Why bother.

Yep, what is the point...and why is this even on UR?
That kitchen is a shocker. Could've at least tried to hide the SVP boxing with a down-stand and a blank wall unit...or something!
Quality.

Perhaps they should first invest in a quality architect to try and develop something other than the generic drivel that they continue to litter our landscape with. And then, engage with whoever they wish to tart up their interiors, as this seems a to smack a bit of trying to polish a tu...

#1,#2+#3 have actually identified the reality. This country is overrun with the gross outputs of greedy, insensitive developers and unfortunately both the general and specialist press fall for their collective crap. Too much BS for all too long.

The detail at the base of the brick panel on the first and second floors is manky - I can already see the staining running down from either side of that flashing.

Would a metre of additional cill be too much to ask?

Grotesque, could-be-anywhere swill masquerading as a desirable product.

I can't decide, given that this is more contemporary than their conventional garbage, if the fact that they HAVE tried makes it even worse? #Mick has hit the nail on the head, I am bemused why there is such a lack of ambition in this country and seemingly nobody genuinely challenging this kind of junk - I guess its because politicians in the UK only ever think on a 5 year cycle and what they can "achieve" in that time this pile 'em high sell 'em..erm high approach allows them to turn around and beam with pride at how many houses like this they have got built. Well, the historians of tomorrow shall condemn them for it.

If COVID-19 didn't get you then the Urban Realm comments section will!!

Happy Tuesday folks.

Well, Doctor Cheer this patient will see you now..

#9 come on in. Sore ear you say? Touch your toes please....

What they don’t let on is the fit out cost of the show home is 30-50% the build cost and only affordable on top of the mortgage by those who could afford a better home. So what’s the point launching a concept you’re not selling?
In other areas of business it’d be miss-selling - NEW PRAWN CURRY (just add prawns).

If I was a developer, which I’m not, I would perhaps respond to the above as follows:

Because land values are so high, developers need to maximise the land use. Increasing the density of developments is a good thing as our population increases and there is less land up for grabs, but that’s often done better with flatted developments. Unfortunately, people want their own house, no neighbours through the floor and a little patch of green to call their own, so we end up with these squeezed-together layouts.

Money is tight – critics point out the profits of big-name developers, but many fail to make much of a profit and a lot go bust trying. Building is expensive, and margins are small.

Design-led practices, ‘exciting’ practices are often an inappropriate choice for housing developments. There are many instances of top-flight architects details (which photograph beautifully) failing. There is a bit of an emperors new clothes situation in architecture where the disastrous leaks are hushed up and never make the architectural/building press. In reality, this would be useful reading for many.

Often the architects behind these developments (many are in-house) are attuned to the requirements of mass house building. Repetition of details, quick adjustments to suit individual buyer requests, solutions that just work. Experiments are for the one-off house client with money to burn.