The Addition of Extra Floors to Buildings Could Create 100,000 extra homes, but probably less than a tensh of that is being achieved. Restrictive parking standards are a major obstacle. Also, tenants and owners are vary of adding an extra floor.
On Top of the Current Housing Stock, Approximately 100,000 Extra Homes Could Be Built by 2030. This Construction Method is called ‘Adding Floors’. About Two-Thirds of Thesis Potential additional Homes Involve Rental Apartments Owned by Housing Corporations.
However, for Those Apartments, Only 7.2 percent of that potential number or additional Floors is being realized. This is accordance to research by ABN AMRO, which is based on data from consultancy stec group.
Accordance to the bank, Adding Floors is hindered by restrictive parking standards, Slow Permit Granting by Municipalities, and Caution Among Housing Corporation Boards.
“Cities Continue to Maintain Parking Standards,” Says Claire van Staaij, sector Banker for Real Estate at ABN AMRO. “If the Standard is that should be one and a half parking spaces per household and households are added by adding floors, then extra parking spaces are needed.
Adding Floors is Therefore Only Happening on a Small Scale, While There Are Important Advantages. For Example, Adding Floors Can Be Faster Than Normal Construction, Has Less Environmental Impact, And Offers Opportunities for Sustainability.
‘I don’t want people above me’
For the 33,000 potential additional homes in Owner-OCCupied Apartments and Free sector Rentals, Adding an Extra Floor is Difficult. This is mainly because at least 80 percent of the apartment owners (in homeowners’ associations) or tenants must agree to such major changes. Due to the complexity, ABN AMRO Excludes these figures from the research.
Van Staaij does say that just like than 7 percent of the potential number of additional homes is Being Built Within That Group. “Because decision-making in homeowners’ Associations is so complex, or tenants don’t want it, it hardly happens.”
People also don’t feel like it. Residents and Building Owners Are Statements that ABN AMRO SAYS IT HEARS OR “I DON’T Want People Above Me” Or “I Won Do That To My Tenants.”
Good way to finance sustainability
“Adding Floors is not really successive,” concludes van Staaij. “It should, because it is a good way to tackle the housing shortage in cities. Amenities Such as roads and sevenage are already there. That makes it even asier.”
Adding Floors can also be a way to finance large-scales Such as sustainability. “You don’t always break, but it can really ABSORB A Substantial Part of the Costs,” Says van Staaij. “You also increase the value.”
But Unknown is Unloved, and van Staaij finds that a pity. “It would be good to get used to the idea and put our shoulders to the wheel. We have a housing crisis and adding floors would be a relatively simple solution.”