Andy Atkinson, managing director of Penwortham-based Fairhaven, as recently completed building a new bungalow estate in Lancashire
The economics of building bungalows will always make them more difficult to deliver than houses – but the needs of an ageing population demand that the challenge they present is overcome.
Andy Atkinson says that Fairhaven wants to “push forward” with more bungalows on future developments in Lancashire – and denies that his company’s operating model makes it inherently easier to pursue that option than it is for traditional housebuilders, whose profit motive means they want to maximise the number of properties they can build on the land that they have available.
“We have arthritis and things, but now we don’t have stairs to worry about,” explained Sheila Sheasby, who arrived in one of the new energy-efficient properties on the estate with her husband, John, six months ago. Andy Atkinson says that it is not just the conundrum of houses or bungalows with which the country needs to wrestle when considering the best accommodation to provide for an ageing population – but also what comes with it. At Crownlee – where the additional eight properties all sold straight off plan before they were completed – the community centre offers subsidised lunches five days a week, while there is also the option to pay for a cleaning service in the bungalows.
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