Are we building the kinds of homes we want to live in?

By Adam Hartley 2019-05-03T05:00:00

“The homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years”. So are we building the right homes?

I recently attended the Housing Learning and Improvement Network annual extra care conference, and one of the most powerful statements I heard whilst I was there was: ”The homes we are building today will be the homes that you will live in in 30 years”. As a construction professional, I’ll admit that my thinking has often been that I’m delivering homes for other people, not myself. I therefore found myself posing the questions: Will these homes meet my future needs? Will they be the places I want to live in 30 years?

Reflecting on this, I believe there are three principles we need to follow to build the kind of homes we want to live in: choice, integration and flexibility.

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