tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post4486334592395335304..comments2024-03-27T06:42:31.956+00:00Comments on Mark Brinkley (aka House 2.0): New Homes Too SmallMark Brinkleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-91965659692329677812009-08-25T15:26:09.582+01:002009-08-25T15:26:09.582+01:00Kirstie Allsopp is reported as commenting that one...Kirstie Allsopp is reported as commenting that one of the problems for developers, forced to build to already-tight Government-imposed requirements for housing densities, is that the Great British Public is obsessed with owning a detached house and dislikes terraces. Cue more wasted space between these little detached houses with their micro-gardens.<br /><br />I think it's unfair of matchmadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17656709648708632383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-52419310310558231622009-08-24T16:52:03.778+01:002009-08-24T16:52:03.778+01:00The minimum space requirements (Parker Morris stan...The minimum space requirements (Parker Morris standards) only applied to local authority built housing. When Maggie allowed tenants to buy their own house and take it out of council ownership (thereby depriving other potential tenants of cheap housing) councils stopped building houses because they didn't get the pittance that the tenants bought their house for.<br /><br />A couple of links toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-76784702042522189942009-08-17T11:29:38.677+01:002009-08-17T11:29:38.677+01:00Anthony,
You are a mine of information. I found t...Anthony,<br /><br />You are a mine of information. I found the relevant Act OK - I wonder if it's still in effect?Mark Brinkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473684038478246288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-24928935106386214072009-08-17T11:01:21.702+01:002009-08-17T11:01:21.702+01:00Strangely there is basic minimum space standards w...Strangely there is basic minimum space standards which I believe are still on statute [ http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1957/pdf/ukpga_19570056_en.pdf ]page 131 - for min habitable room sizes. Once I had a planning application consultation in which the Environmental Health Officer invoked this where the designed bedrooms were slightly below the sizes. Estate Agents & Builders should be ANTHONY SOUTHEYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-75297194478763519362009-08-12T22:31:54.202+01:002009-08-12T22:31:54.202+01:00Well yes, I think that is a good point.
Another ...Well yes, I think that is a good point. <br /><br />Another aspect is that the government targets for MINIMUM housing densities are being met. I don't know what these figures are but I have read that the minimum acceptable density now is greater than the max density in the 80's. Had we had a slightly bigger plot for our selfbuild we would have been required to build not 2 but 3 houses on buildingstoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547733565964401449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14798090.post-41038101823526145082009-08-11T11:37:49.239+01:002009-08-11T11:37:49.239+01:00Doesn't it start at planning stage where there...Doesn't it start at planning stage where there appears to be a basic assumption that smaller is more acceptable?<br /><br />We build small homes, then the ones next to them cannot be seen to 'dominate' the street scene, so we build smaller still... let's face it, we're ashamed to build decent sized homes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01264123350932614608noreply@blogger.com