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Soulless new homes are built for nowhere, but found everywhere

Eyesore, soul-sapping housing that short-changes the people who have to inhabit it is not the exception but the norm, according to a new report.
Only 18 per cent of new homes can be classed as “very good” or “good” and 27 per cent are of such poor quality that they should never have been given planning [...]

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It’s time to learn a few home truths

Wrong size, wrong shape, wrong place: developers are building tiny inner-city flats when buyers want three-bed family houses. Meanwhile new apartments stand empty and are losing value. Susan Emmett reports
Britain needs new homes and developers are more than happy to oblige. But they are not building the homes we want. Families, couples, singletons and even [...]

Only 53% think homes are well designed

Nearly two thirds of those questioned (65 per cent) agreed that Britain needs more homes, and 63 per cent think that within the next five years a shortage of housing will be a serious problem.
The survey also canvassed opinion on quality. Some 52 per cent of the public described the appearance and design of new [...]

Homes with more rooms but less room

Although the average size of a new home has changed little in 25 years, generous bedrooms and living spaces are being sacrificed to cram in ensuite showers, utility areas, playrooms and studies.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says television property shows have left buyers wanting the facilities of a large home even if they [...]

A nation of desperate housewives?

Staple of suburbia tops poll for England?s favourite house type
New research from CABE (the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment) reveals that the humble bungalow has been usurped by the detached house to become England ’s favourite house type.
The research conducted by MORI for CABE, reveals that over half the population want to live [...]

New houses criticised as mediocre

Most newly built houses are “mediocre” or worse, a report from the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment says.
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