As reported in Professional Builder News, Euroheat, the UK’s biggest provider of wood burning stoves and biomass heating solutions, has identified the top five desirable attributes house-hunters look for in a home. It turns out that thatched rooves come fourth in the top five most appealing.
The company quizzed 2085 people aged between thirty and sixty five, who had either moved house during the past twelve months or were in the process of buying a new home. The participants were given a list of home attributes and asked to mark those that apealed to them, those they were most interested in. The top five were:
67{fcb871d8a172bdb5e6d9fafd8c8457933956cb61c42680abaa1188974828c2e1} said older features like exposed brick and thatched rooves made a building feel more ‘homely and cosy’, with 31{fcb871d8a172bdb5e6d9fafd8c8457933956cb61c42680abaa1188974828c2e1} saying older houses are what they’d choose for the longer term, with modern homes earmarked for the shorter term.
It’s a fascinating survey. Taken at face value you could conclude that the ‘good life’, the simpler life, has a major appeal, at least for the over 30s. Are more of us hankering after a style of home that’s indicative of a gentler past and a more relaxed future? If so, why the change? Or has it always been so? Whatever the situation, traditional features are scoring high in the house hunting stakes.
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