The Home Quality Mark is a new rigorous and relevant standard for new homes.
Provide consumers with the tools to make the smart choice when buying or renting a new home.
Enable housebuilders to differentiate their products and to articulate the benefits of new homes.
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We can rate many other areas; Mobile Phones, Cars, Holidays and products like insurance. Information on homes is often limited to, location, purchase price and a few photos. It is difficult to understand if the home is really quality product and how it relates to others in the area. HQM will provide consumers with better tools in order to make the smart choice. In our Moneysupermaket survey – 97% of people said they would welcome a mark like HQM. 20% said they would pay for it.
Home - A home is more than 4 walls and a roof, it is about hearts and minds. Quality - Everybody wants quality, but doesn’t always know what it is. Mark - Provides reassurance, independence, backed by science. “Independent benchmarking of new homes is hugely important”. Cala Homes Chief Executive Alan Brown
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Why have we chosen HQM, rather than BREEAM, Code, EcoHomes? It needs to resonate with as many people as possible, not just people who are interested in sustainability.
An example of what an HQM score card will look like. Overall star rating – 5 stars is common for rating of services and goods Indicators – cut across the whole scheme not just categories Score card will pull up some issues that the home is good at.
How the scheme is structured and where the indicators sit. Go through sections in a bit. This shows that more indicators can be added at anytime, because it doesn’t impact the inputs.
assessors will be able to become HQM assessors at no additional cost.
- Online training will be available in the summer.
Key operational features
Power of Data - Using data that is
already created (SAP, Passivhaus, BIM).
- Providing data for use for others.
Pre Approvals - Type approval at My
Home level.
- Pre approval at Our Surrounding level.
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Data = Set up along the same lines as UNICLASS 2 Pre Approvals on the same levels as our surroundings, my home and knowledge sharing. Some potentially at company level.