{"id":121521,"date":"2021-08-18T18:37:13","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/british-lockdown-trend-for-shed-conversions-leads-to-spike-in-fires\/"},"modified":"2021-08-18T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T12:04:04","slug":"british-lockdown-trend-for-shed-conversions-leads-to-spike-in-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/british-lockdown-trend-for-shed-conversions-leads-to-spike-in-fires\/","title":{"rendered":"British lockdown trend for shed conversions leads to spike in fires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nBlazes in outbuildings rose by 16% last year as workers raced to add offices, bars and gyms to their homesAs the first Covid lockdown hit, workers in Britain opted to turn their sheds into offices \u2013 \u201cshoffices\u201d \u2013 and bars, but the trend has led to a surge in outbuilding fires.Data from freedom of information requests by the insurer Zurich found that blazes in sheds, garages and conservatories rose by 16% in 2020 compared with the previous year. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2021\/aug\/18\/british-lockdown-trend-for-shed-conversions-leads-to-spike-in-fires\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">British lockdown trend for shed conversions leads to spike in fires<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Blazes in outbuildings rose by 16% last year as workers raced to add offices, bars&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-vC1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5416,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uae-property-insurance-premiums-to-soften-despite-blazes\/","url_meta":{"origin":121521,"position":0},"title":"UAE property insurance premiums to soften despite blazes","date":"February 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r Property insurance premiums in the UAE could fall this year despite a spate of high-rise fires because of excess capacity in the market, a new report from Marsh shows.The global insurance brokerage expects overall property premiums to fall by between 10 and 20 per cent amid fierce competition\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":115320,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/malaysia-lockdown-workers-bosses-scramble-to-find-temporary-housing\/","url_meta":{"origin":121521,"position":1},"title":"Malaysia lockdown: Workers, bosses scramble to find temporary housing","date":"April 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Image Source As Malaysia embark on its second leg of national lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19, some of the Malaysian workers in Singapore are now weighing up their options, which include going home, while their employers try to search for cheap hotels and rental flats or consider\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":130617,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-proud-of-us-in-the-picture-a-family-portrait-captures-laughter-in-lockdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":121521,"position":2},"title":"\u2018I\u2019m proud of us in the picture\u2019: a family portrait captures laughter in lockdown","date":"October 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r In a new series sharing stories about the artwork in Australian homes, Alice Gage shows the painting she commissioned for her husband\u2019s birthday Get our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAlice Gage\u2019s family portrait originated as an idea to celebrate family life post-lockdown.\u201cLike all families, we went through a lot\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101656,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/taking-pride-in-the-magic-of-the-shed-brief-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":121521,"position":3},"title":"Taking pride in the magic of the shed | Brief letters","date":"November 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sheds | Crickhowell High Street | Question Time | Cuban doctors\u201cWhat is it with men and their sheds?\u201d So asks Rhik Samadder (G2, 21 November). Why doesn\u2019t he ask some of the 11,424 members of the UK Men\u2019s Sheds organisation? I have the privilege of being the treasurer of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":101476,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/time-to-get-out-of-the-outhouse-what-is-it-with-men-and-their-sheds\/","url_meta":{"origin":121521,"position":4},"title":"Time to get out of the outhouse: what is it with men and their sheds?","date":"November 21, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r A DJ has been broadcasting from one for 44 years; George RR Martin has holed up in his; and then there\u2019s David Cameron\u2019s luxury hut. But sheds are supposed to house lawnmowers not thwarted dreamsDeke Duncan, an amateur DJ who has spent 44 years broadcasting to an audience of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":120441,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/asset-plus-rekindles-350m-auckland-cbd-office-project-shuns-work-from-home-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":121521,"position":5},"title":"Asset Plus rekindles $350m Auckland CBD office project: shuns work-from-home trend","date":"February 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r NZX listed Asset Plus has rekindled $350 million plans to expand an Auckland CBD office block by adding extra levels on the heritage-listed structure.Despite the lockdown and a rising tend of people working from home, the business...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Asset Plus rekindles 0m Auckland CBD office\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121521"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}