WHAT IS THE VALUE?

摘要

For all the RIGS Red Book's biblical authority on valuation, the experience of many architects is that surveyors base residential valuations on the closest similar size homes. This ignores build and design quality, or their intended market. In Harlow, Alison Brooks' Newhall Be was valued against far older neighbours. But at the start of the project the value of the design paid dividends on process. Impressing the landowners, the Moen brothers, and masterplanner Robert Rummey with the design sent Linden Homes' scheme sailing through a supportive planning system. This meant the baseline of design was very high, says Brooks. But proving the design had value that would translate directly into sales figures was hard. Brooks felt selling houses as 'architect-designed' and with added features should uplift the whole development.