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Its official. UK homes are too small!?

Monday, August 24th, 2009 Pattern Books, Space Standards, follow No Comments By Michael Kohn

People concerned about the poor or non existent space standards of UK’s new housing would be interested in CABE’s latest research report

“Space in new homes:what residents think”

The report points out that UK new housing has very poor space standards, including low levels of storage, food preparation areas, sufficient space for furniture or space in which to socialise. Basically CABE point out that “there is mismatch between the space needed by residents for everyday activities, and the space provided by the market”.

Well there is no new news there but at least it is good to see what everyone has known for so long being bourne out by official research. The real question is what should everyone do about this problem? › Continue reading

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