home quality mark update 2016
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The Case for consumer driven high quality homes
Gwyn Roberts
New Homes and Communities Lead, BRE
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1. The Government Challenge2. The Consumer Challenge3. How HQM addresses the Challenges
25 February 2015Introducing the Home Quality Mark 2
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Deliver 400,000 affordable housing starts by 2020-21,
focussed on low cost home ownership.
George Osborne Spending Review 25th November 2015
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Both more and better
As well as building more homes, we must build better homes.Indeed, better streets and neighbourhoods too.
But let’s not waste the chance to also make progress together on quality.
Ultimately that means convincing people that development is a force for making places better not worse.
Greg Clarke Speech at NHBC London26th November 2015
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David CameronCOP21, Paris30th November 2015
“We should be taking action against climate change today…….Let’s just imagine for a moment what we would have to say to our grandchildren if we failed. We would have to say, it was all too difficult,”
“The government believes that we will need to take the step of enshrining the Paris goal for net zero emissions in UK law. The question is not whether but how we do it.”
Andrea LeadsomHouse of Commons14th March 2016
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• Housing (not other buildings)
• Government wound down CSH apart from legacy developments
• Dual level Building Regulations introduced
• Unclear on future of local authorities powers in Planning & Energy Act.
• www.bre.co.uk/housing-standards-review
2. The Consumer Challenge
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3 pieces of consumer research
Introducing the Home Quality Mark
― MoneySupermarket
― Independent focus groups
― Surveys of people living in high performing homes.
Choice of home sees ‘heart’ dominate ‘head’.
HOWEVER, value objective information.
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What did people say?
Amenities, location and
space
Community
Sound Investment
Good quality
Exceed Expectations
Reassurance over running
costs
NoiseLight and Airy
96% made changes to
be more sustainable.
Need for clear
controls
Temperature
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― Information “When I’m looking it will give me some pointers”
― Value
― Over 90% people would prefer a home with independent mark.
― 1 in 5 people would pay more.
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Consumer Trust
3. How HQM addresses the challenge
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Why do we need the Home Quality Mark?
The Home Quality Mark is a new rigorous and relevant standard for new homes.
Provide consumers with the tools to make the smart choice when buying or renting a new home.
Enable housebuilders to differentiate their products and to articulate the benefits of new homes.
#betterhomes
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Home - A home is more than 4 walls and a roof, it is about hearts and minds.
Quality - Everybody wants quality, but doesn’t always know what it is.
Mark - Provides reassurance, independence, backed by science.
“Independent benchmarking of new homes is hugely important”.
Cala Homes Chief Executive Alan Brown
#betterhomes
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Example
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Our Surroundings- Transport
- Local Amenities
- Resilience to Flooding
- Recreational Space
- Ecology
- Security
- etc.
Knowledge Sharing- Aftercare
- Commissioning
- Smart Homes
- Post Occupancy Evaluation
- etc.
My Home- Air Quality
- Temperature
- Noise
- Materials
- Energy
- Space and Access
- etc.
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Accessibility of standard
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UserHuus
Future of Standards
Public Profile
LaunchConsultation HQM beta
Spring 20152014 2016 +
Finance£
CaseStudies
Full Training
Health & Wellbeing
Summer 2015
Site Marketing
Weinerberger
Winter 2015
59 Presentations
Autumn 2015 Spring 2016
Software
© 2014 BREWe welcome the launch of the HQM as independent, third party verification of the quality of new homes provides both property purchasers and funders with support in their decision making.
Independent, verified information
provides consumers with reassurance that they are making the right choice.
I have been working for years to raise the benefits of healthy homes to the general public, it is great to see BRE’s Home Quality Mark helping to provide further informationOliver Heath TV presenter
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