With my age and financial state I have a good few years of living in to do before I buy the first Speed Estate.
I would much rather pay a regular mess charge to retain the mess atmosphere and quality of service than only be charged for the service that I use, if it means sacrificing the quality of the service.
I think there is one recurring theme coming out in this thread… We need a happy medium. Mr Beags hit the nail on the head – as long as the service is being contracted out to a profit making organisation, we are not going to find that happy medium.
NFS