24
Sep
Bungalows 'still the most popular home'
Bungalows remain the most popular kind of home in the UK, it has
been stated.
This single-storey type of dwelling has been found to be the most
favoured type in a survey by Alliance & Leicester, with 29 per
cent expressing a preference, reports the Independent.
A Halifax survey also saw bungalows rated as the happiest homes in
Britain, with an average mark of 8.15 out of ten for its
user-friendliness, the paper noted.
However, the report added, the number of bungalows now being built
is much lower due to the pressure placed on local authorities to
ensure building is carried out at a higher density, something that
favours multiple-storey dwellings such as apartment blocks.
Just 300 bungalows were built in 2007 out of a total of 180,000 new
homes.
As a consequence, demand for such homes is high, with Phil Corris,
spokesman for the Peak Valley Housing Association, telling the
paper that after it built 14 bungalows last year: "Our waiting list
was inundated. The high demand for bungalows demonstrates a clear
need for this type of housing."
According to figures from the Department for Communities and Local
Government, the average UK bungalow price rose by 1.8 per cent
between June and July this year, which could suggest supply is
helping to push up prices.
