All Posts Tagged With: "new homes"
New Homes Too Small
Barratt Homes leads the way with the smallest home in the UK – ‘Manhattan pods’ in Harlow have only 34 metres square of space, and a living room measuring a mere 3 x 3.6 metres.
CABE conducted the research with the owners of 2,500 private new homes, to explore views on the adequacy of internal space.
“The [...]
Deliquent housebuilders fail again
The housebuilding industry has failed again to get its house in order. First, they failed to improve customer service as set out in the Barker Review, which led to OFT Market Study. Now the industry has failed to keep to the agreed deadline and the OFT will be recommending that the Government introduces legislation [...]
20Jul2009 | Tony | 0 comments | ContinuedBoris Makes Affordable London Homes Better Than Private Homes
It has always been the case that residents of affordable housing get a better quality of home as the snagging is addressed in the housing association’s contract with the build. Private buyers do not have this luxury and struggle for months and years to get their home finished to standard.
Now Boris Johnson, the Major [...]




