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Cost model: Rural affordable homes
As people head for the countryside with the expansion of home-working, pressure on rural housing stock can only grow, including demand for affordable homes. Aecom鈥檚 Paul Houghton explains the specific challenges and opportunities of developing such provision and provides a cost breakdown of a typical scheme
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Cost model: Garden communities
Low-density rural housing schemes offer an opportunity for true net zero carbon development: from site-wide renewable energy strategies to low-carbon homes delivered through modern methods of construction. Aecom鈥檚 Richard Green, Miles Attenborough, Rob Mills and Paul Wilcock explore the benefits and costs
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Cost model: CLT frame buildings
The rapidly expanding use of CLT saw its trajectory arrested in the UK by new regulations in the wake of Grenfell, but if safe solutions can be found then the material offers considerable cost and climate advantages over more traditional frame solutions. Alinea breaks down the costs聽
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Cost model: Tall buildings
London was slow to adopt tower building but the City鈥檚 distinctive skyline shows how much attitudes聽have changed
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Cost model: Birmingham build to rent
Birmingham鈥檚 build-to-rent sector is belatedly taking off
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Cost model: Manchester residential
The city is proving resilient to the UK鈥檚 political uncertainty, with a development scene that continues to expand in response to growing demand for housing
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Cost model: Garden towns and villages
The government is calling for a new generation of garden towns and villages to ease the housing crisis. More sophisticated masterplanning approaches are needed to deliver these complicated projects
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Cost model: Residential timber
A familiar building material now has many innovative and scientifically developed forms, of which cross-laminated timber is perhaps the most compelling
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Cost model: Modular construction
Debates about modular construction and off-site manufacture are nothing new. But with more suppliers, better quality and greater awareness within the industry, could it finally achieve critical mass?
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Cost model: Mixed use
Shifting economic and social conditions mean developers are increasingly pursuing mixed use schemes but different use classes on a project can cause complications
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Cost model: Affordable housing
As the UK housing crisis continues to escalate, those at the bottom of the market increasingly find themselves priced out
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Cost model: Private rented sector
The PRS market has found its stride. New occupiers are demanding fresh ideas and high quality. Making the most of this niche asset class requires a careful balance between capital investment and annual yield
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Cost model: Extra care housing
With a rapidy ageing population demanding high standards of both housing and care, while also imposing a rising cost on public finances, could 鈥渆xtra care鈥 housing be part of the solution?
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Cost model: London prime residential
The top end of the capital鈥檚 residential market is booming. Joseph Blythe of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, with contributions from CBRE and Darling Associates, looks at the factors that are driving the market and the key financial considerations for future developments
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Cost model: Residential
Office-to-residential conversions may become increasingly popular, so what does it cost to turn a commercial space into a home? Ben de Waal and Chris Amesbury of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, look at the conditions needed for success and the key financial considerations
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Cost model: Part L for residential
Housing developers face some interesting choices when complying with the new Part L. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon and Tom Lelyveld of Aecom consider some of the options
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Mini cost model: Extra care housing
The number of elderly people is growing all the time and so are the accommodation options available to them. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon breaks down the costs of 鈥榲ery sheltered鈥 homes
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Cost model: Student residences
The academic year has started and a fresh intake of students is moving into brand new housing. Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon explores this dynamic and price-conscious market
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Mini cost model: Nursing homes
As people in the UK live longer, demand for residential care and nursing homes is growing 鈥 as are our expectations of the standard of living they will provide. Max Wilkes of Davis Langdon looks at how home developers and operators are rising to the challenge