Building more studio apartments than one-bedroom units could save developers €41k, says housing department

Apartment at Grand Canal Dock in Dublin. Changes are also being made to the minimum requirements for apartments to be dual aspect — falling to 25% of units within a development from between 33% and 50%. Picture: © RollingNews.ie

Increasing the number of smaller studio apartments compared to one-bedroom units in new housing developments could save builders over €41,000 per unit, the department of housing has said.

Individual measures within the Government’s new planning guidelines for apartment developments estimate that developers could make thousands of euros in savings, including through reducing balconies and making individual units smaller.