{"id":6482,"date":"2014-01-14T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T12:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=6482"},"modified":"2014-01-14T17:05:23","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T16:05:23","slug":"houses-in-britain-are-shrinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=6482","title":{"rendered":"Houses in Britain are shrinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An interesting recent study carried out by LV= has found that the average British home has shrunk by 2 sq m, with developers increasingly sacrificing dining rooms for smaller kitchen\u00e2\u20ac\u201cdiners.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6484\" style=\"width: 384px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6484\" title=\"Houses getting smaller?\" alt=\"Houses getting smaller?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny_house_wales-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny_house_wales-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/tiny_house_wales-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 85vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great Britain&#8217;s smallest house &#8211; picture taken by one of our own Chartered Surveyors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The newly popular phrase refers to young people who struggle to raise a deposit in the face of high property prices and low mortgage availability, whilst paying off their student debts, and are subsequently forced to move back home to their parents. The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153boomerang generation\u00e2\u20ac\u009d have helped create a 14% rise in multi-generation households since 2008 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c putting a strain on space and warping the overcrowding statistics.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Both of these factors conspire to mean that nearly 500,000 families across Britain are now classified as living in \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcovercrowded accommodation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, with many opting to modify their houses to create extra space \u00e2\u20ac\u201c spurred on by the recent<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=5435\">General Permitted Development Order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Common modifications include converting garages or lofts into extra living spaces, extending into a garden or yard and partitioning children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bedrooms to create an extra room.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">John Rourke, the Managing Director of LV= Home Insurance commented:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The average family home has changed dramatically in the last five years, with more families living in rented accommodation. The research found that many families are living with makeshift modifications, which could be illegal or unsafe\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not only did the study highlight families have less room in which to live, it also showed that fewer families currently own their home. In 2008, 15% of families with children lived in rented accommodation and, as deposits became unaffordable to many, that figure has since risen to 19%.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Ongoing government schemes such as the Help to Buy are attempting to address the problems and this scheme in particular has seen a huge increase in popularity recently, with the number of people using it rising from 2,000 up to 6,000 in the last two months of 2013.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The scheme allows people to purchase a property worth up to \u00c2\u00a3600,000 with a deposit of just 5%, guaranteeing them up to 20% of the mortgage. You can learn more about the scheme<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helptobuy.org.uk\/home-ownership-schemes\/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantees\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you are planning to modify your home to make more living space or if you just fancy a change, it is important that all construction works comply with current building regulations and that they are done correctly and safely. Your local chartered surveyor will be able to give you professional advice and ensure all modifications are legal and structurally safe. Find yours at:\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/\">www.propertysurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/b><b>\u00c2\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">BT \/ SRJ \/ LCB\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a010\/01\/2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting recent study carried out by LV= has found that the average British home has shrunk by 2 sq m, with developers increasingly sacrificing dining rooms for smaller kitchen\u00e2\u20ac\u201cdiners.\u00c2\u00a0 The newly popular phrase refers to young people who struggle to raise a deposit in the face of high property prices and low mortgage availability, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=6482\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Houses in Britain are shrinking&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6484,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-6482","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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