{"id":11852,"date":"2012-10-25T13:04:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T12:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=11852"},"modified":"2025-11-23T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T09:48:58","slug":"beds-in-sheds-go-legal-aj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/?p=11852","title":{"rendered":"Beds in sheds go legal"},"content":{"rendered":"

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/sep\/14\/home-sweet-micro-home-sleep-testing-a-pod-for-the-homeless<\/a><\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/aug\/31\/first-micro-home-lands-in-worcester-charitys-back-garden<\/a><\/p>\n

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UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>Landlords solution to housing shortage live in a garage<\/a><\/p>\n

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Click photo for article (subscription required)<\/p>\n

“Temporary structures that add low-cost housing to existing east London estates judged top in Building Trust International competition. Levitt Bernstein has defeated an 85-strong short list in the international contest to design low-cost, single-occupancy housing for urban areas. The studio\u2019s winning proposal uses temporary structures to occupy redundant garages on housing estates in east London.”<\/p>\n

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Dezeen have more or less published the whole article here with illustrations, subscription free.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.dezeen.com\/2012\/10\/25\/pop-up-housing-in-garages-by-levitt-bernstein\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Levitt Bernstein have long been fond of single aspect housing so this comes as no surprise and is perhaps to be commended as an example of them putting their expertise in this area to good use. \u00a0I hope however that unlike the wartime examples which lasted 60 years instead of 10 that these don’t become the default housing of those with nowhere else to live, although having said that I’d rather this than in shop doorways and under bridges.<\/p>\n

See also this article from Building Magazine from\u00a0August 2009:-<\/strong><\/p>\n

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More room: the demise of the ultra small flat<\/h3>\n

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Levitt Bernstein has also been looking at housebuilders\u2019 designs for the communities department to see how Lifetime Homes could be applied.<\/p>\n

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Some of the designs coming forward from housebuilders also aim for greater densities. One idea is to pack more homes on to the site by building three-storey single-aspect, back-to-back terraces<\/strong> so the houses don\u2019t have back gardens and are tall and narrow. Some second-floor rooms at the back of the houses in the centre of the terrace do not have windows and so get light and ventilation through lightwells. These designs, though they allow more houses per hectare than occurs with traditional designs, necessitate some compromises, says Park. \u201cIt might not be for suitable for teenagers spending all their time in their bedrooms, but for a couple with an office and a spare room it is fine.\u201d [my emphasis – Ed.]<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.building.co.uk\/news\/sectors\/housing\/more-room-the-demise-of-the-ultra-small-flat\/3146840.article<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Beds in sheds links:-<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.communities.gov.uk\/news\/corporate\/2208160<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-london-19800791<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/posts\/view\/343128\/Crackdown-on-beds-in-sheds-landlords<\/a><\/p>\n

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Opinion<\/strong><\/p>\n

I find it quite depressing that we’ve come to this. \u00a0A renovated tower block flat with a concierge in place and 24hr security would be far preferable to living in a converted garage. \u00a0It’s third world. \u00a0It’s desperate. \u00a0It’s the lack of housing provision. \u00a0It’s the result of 30 years of building far too few council houses and residualising the sector. \u00a0It’s a disgrace.<\/p>\n

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Levitt Bernstein have read this article – 2\/11\/12 – their ip\u00a0109.239.86.10<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/sep\/14\/home-sweet-micro-home-sleep-testing-a-pod-for-the-homeless https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/aug\/31\/first-micro-home-lands-in-worcester-charitys-back-garden UPDATE:\u00a0Landlords solution to housing shortage live in a garage Click photo for article (subscription required) “Temporary structures that add low-cost housing to existing east London estates judged top in Building Trust International competition. Levitt Bernstein has defeated an 85-strong short list in the international contest to design low-cost, single-occupancy housing for urban areas. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[11,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing-design","category-thoughts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11852"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30251,"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11852\/revisions\/30251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/singleaspect.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}