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| The role of DIY in maintaining owner-occupied stock | | Author(s) | Maggie Davidson, Justine Redshaw, Alex Mooney |
| Publisher | Policy Press, Bristol, 1997 |
| Pages | 66 pp (Housing repair and maintenance series) |
| Source | Biblios, Star Road, Partridge Green, West Sussex RH13 8LD. |
| Keywords | Owner occupied dwellings ; Maintenance ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Data from the 1991 and 1986 English House Condition Surveys (EHCS) and published information from the Family Expenditure Survey (FES) (1957-94) were used in this first report in the series of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) Research Programme on House Repair and Maintenance in the owner-occupied sector. The report examines the amount and type of work carried out using DIY (do-it-yourself); and the households most and least likely to use DIY. The main factors influential in using DIY divide into household factors (e.g. skills and experience, attitudes towards builders, and financial resources); and job factors (e.g. difficulty or complexity; labour:materials cost ratio; and trade skill needed). The different methods used in getting jobs carried out are examined, particularly the role of unpaid help from family or friends. Trends over time in the volume of DIY and households' approach to doing work are explored; and the impact of DIY of the stock and how it has affected the state of repair of the stock are examined. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980714003 B |
| Classmark | KEA: 5P6: 3F |
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