Assessing traditional housing for rehabilitation

Document Status

Archived

Supplement

Building Supplement

Series

Report

Abstract

Pinpoints key considerations and implications which require assessment if rehabilitation is contemplated. It provides an objective framework to assist building professionals in providing the closest possible match between the expectations of clients and the realistic potential of the property. This guide is a response to the current shortage of practical advice on how to anticipate, recognise and overcome the more common problems identified. It has been prepared in a format designed to stimulate greater awareness among professionals of the practical considerations which are particular to rehabilitation work and which, in some cases, may have considerable cost implications. The guidance is relevant to traditional or rationalised traditional housing and to flats and maisonettes of up to four storeys, built prior to about 1965. Much of the information and principles included may have relevance to the limited proportion of stock of similar age which is of non-traditional construction.

ISBN

9780851254326

Subjects

• Building types
• Housing/residential facilities
• Rehabilitation and conversion, housing

Publisher History

BRE is a building science centre that generates new knowledge through research. This is used to create products, tools and standards that drive positive change across the built environment. BRE helps its government and private sector clients meet the significant environmental, social and economic challenges they face in delivering homes, buildings and communities. BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity. The Trust uses the profits made by the BRE companies to fund research and education that advances knowledge of the built environment.