'Dog kennel' flats in Barnet will be 40% smaller than Travelodge room

[AtW]

"Hundreds of tiny studio flats, many smaller than a budget hotel room, are to be squeezed into an eleven-story block in north London as its developer takes advantage of the government’s relaxation of planning regulations.

Plans for Barnet House, used by the London borough of Barnet’s housing department, reveal that 96% of the 254 proposed flats will be smaller than the national minimum space standards of 37 sq metres (44 sq yards) for a single person.

The tiniest homes will be 16 sq metres – 40% smaller than the average Travelodge room. They are legal because of government deregulation designed to promote the conversion of underused office space to help meet housebuilding targets.

In the surrounding area, studio flats of a similar scale to most planned at Barnet House sell for around £180,000 and rent for around £800 per month.

Office buildings in Croydon have also been converted into studios with floor areas of as little as 15 sq metres under the Tory deregulation. Housing experts have attacked the relaxation of planning regulations as a “race to the bottom”, but ministers insist the measure is helping to deliver vital new housing, and point out that more than 10,000 new homes were created from office buildings last year."

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ravelodge-room

[SueEllen]

Bust!

[DimPrawn]

You missed the "Damn those thick Brexiters" line you like to add to irrelevant and pointless posts.

HTH BIDI

[shaunbhoy]

"Hundreds of tiny studio flats, many smaller than a budget hotel room, are to be squeezed into an eleven-story block in north London as its developer takes advantage of the government’s relaxation of planning regulations.

Plans for Barnet House, used by the London borough of Barnet’s housing department, reveal that 96% of the 254 proposed flats will be smaller than the national minimum space standards of 37 sq metres (44 sq yards) for a single person.

The tiniest homes will be 16 sq metres – 40% smaller than the average Travelodge room. They are legal because of government deregulation designed to promote the conversion of underused office space to help meet housebuilding targets.

In the surrounding area, studio flats of a similar scale to most planned at Barnet House sell for around £180,000 and rent for around £800 per month.

Office buildings in Croydon have also been converted into studios with floor areas of as little as 15 sq metres under the Tory deregulation. Housing experts have attacked the relaxation of planning regulations as a “race to the bottom”, but ministers insist the measure is helping to deliver vital new housing, and point out that more than 10,000 new homes were created from office buildings last year."

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ravelodge-room

Cheap at half the price and just what the doctor ordered for most Londoners...........serves them right for voting Remain!!

[SueEllen]

Cheap at half the price and just what the doctor ordered for most Londoners...........serves them right for voting Remain!!

Croydon is a cheaper part of Greater London....

[DimPrawn]

Croydon is a cheaper part of Greater London....

And with a welcoming neighbourhood.

[The_Equalizer]

When applying to do Architecture the head of the school was telling me about a development of flats in Manchester where the brochure was shot using 3/4 size furniture. When the new owners tried to get their furniture in they found it wouldn't fit.

[Eirikur]

Brexit will no-doubt result in further degradation of already pretty bad building regulations in the UK

[PurpleGorilla]

And with a welcoming neighbourhood.

Is that ginger Kev at the back?

[shaunbhoy]

Brexit will no-doubt result in further degradation of already pretty bad building regulations in the UK

Of course it will. I am sure the malevolent tampering of building regulations is right up there on the wishlist.

Keep 'em coming muttonhead!!