Climate and energy transition

"Living in a shoe-box" is becoming the norm for UK residents according to a report from CABE (the British Commission for Architecture and the Built environment).

 

After a number of UK residents complained about the small size of their.new homes, the agency compiled a report "Space in new homes", published earlier this month. According to it, new homes in the UK are the smallest in Europe, offering on average a living area of 76 m².

 

The average living area is said to be 88 m² in Ireland, 97m² in Spain, 113 in France and 137 in Denmark.

 

According to residents' complains, the lack of space means that children cannot play indoors, it is impossible to keep several bins for recycling and there is no storage room for an ironing table or the vaccum cleaner.

 

Previous reports from CABE included topics such as the benefits of open space in local public administration, procurement strategy, school design, etc.

 

The CABE website