the full article ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdome…
ALT GDP growth in the UK January to March 2026 GDP up 0.6% Services up 0.8% Production up 0.2% Construction up 0.4%
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David Cross retweeted
May 14
UK GDP per head grew by 0.6% in q1 2026 to which is the fastest economic growth per capita in a quarter for 4 years…
UK GDP growth itself is fastest of the 6 G7 countries that have reported so far (and Japan expected at 0.4%, would be fastest full stop)
Quite the backdrop for a leadership challenge…
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May 12
The last UK Prime Minister to last a full 5 year term was David Cameron. 2010-2015. Since then we haven’t seen a full term served, but instead a had five PMs since 2016. I wonder what changed?
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May 1
“Britain didn’t just slow housebuilding- it wiped out the builders.”
@resi_analyst can shed more light and data than me!
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May 1
Big Housebuilders survived.
SMEs didn’t.
Result:
Less competition
Less flexibility
Less output
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May 1
We didn’t just restrict housing.
We removed the people who build it.
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