LAR amends Aberdeen development design following tenant feedback

Aberdeen-based tenants of housing charity LAR have been given the opportunity to influence the design of a new development.LAR, which already has eight sites in the area, surveyed existing tenants based at Kingswells and Cove to gain a deeper insight into what they value most in their homes. And the results are being factored into the site design and layout of houses in a proposed new development in Kingswells.The key findings included the fact that 96% of respondents wanted their own driveway rather than communal parking, mainly due to mobility, safety and security reasons, but also because this made cleaning easier, together with lower insurance costs. The survey also revealed a significant pent up demand for bungalows (29%) and three-bedroom houses (31%) neither of which LAR currently has in the area.The overwhelming majority (89%) wanted a separate kitchen and living room, rather than an open plan set up – a percentage perhaps amplified due to lockdown restrictions – and a similar number would prefer private gardens rather than externally maintained communal spaces.LAR has now revisited the proposed site plan to amend the design and the internal features of the proposed homes in light of the results.