Property News · April 8, 2018

UK living rooms have shrunk by a third, survey finds


Average lounge in new-build homes are now 32% smaller than equivalent homes built in the 1970sThe living rooms of newly built homes in Britain are nearly a third smaller than equivalent homes built in the 1970s, according to new research that charts how living space has shrunk to levels last seen 80 years ago.The research, by LABC Warranty, which provides warranties for new-build homes, found that the average living room in a house built since 2010 is 17.1 square metres (184 sq ft), compared with 24.9 sq m (268 sq ft) in the 1970s, a 32% contraction. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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