News from the Residential Property Investor, the bi-monthly magazine for RLA members other artilces from the December 1999 / January 2000 issue RPI news archive

Hi tech future on one level - December 1999 / January 2000

Hi tech security systems are the home improvement most likely to add value to a property in 25 years time.

So said a sample of just under 2,000 people questioned by pollsters MORI for the Alliance & Leicester.

Solar panels, built-in audio-visual systems and domestic appliances were also nominated as improvements likely to add value. Preservation of historic features and installation of classic fittings were thought less worthwhile ­ although almost one in ten people thought a nuclear shelter a good bet, and one in 20 Londoners believed a garden gnome would be a good investment.

A quarter of those questioned said their ideal home would be a bungalow. Only 2 per cent favoured an inter-war semi-detached house, and only 1 per cent a terraced house.
 

other artilces from the December 1999 / January 2000 issue

• Stamping on landlords
• Councils chided on fraud response
• Manchester bucks house sale trends
• New house VAT charge proposed
• Radioactive warning
• Hi tech future on one level
• Spring start to builders' quality mark scheme
• LPG mobile heater warning
• Squatters profit from Lambeth losses
• In brief
• An alternative to custodial penalties