30 April 2015
Almost 1 in 5 (17%) of the 2,000 people surveyed by IPSOS Mori, on behalf of the National Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA), agreed that if a larger share of new local homes were built by and for individuals they would be more likely to support more homes in their area.
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These findings come in advance of the third National Custom & Self Build Week – an annual occasion that heralds an exciting series of events to help promote custom and self build and encourage more people to turn their dreams of building their own home into a reality. The 2015 event – organised by Grand Designs Live and NaCSBA – takes place from the 2nd to the 10th May and this year is centred on activities at London’s ExCeL centre.
“Self and custom build has long been seen as the friendly face of new housing,” says Michael Holmes, Chair of NaCSBA. “When people build homes for themselves and their families to live in, they not only tend to build houses that are better designed and of higher quality and have less impact, but they are much more likely to put down roots and become contributors to that community.”
“We believe that small-scale additional housebuilding on the edge of existing settlements is a sustainable way of meeting future housing need. That’s why NaCSBA is campaigning for changes to the planning system to allow villages, towns and cities to develop organically and sustainably – in the way they have been doing for centuries until the second half of the 20th century.”
“I’m delighted that the survey backs up our work and I’m looking forward to seeing the future Government encourage more communities to create the homes in a way they are comfortable with.”
