David Cross

CEO/Architect of Sky-House Co. Purveyor of gentle density, sustainable and award-winning places. Parliamentary Liaison Group for Housing and SYMCA Board Member.

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

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

https://t.co/JWuwWiPVMg

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

@proptechpioneer @MPrinParr Probably right. Try this; https://t.co/1WDdtIPlxP

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

@johndotwills Strikes me it’s cheaper to give away older stock than refurbish it for current standards. Use the cash to build new stock. Rinse and repeat. Caveat: I’m no social housing expert but see the numbers banded about to upgrade old stock to just EPC C let alone B or A.

[John Wills @johndotwills]

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: https://t.co/yCokc96TBP

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

Oughtibridge Mill

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

Excellent day at York Races care of Allsops.

[Torsten Bell @TorstenBell]

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)

[Faisal Islam @faisalislam]

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…

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

@geoeverything Probably expectations that low tax can provide great service and triple lock pensions.

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

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?

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

Our first plots have been released at Olive Lane; https://t.co/n5GYdcgOLc

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

@OS_Architects Brilliant! Great work guys!

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

We didn’t just restrict housing.

We removed the people who build it.

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

“Britain didn’t just slow housebuilding- it wiped out the builders.”

@resi_analyst can shed more light and data than me!

[David Cross @CrossDavidB]

Big Housebuilders survived.
SMEs didn’t.
Result:
Less competition
Less flexibility
Less output
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