Residential property in England is quite interesting topic, since there are different different types There are a lot of dwellings in this country and they are very different from our reality.

Various houses in England reflect the history of this country, and meet some new architectural trends. England is often called two-story, because this is the type of housing that is most common here, in contrast to multi-story Russia.

If a person is excited about the idea of ​​buying a house in England, he needs to carefully understand the topic, find out the main types of English buildings, their approximate cost, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of each type of real estate. Below we will look at what kind of houses there are in England, what features each of them has, which of them are the most prestigious for an Englishman, and which are the most comfortable for a Russian person.

Features of the real estate market in England

Concepts about real estate in different countries are different, so when considering English houses, it is worth considering what the English themselves mean. Thus, the concepts of “one-room”, “two-room”, etc. not in England.

Describing residential real estate, they only name the number of bedrooms. Those. a house in which the living room, dining room, and study are separate rooms, and there is only one bedroom, will be called a “one-bedroom house.” Homes with two or eight bedrooms are named similarly.

Another difference is that the first floor in our understanding for the English is considered the “ground floor”, the second is the first, and the third is the second. Therefore, if they say that an apartment or room is located on the first floor, in our minds it is the second floor. Thus in England, two-story houses actually three stories high.

Also different from our reality is the absence of entrances or front doors in apartment buildings.

Rather, the room that serves the same role in an English house can be called a tiny hall. The reason for this is most likely the ongoing demand for housing, which forces homeowners to split space into several separate apartments to obtain maximum profit.

We can say that for a person accustomed to our realities after living in England, a small Russian two-roomed flat It will seem like a mansion, everything is so cramped, compressed and combined among the British. Although in some cases everything may be completely different.

In addition to specific residential properties built directly for living, England is rich in the presence of non-standard buildings converted into residential premises. Thus, houses may turn out to be a former water station, a Catholic church, a stable, a mill, an agricultural warehouse, an old school, etc.

Moreover, in England such buildings are valued almost more than ordinary ones. residential buildings , since there is much more space there than in standard residential buildings and apartments. Particularly attractive are the luxurious buildings on the banks of the rivers, which used to be shipyards for unloading ships.

It is worth saying that in England there is no institution of registration, and there is not even such a concept.

Confirmation that a person lives in a certain territory are bank accounts to a certain address or bills for public utilities . But visitors have a lot of problems with completing all the documents.

To open a bank account you need to confirm your address, although renting a house without bank account very hard. And it’s impossible to get a job without this very account. It turns out to be a vicious circle for those who end up in England without connections.

Property in England is divided into two types: freehold and leasehold. The first option means free, full ownership of the property and the land on which it is located. The second option is considered to be essentially a leased property, i.e. the purchased apartment does not guarantee the purchase of the land on which the house is located.

In this regard, problems quite often arise during redevelopment, construction work etc. In addition, you have to pay rent for the land itself. However, sometimes the same problems with construction and alterations confront the owners of not only housing, but also land.

This is due to the fact that in England there is a concept of “listed buildings”, meaning those buildings and structures that are included in the list of architectural and historical values. In England, many private houses are included in this list.

By law, the owner of such a house is obliged to monitor the safety of the building and has no right to change the appearance of the building. This applies to all materials - from roof covering to fittings (door handles and door hinges). Perhaps it was precisely thanks to this law, which was not entirely convenient for homeowners, that the British were able to preserve many ancient buildings and structures in their original form.

Various houses in England

The main types of houses in England are represented by the following options:

Such houses represent the most luxurious and prestigious housing. These are detached single-family residences, they do not have common walls with other houses, and the surrounding area is completely private, i.e. at the disposal of the owners. On this territory you can install any structures and buildings - from playgrounds to swimming pools.

But this housing option is the most expensive, since the owner of the house is obliged to maintain, equip and repair all the buildings himself. Prices for similar properties in England are about 320 thousand pounds sterling. In London, of course, these prices are much higher.

- . These houses are connected or adjacent buildings, where two houses have one common wall. Each half of the building has its own entrance, garage, and garden, and the houses themselves can be absolutely identical in appearance and layout, or completely different. About a third of all houses in England– adjacent, this is the most popular type of housing here. Prices for linked houses are around £190,000.

- Terraced houses (row house). It has also become popular in our country now this type buildings called town houses. In England, terraced houses are a row or chain of houses that share two walls with their neighbors. The outermost houses have only one common wall and are more expensive. The cost of such houses on average is 165 thousand pounds sterling.

- Bungalow. Also popular in England are one-story houses, called bungalows. True, they are mostly common in rural areas, since due to the lack of land for construction, it is impractical to build one-story houses in the city.

In England there are also high-rise buildings, however, these are the most unprestigious housing. It primarily serves as low-income council housing and was originally built for permanent immigrants in the 1960s.

Because of the population, such houses are called ghettos, are considered dysfunctional and are tried to be avoided. However, in some buildings, apartments are specially purchased, after which they are called ex-council flats. In prosperous areas, this is quite popular housing, although it is small in size and with rather low ceilings.

Of course, it is better to get acquainted with the rich real estate market of England on the spot, and it is even better to get information from a specialist or a person who has lived in this country for a long time, but is not an Englishman. Still, our ideas about houses and apartments are very different, and anyone will probably have to deal with differences in wording more than once.

In order to understand what exactly you like, you first need to look at how others do it.

The culture of modern cottage construction in our country is just beginning to take shape and, accordingly, a person who is about to build his own house has many questions.

How to make a facade, entrance, landscape design, fence, etc....

Let's see how the British do it.

The British are traditionalists and conservatives, and what they cannot be blamed for is a lack of taste.

The bulk of the British live in so-called town houses - multi-apartment (mostly two-story) houses with a separate entrance and a small backyard.

The average square footage of such housing is 50-70 m2, the ceiling height is 2.2 meters! Which is surprising for our mentality, because... The ceiling height in the most budget Khrushchev-type apartment in our country is still 2.5 m!!!

In front of the entrance to the house there is usually a small piece of land, a picket fence (a decorative fence with vertical wooden slats). Often it is simply the absence of a fence or other barrier.

This is what a townhouse and its front yard looks like.

A detached house, albeit close to a neighbor, with only its own small courtyard and a small piece of land at the entrance, can be afforded by a wealthier person.

This is what the backyard of a typical English house looks like.

The facade of an English house built 100-150 years ago can be distinguished from the facade of a house built 30-40 years ago only by more modern materials. Architectural solutions almost identical.

Red brick (this is not our “red brick”, it is a calmer terracotta color). Natural ceramic tiles. Interlacing on windows (interweaving of decorative strips inside a double-glazed window). Entire neighborhoods are built this way.

You may say “boring monotony,” but for the British this is their national style, their culture of traditional English house-building.

However, each house and courtyard has its own flavor, and, of course, its own charm.

The British constantly, and even a little fanatically, take care of their lawns - they constantly mow and trim them. Professional landscape design is rare - usually people arrange their tiny yards themselves.

Fences in England are the most primitive wooden fences, very strange to our eyes.

And the British love bay windows. In old houses, bay windows are especially common.

This is, for example, what the house of very wealthy people in England looks like. This is a real old English mansion. Can you imagine? And do you still think that we live badly in Ukraine? :-) In some Ukrainian suburbs you can find much more luxurious mansions.

And this is what, on the contrary, so-called “social housing” (budget option) looks like in England, or, simply put, a high-rise building! People usually live in such three-story houses low-income families, or immigrants.

A typical picture of the Ukrainian private sector is a collapsed “mud hut” adjacent to a huge house (forged gates, a fence “with angels”). And right there, next to it, is the shabby facade of a nine-story panel building.

What is definitely worth learning from the British is the ability to maintain everything in the same style!

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Great Britain has always been associated for me with a place where absolutely everything is hopelessly expensive and only a serious oligarch or a masochist can live here. And indeed, with relatively low salaries in the world, the British overpaid exorbitantly for everything that costs pennies in the USA or even in Germany. Not to mention tourists who are forced to spend fortunes on hotels and transport. But three years ago the country was affected economic crisis and the once stably valuable pound fell more than 30% against the dollar and euro. I understand that those receiving salaries in pounds only lost from depreciation national currency, but what a relief for us tourists. But today I would like to talk about how the British middle class lives, show a completely ordinary London apartment of my IT specialist friend in a very ordinary residential area, his car, and simply talk about how residents of what was once the most expensive country in Europe live.

We are talking about an ordinary London family, husband - wife - small child. The guy is a native Londoner of Polish origin, but his wife was born in Vietnam. They have a cool baby, who is six months old and who combines the features of both dad and mom. A very funny little man. So, his dad works as an IT specialist, his mom is still on maternity leave.

Just on the day of my arrival in London, my friends bought a new Mercedes 220, which is shown above in the photo. How's the new one? 2016, second hand for £18,000. A new one costs 30 thousand. But the car is in perfect condition with about 9 thousand miles, one might say completely new.

I’m not asking about salaries, that’s not correct. But I can just say that on average, IT specialists in London receive 4-5 thousand pounds a month in hand, after taxes. A couple of years ago this corresponded to about 7 thousand dollars, today it is about six thousand. I don't know if this is a lot or a little. In Moscow, how much does an IT specialist earn today?

They live in a very ordinary four-storey house in the East Croydon area in the south part of London (about 7 kilometers in a straight line to the Tower), exactly the same as the one below in the photo on the right. They bought an apartment of about 70 square meters a couple of years ago for 200 thousand pounds, of course with a 15-year mortgage. Naturally, mortgage interest in the UK cannot be compared with the hellish 12-15% per annum in Russia; here is only 1.5% of the force. In addition, loans are insured in case of illness, job loss, and so on. The area is considered the most average and in the city, of course, there are much more respectable places, as well as much poorer ones. Property prices here are a fraction cheaper than, for example, a 20-minute walk to East Croydon railway station, from where trains run to the city center every 10 minutes. There is transport directly from the house to the center (if you are too lazy to go to the station), a bus, but if the train ride takes 20 minutes at most, then by bus it can take an hour and a half with traffic jams. These small nuances also affect the value of real estate.

A few more words about real estate and the cost of living. Now prices have increased slightly and such an apartment can cost up to 300 thousand pounds. On the other hand, the pound itself has fallen in price, so for an investor with dollars and euros the price has not changed. But we're talking about the British, aren't we? So, the incomes of the British have not changed much, and real estate has risen in price by a third in a couple of years.

In Great Britain, as well as in a number of other Western countries There is the concept of a “city tax”, such as for the use of city infrastructure. This includes garbage removal, landscaping, maintaining parks, bus stops, road repairs, etc. The tax is paid based on the area and square footage of your apartment. The guys pay exactly 100 pounds a month, and for example in central London you can pay 500 pounds for an apartment with similar square footage. Plus, of course, utility costs. All with a counter. For gas and electricity 80-100 pounds per month (gas heating), water 15-20. Internet 20-30 pounds per month. There are several service companies in the city and you are free to choose from whom to buy water, electricity and gas. Prices don't vary much, but you may not be happy with the service and want to switch to a competitor. Then you call the service company, express your dissatisfaction with them, and sometimes they give you some kind of discount and you stay with them. Or you don't stay.

There are plastic trash cans in front of the entrance, each of them for a specific type of garbage (paper, polyethylene, food debris, glass) and residents strictly follow the established rules.

Entrances in London are almost always closed and residents have keys to the front door, plus an intercom. I have not seen any houses in the city where the entrance was a “passage yard” where anyone could enter.

Compared to Russian apartments, the British rarely turn their apartment into a fortress. I mean, no one here puts in strong iron doors with a bunch of fancy locks to keep out burglars. As a rule, the simplest wooden door with an ordinary lock, which, if desired, can be knocked out with a strong kick. But robberies are not a common occurrence here, and if you are not a well-known oligarch, then such a misfortune is unlikely to happen to you. Let's say what happens. So there is insurance!

Cool door handles, typically British, minimalist style -

The apartment has 2 rooms, a kitchen and a living room.

This is, as you may have guessed, a salon. This is where we eat and chat. The TV will definitely have a Chrome attachment for broadcasting from your phone or computer.

The choice of books hints that the topic of travel is very relevant for children -

I’m sure that some purists will write, saying, what chaos these Englishmen have in the kitchen, how is this possible! Just look at your own kitchen, is it in perfect order? In my opinion, this is an absolutely normal kitchen; my apartment is a much bigger mess and dishes can easily “spend the night” in the sink if you are too lazy to wash them in the evening. The British have a dishwasher in almost every home.

The owner cooks amazingly and I will miss the delicious Asian food. If you are a lover of Asian cuisine, then having a beautiful wife from Vietnam will save you the cost of airfare to Asia! Now I’ll go back to my home and look for tickets to somewhere in Bangkok, or Hanoi, or even Singapore. Because where else can we eat such delicious food?

This is the guest room where I, your humble servant, sleep. In principle, this is part-time the owner’s office, but when guests arrive, they sleep here.

The toilet and bathroom are usually combined. From my experience, when you live alone or even together, this is not important. When the family expands, dad is no longer allowed to sit in the toilet with a book, and the British dad is not allowed either. Pay attention to the rope on the right, do you know what this is for?

This is the light in the bathroom, also a purely British trick -

It didn’t take me long to master the tap in the shower; I’ve never encountered anything like this before -

But the taps in the kitchen and on the washbasin are quite ordinary. Previously, there were British ones, like hot in one tap, cold in another. But this is extremely inconvenient, and the British themselves are moving away from old habits, putting in something more modern.

And we're going to dinner! Look how beautiful it is -

And this is for breakfast -

I didn’t take pictures of the bedroom, but not because the guys are against it for some reason (they are just calm about it), but because there are several photographs of them together on the walls. Don't take them off for the sake of a blog post.

It remains to add that Great Britain is enough welfare state. It is customary here to provide housing to the poor, to provide free (or almost free) medical service, pay money for small children, provide almost free kindergartens. The child benefit itself is about 20 pounds per week and, accordingly, 80 per month. Very little. The mother also receives maternity pay of £150 a week. But there are a number of conditions, not automatically, but only if she worked before going on maternity leave. But at the birth of a child there are tax breaks for a working father and this is a 100-150 pounds per month bonus, depending on your salary.

Still in the UK free medicine, or rather you do monthly deductions to health insurance funds and in return receive free medical care. If you earn little, or don’t work at all, then get treatment absolutely free, and, attention(!), even dentistry is free.

If you are interested, read other posts about life in different countries.

Illustration copyright DBOX for Foster + Partners Image caption According to the plan, the height of the Tulip (Tulip) building will be 305.3 m

London may soon get a new skyscraper more than 300 m highetrov, and it is expected that he willNotthe only onesimilar new building. INhundreds more such buildings are planned.

But what restrictions on the construction of such giants exist in the British capital?

There are already several clearly visible high-rise buildings here - "Shard" (Shard), "Walkie-Talkie", "Cheesegrater" (Cheese Grater) and "Gerkin" (Cucumber). The London panorama is periodically replenished with skyscrapers, which are given bright, memorable names.

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Now the authorities have received for consideration a project for a new high-rise building authored by the architect Lord Norman Foster.

According to the plan, the height of the Tulip (Tulip) building will be 305.3 m. At its base there will be a “stem”, and in the upper part there will be an observation deck, a restaurant, a small park and an educational area. You can get a bird's eye view of London by taking a ride in a transparent capsule.

Illustration copyright Dan Mullan/Getty Images Image caption How Tulip might look next to other skyscrapers

The building will be just a meter lower than the Shard and will become the second tallest skyscraper in London and throughout Britain.

The City of London authorities will now have to consider the application of the high-rise designer Foster and Partners. The firm hopes to build the skyscraper by 2025.

When and if Tulip is built, its visitors will likely have a view from big amount new skyscrapers.

According to the New London Architecture discussion group, in 2017 there were 510 buildings of 20 storeys or more in the planning stages in London.

Image caption Many London skyscrapers have very bizarre shapes

Other British cities, including Manchester, Bristol and Norwich, will also soon acquire their own high-rise buildings.

There is no clear definition of the concept of “high-rise building”. In a city with low buildings, this could be a ten-story building. In a city with a large number of high-rise buildings, a building with 40 floors will be considered high-rise.

Permission to build high-rise buildings, and indeed any buildings in England, is issued by councils local government.

“Applying for permission for a major construction project is a big responsibility,” says an employee of the consulting agency Planning Insight. “After all, the results will be seen for several generations.”

When considering development applications, local government councils consider how new developments will impact existing infrastructure and traffic loads, and whether they will block daylight for those living in neighboring properties.

Illustration copyright St Michael's Image caption The authorities did not interfere with plans to build a new high-rise building in Manchester, despite protests

Local government councils can, although are not required to, draw up a development plan for their area, which will determine the style of new buildings.

In London, the mayor's office provides additional building guidance that applies to the entire city. For example, the construction of high-rise buildings should be considered only in those areas in which they will fit well and will not spoil the existing ensemble.

They should also blend well with neighboring buildings, have an impact on the modernization of the urban environment, provide everyone with access to the upper floors if possible, and use the ground floor for public benefit activities.

The location of buildings should not contribute to increased wind, noise or excessive glare. They should also not interfere with aviation, navigation and telecommunications systems.

Illustration copyright City of London Corporation Image caption

There are also rules for the protection of monuments and architectural monuments. For example, the design of the Leadenhall Building, nicknamed the Cheese Grater, had to be changed at the design stage so that visitors to the historic Cheshire Pub on Fleet Street could see St. Paul's Cathedral.

The High-Rise Building Guide explains why London, unlike New York and Chicago, does not have such a variety of rectangular high-rise buildings, and why skyscrapers are built in concentrations rather than over a wider area.

Foster and Partners said Tulip will be shaped like a bud and the building footprint will be minimal, making the building a cultural and social landmark, complementing the neighboring Gerkin building.

The City of London approved 99% of construction projects in 2017-18, so the chances of the new skyscraper going ahead are good.

However, not everyone likes the Tulipa project. The city's architecture committee received a letter in which a disgruntled resident suggested that a competition was being held for the ugliest skyscraper.

Image caption In some places, the construction of high-rise buildings is prohibited so as not to block views of St. Paul's Cathedral

Can someone overturn a local government council's decision?

If the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, feels that the building's layout conflicts with his vision, he can request the design and independently approve or reject it.

Last year he gave planning permission for two high-rise developments in Tottenham and Wealdstone. Initially, local government councils rejected these projects.

Throughout England, at any stage - from concept to implementation - construction projects can be requested by local communities and the Minister for Home Government. But this happens extremely rarely.

When Manchester City Council approved plans for a new £200m development that includes a 39-storey hotel, campaigners called on the government to look into why the decision was being made. But the government refused to intervene.

Illustration copyright Getty Images Image caption Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the tallest skyscraper in the world

When you consider the small amount of space available for development in London, the housing shortage and sky-high land costs, it's safe to say that there will be more and more new high-rise buildings in the coming years.

However, even the tallest British skyscrapers are noticeably inferior in height to high-rise buildings in the US and China, says the head of New London Architecture, Peter Murray.

"More recently, we would have made comparisons with American cities. Today the emphasis has shifted to the Middle and Far East", - he said.

According to the Skyscraper Center, London, together with Seattle, rank 56th in the world in terms of the number of buildings constructed above 150 m. The British capital has 18 of them. Hong Kong is in first place with 353 high-rise buildings. The second is New York, which has 269 similar high-rise buildings. Moscow is in 32nd place with 37 high-rise buildings.

Paris has only two buildings higher than 150 m, Madrid has five, and Berlin has none at all.

Illustration copyright AFP Image caption Moscow ranks 32nd in the world in terms of the number of buildings taller than 150 m

Only three buildings in the world are classified as supertall buildings (above 600 m) according to the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, an international organization dedicated to high-rise construction.

The 300-meter "Tulip" will seem miniature in comparison.

The decision on whether to allow or prohibit the construction of a London skyscraper will be made in the coming month.

Today I would like to show you modern housing in London. And using his example, pay attention to the principles of modern residential development. It’s clear to see why they are doing well and we are doing poorly. And this is not some special path of Russia, it is simply the wrong path. Sooner or later we will build the kind of housing that is being built today in England, Germany or the USA. Maybe they won't be so expensive Decoration Materials, but the construction principle will be exactly the same. I don’t know when the revolution will happen in the residential real estate market. Maybe in 5 years, maybe in 10. But it will definitely happen, and then all the panel microdistricts will turn into a ghetto pumpkin.

So, welcome! The new residential area is located in the Stratford area of ​​north-east London, right next to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. This park opened after the London 2012 Olympics, and sports facilities still operate there. However, London authorities intend to develop the area around it.

In total, within 20 years, 5 residential blocks will be built near the park, designed for 6,800 apartments. Or rather, not apartments, but housing units, because this also includes townhouses, maisonettes and individual houses. In addition to housing, kindergartens are being built in the area, medical centers and sports grounds.

Chobham Manor is the first of these blocks and contains approximately 850 housing units. Right now the houses are for rent, they are not even on Google maps yet!

In 2015, the quarter received a prize from the National Association housing construction for the best development plan. Please note that along large driveways there are apartment buildings (no higher than 5-6 floors), and rows of townhouses are hidden deep in the block.

The area is designed to be family friendly: 75% of apartments and townhouses are designed specifically for families, and 28% of housing is classified as affordable. Londoners have their own ideas about accessibility.

Now prices for apartments in Chobham Manor start from 450,000 pounds - that’s 35.7 million rubles for a small two-room apartment (bedroom + dining room/living room) with or without a balcony parking space.

A two-bedroom apartment with a balcony and its own parking space can be bought for 622,000 pounds (49.3 million rubles).

The most expensive housing costs almost a million pounds (79.3 million rubles) - a three-story townhouse with 5 bedrooms, a backyard, a terrace on the 3rd floor, a garage, bicycle storage, etc.

By the way, having a personal parking space on average adds 10 thousand pounds to the cost of a similar apartment - that’s almost 800 thousand rubles. How do you like that?)

Along with apartments in new buildings, premises for trade and services are rented out. The developer claims that residents of the area have 250 shops within walking distance, as well as many cafes and restaurants, but it is clear that only a few of them are located within the block.

Chobham Manor is something that could be built on the empty post-Olympic spaces of Sochi if we had a demand for good areas in our country.

01. Let's start with architecture. This is very, very, very important! Please note that all houses in the area are different.

Agree, a little different from this:

02. Each building in the new area is unique, while maintaining the general style. Everywhere there are different windows, finishing materials, entrance groups. Variety of architecture in residential area It is very important if we are not building barracks. It is not human nature to clone boxes of the same type. Just as no two trees are identical in a forest, so in a good area the buildings are different, yet harmonize with each other.

03. In England they are not afraid. In Russia, black buildings are practically never found, which is a pity. The black facade looks very stylish, especially if it is made of quality materials.

04. Moreover, all colors are strict. We don't have the diversity we love so much. For some reason, in Russia they think that if you paint buildings in clown colors, it will be more fun to live in them. This is wrong. It's fun to live in quality homes built with good materials.

This is not what you need to do:

05. Natural materials are used.

07. Also pay attention to the variety of materials! There are 3 types of paving stones alone.

08. Again, about architecture. You won't confuse one street with another here.

09. Mature trees were immediately planted in the new area.

10. It is not only the diversity of architecture that is important, but also the diversity of housing types. For example, there are both townhouses and ordinary apartment buildings.

11. At the same time, almost everywhere there are low numbers of floors. And apartment buildings are also all of different architecture.

12. Offices are being built nearby. Neighborhood residential and commercial real estate It is very important that the area does not turn into a “dormitory”. This makes it possible to combat commuting, when in the morning everyone goes to the center to work, and in the evening to their outskirts. A good neighborhood should be bustling with life all day long. This is also important for safety: there are always people on the streets. And for business development. For example, in a residential area it is difficult to open a good restaurant or cafe, since there are no customers there during the day. Similarly, in business districts, everything dies out after the end of the working day. In areas with mixed development, a restaurant can feed office plankton during the day and residents in the evening.

13. Taking care of bicycles

14. Entrance to the entrance. Everything here is standard: a transparent door, the entrance is flush with the ground. Mailboxes are made on the street so that the postman does not enter the hall. If the house has a concierge, then mailboxes may be inside.

15. Townhouses have a small area in front of the entrance.

16. This is also very important. Usually, the space between the house and the sidewalk is not used in any way - there is a lawn or a vacant lot. Here you walk along green terraces.

17. Agree, this is much better than a vacant lot!

18. Backyard of townhouses. There are technical passages, entrances to garages and garbage cans.

19. Sidewalk improvement

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21. Street inside the district. There is little parking here

22. All parking is in pockets separated from each other by trees. All parking is paid.

23. Interesting point. In the distance there is a zebra crossing, which is marked by poles with lanterns. This is a normal crossing where pedestrians are allowed to pass. But you can’t make a zebra crossing every 20 meters, so on quiet streets, where traffic speed is limited to 20 km/h, you can find crossings with cars having priority. That is, here the pedestrian must cross the road at his own risk when there is no car.

24. All intersections of driveways and sidewalks are made at one level, so that people do not have to step down from the curbs.

25. Parking for scooters

26. Well, well, well... What do we have here? BA-BA-BA-BAH! 30-story building! And black too. As you know, I write a lot about the fact that residential buildings should be no higher than 8 floors, and ideally -
5-6. Can a 30-story residential building exist in this world? Maybe. And a 100-story one can. There's nothing wrong with that. If your building is predominantly low-rise, then the area may be dominated by towers; this is not a crime. Crime is when your entire area is built up with towers.

27. Here on the patch about railway erected a tower. They made quite an interesting yard. There are markings on the hard surface for different types of sports games.

28. Very high quality spaces with good landscaping. Again, pay attention to the variety of materials.

29.

30. The British are the best in the world at landscaping.

31. There is no open ground anywhere.

32. Look, what a cool improvement!

33. The quality of work is amazing. The soil in some places is covered with shale fragments.

34. This is how the birch tree grows here. The soil is covered with bark, there is a lattice around the trunk, and the path itself is made of a special material that allows moisture to pass through.

35. Isn't this a miracle?

36. A swing was hidden in the birch trees. And this is an ordinary yard that was done a few months ago. The criterion for good landscaping is very simple. Would you like to be here? Would you do this at your dacha? If the answer is yes, then the improvement is good.

And if so?

37. But let's return to England.

38. Children's area. Various benches, awnings, binoculars, hearing pipes.

39. This is Dasha, she is a local resident. Dasha is holding on to the carousel for a reason: there is a tree in the center of the carousel. And this tree rotates along with the carousel. Incredible design. I've never seen anything like this. I wonder if the tree will survive?)))

40. Trampolines

41. Lawns

42. Outdoor furniture

43. Something went wrong)))

44. The bike paths are not made very well, that’s a mistake.

45. Let's move to neighboring blocks. Here parking is located in the driveways.

46. ​​The houses themselves are 10-story.

47. Architecture is different everywhere.

48. There are no cars inside the blocks. Only greens.

49. Good landscaping

50. Almost Zaryadye

51. Passage from the driveway

52. Passage inside the block. Please note that there is business everywhere on the ground floors.

53. Beauty!

54. Entrance to the entrance

55. Even the design of the entrances is different everywhere.

56. These are residential buildings where athletes lived during the 2012 Olympics. There is a sign on each house: you can find out which teams lived specifically here.

57. There is parking on the ground floor. And on the second - the yard! This, by the way, is a good idea for the reconstruction of old areas where courtyards have been turned into parking lots. If you buy the first floors and locate a business on them, you can raise everything to one level and create green courtyards on the roofs of parking lots.

58. Beauty is above

59. And here is the yard. Here, each apartment on the ground floor, as usual, has its own plot.

60. Even in such a yard they managed to plant trees, and big trees!

61. Please note that even within one small block, all houses are different.

62. Yard landscaping

63. Let me remind you that all this is on the roof of the parking lot.

64. And on the ground floors there are shops, cafes and restaurants. By the way, the best showcase for good establishment- these are just transparent windows behind which you can see the interior. It immediately enlivens the street.

65. Street

66. This is how the British are building now. And this is the outskirts of London.

67. By British standards, this is very budget accommodation. Comparable to our sleeping bags on the outskirts.

68. Would you like to live here?

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