Bungalows are a popular type of home in England and Wales. They represent 9.3% of the housing stock (5 million properties). Bungalows accounted for 8% of homes sold in the UK last year. The most popular month for sales was March, with 10.6% of all sales.

• Bungalows offer the greatest potential increase in energy efficiency of any housing type. This is through improvements such as insulation and solar power. On average, bungalows currently have the potential to increase energy efficiency scores by 36%. Other houses typically only have the potential to improve by 30% and flats by 10%.
• Popular locations of recent bungalow sales have mainly occurred along the coast and include Bournemouth, Bognor Regis, Leigh-on-Sea, Clacton-on-Sea, Norwich, Sunderland, Blackpool and Rhyl. Source: Dataloft https://inform.dataloft.co.uk/ Land Registry (2022/23), BRE Trust (2017) https://bregroup.com/

Town and Country Herts and Essex, what we think:

Here at Town and Country Herts and Essex we were quite surprised to find that 8% of homes sold in the last year were bungalows until we really started to think about trips to the seaside! Bungalows a plenty in places like Clacton, Leigh-on-Sea, Canvey Island, Walton on the Naze etc. and that’s just Essex.

Who lives in bungalows?

Traditionally, it has always been considered a dwelling for elderly folk who find stairs harder to negotiate. However, as Estate Agents, we have come across many families of all ages inhabiting these fabulous properties. After all, isn’t a bungalow nothing more than a large ground floor flat with its own front & rear garden?

Extra energy efficiency

So because bungalows have larger roofs and therefore loft space, you can insulate more. Because the roofs are larger, you can erect more solar panels.

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