Only 22% of people in the UK live in the home they dream about, but many more on the way to his dream – they extend the area, converted attics and basements, are the winter gardens.
A study conducted by the insurance company the Halifax, shows that for people living in an expensive house does not always mean they live in their dream home. 62% of people living in the house is more expensive than £500000 not mean that they are very happy to live in this place.
Top of the wish list of all the people heading the new kitchen. Also the most popular feature of the redesign was to modernize the attic and basement. In London, for example, because of skyrocketing home prices, the number of applications for alterations to the basement increased by 183% over the past five years. People use every inch of living space. The fact that people began to move down indicates a significant shortage of housing.
Across the country the total number of applications for redevelopment of a different sort increased by 27%, alterations of single-storey structures is 49% more, and applications for extension in the loft increased by 43% since 2012. In recent years, began to decline in popularity redevelopment of the porch and Conservatory – however, these options are still popular in Wiltshire and Cornhole. In Edinburgh, for example, 10% more popular new kitchen than anywhere else. Even in Viktorianska times it was believed that the basement can happen a utility room, but can not be used for life.
More than 37% of property owners in the UK dream of a new modern kitchen, 22% would like to increase the area of a room, and 19% – dreaming of the extra bedroom. Two times more women than men dream of a separate utility room, and two times more men than women. dreaming about the play room. Yorkshire and Chembere manifested the greatest appetite for homes in cave style. Another emerging trend – people put home security alarm and surveillance system that is certainly comfortable and may reduce your insurance premium.
® Alice Morgan. 29.08.2017 G.
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