Do you live in a decent home? I keep a clean house. But is it decent?

A look to the Government’s communities’ website revels that “a decent homes are a key element of any thriving, sustainable community”.

We hear you. But what is a decent home?

Reading on: “In order to be decent a home should be warm, weatherproof and have reasonably modern facilities.”

The criteria are less then certain. The Government realises that what one person deems decent another may term squalid. But the benchmark seems to be: no condensation on the telly, a bath not filled by falling rainwater and a flushing loo.

But it will cost between £24,000 and £45,000 to get Tattignstone up to the decent standard.

The two thatched cottages, which fall under the auspices of Babergh District Council, Suffolk, are currently occupied. But when the tenants move out they will be sold off.

The Council hopes to get at least £170,000 each.

Sounds good. Sounds better when you learn that these bucolic throwbacks are the oldest council houses in the country, believed to be more than 500 years old.

A slice of history for less then £200,000? Any takers?

via [Communities.Gov; Guardian]

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