RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
NEW units across Australia are being built to meet the needs of developers and investor-purchasers and not residents, as families increasingly live in apartments...
According to the latest research from UNSW, which looked at the spatial configuration of 368 apartments across three LGAs in Sydney, new units aren’t always being built with...
With one- and two-bedroom apartments making up 81% of all new apartments over the study period and 55% of all apartments being centre-shared space types...
“We know that good-quality, well-designed apartments can make excellent homes for families with children. And while more families are making apartments their homes...
“Generally, developers focus more on the number of bedrooms and location than on architectural design or room layout. They prefer generic, standardised apartment layouts that...
Parents interviewed in the study reported to feeling unhappy with size and layout of their homes, often preferring an inner hall or corridor, larger spaces and a differing layout...
“Parents with younger children want bedrooms closer together for supervision, while families with older children often want bedrooms further apart for more privacy.”...
Charter Keck Cramer’s most recent State of the Market report highlighted the massive feasibility risk facing apartment projects, with project design a crucial factor in...
Project development with a primary focus on maximising yield and revenue potential will be riskier in the current market than developments that are well thought out...
“While architects are more concerned with creating a better living environment, developers’ decision-making is most influential for apartment developments, which may lead to...
This comes as around 25% of households living in apartments in NSW are now families with children, most of whom rent, according to data from ABS...
“This idea that apartments are not for families and are just for young working professionals is not true anymore, so we must build apartments for the diverse spectrum of...
The study proposes flexible layouts, made possible by moveable internal walls and furniture, which could allow room numbers and sizes to change as needed by...
“Designing good-quality apartments is one of the most fundamental things you can do to benefit society. That means designing them for the needs of the people who...