{"id":6911,"date":"2017-02-27T13:35:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T13:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2017-02-27T13:35:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T13:35:10","slug":"garden-villages-the-way-forward-or-a-step-backwards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globaldoor.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/02\/27\/garden-villages-the-way-forward-or-a-step-backwards\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Villages the way forward or a step backwards?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This model version in Babbacombe Devon gives endless pleasure to all who visit \u2013 but will the same be said for the real thing \u2013 the Government has recently announced the locations of 14 new Garden Village locations<\/a> which could provide up to 48,000 new homes at various sites throughout the UK.<\/p>\n

The concept of Garden Villages is nothing new Letchworth and Welwyn Garden City were first conceived in the 1920\u2019s and respectively have current populations of circa 34,000 and 47,000 which somewhat dwarfs the Governments current expectations for the current fourteen sites.<\/p>\n

The concept of Garden Villages (in advertising speak) is that somehow, they are separated from the existing towns and cities and create new and vibrant smaller communities \u2013 a wonderful if somewhat impractical claim \u2013 most areas of the UK have a \u201cnew town\u201d of some description near them which were welcomed with similar claims \u2013 the same new towns that have developed into vast urban sprawls frequently with and inadequate infrastructure to support them.<\/p>\n

We at Global Door<\/a> are certainly not against the proposal of more housing for after all every new home means a new front door and a potential sale, however some of us in the GFD offices are old enough to recall Government announcements in the early \u201cnoughties\u201d that the population growth rate had dipped below the sustainable population figure of 2.1 children per family and had fallen to the 1.6 \u2013 1.9 range \u2013 there are numerous census available which suggest that World growth is now only at 1.0 and could fall to 0.50 by the 2040\u2019s all due to changes in living habits. This fascinating article \u201cThe UK\u2019s Population Problem by the Optimum Population Trust\u201d<\/a> makes for an interesting read.<\/p>\n

Further, we are constantly reminded by the media that the \u201cbaby boomers of the late 40\u2019s early 50\u2019s are the ones putting the strain on the National Health Service (and everything else) because they are living longer? As many of those same \u201cbaby boomers\u201d are now approaching seventy years of age even with medical science improving the odds are that within the next ten years they will significantly decline in number.<\/p>\n

With a decline in the birth rate and the end of the \u201cbaby boom\u201d generation what will become of all this new housing stock in the future? We are not \u201cpolitical\u201d here at Global Door<\/a> \u2013 we know that the contentious issue immigration has an impact, but we are bemused at the way the statistics fall \u2013 is there really a huge housing crisis \u2013 there are plenty of inner city properties standing vacant and where new construction is taking place developers seem intent on building the properties in the mid to higher ends of the market when \u201cstarter homes\u201d are that which is needed.<\/p>\n

Is this continuous destruction of our rural areas (which is increasingly magnified by the infrastructure required to service these homes) the correct way to go when \u201cthere are plenty of redundant inner city \u201cbrown field\u201d sites available where a large proportion of the infrastructure already exists or could be adapted and modified?<\/p>\n

Here at Global Door<\/a> we are just simple \u201con line \u201cdoor sales people we do not have any of the answers but we do have a range of exceedingly good doors, doors that would grace any home , new or old, rural or urban<\/p>\n

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Doors like this 2 panel 1 arch in red with side screens and top light a door that will bring the images of summer and sunshine into any home \u2013 although this door has the total \u201cgarden Village\u201d feel we doubt that any of the proposed new properties would be able to accommodate it, but that\u2019s no problem as our range covers doors for all occasions and situations \u2013 doors like our favourites<\/p>\n

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Why not visit our web site and decide for yourself which is your favourite and then finding a new door for your home will be only a few \u201cclicks\u201d away -it\u2019s that simple to buy your new front door using our fully automated service \u2013 however if you have a query or need a little reassurance or just the personal touch of speaking to someone, our Sales team are ready and waiting for your phone call.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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