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What Are The Defining Characteristics Of A 1970's House?

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    In the Seventies' the first big house price boom meant that there was a lot more money available to put into the construction of houses and consequently more variation appeared, though not in a regional sense. However, that variation wasn't often seen within each estate as having only one house style per estate allowed building companies to achieve economies of scale. The layouts of the estates were less rigid than before as developers used curved road lines and non-rectangular plots to disguise the uniformity.

    In more upmarket estates, houses were neo-Georgian in style, with sash windows and pilasters at the front door, and cheaper houses followed the styles of the sixties. The semi-detached home began to fall out of favour, with the majority of new builds being terraced, blocks of flats or detached homes.
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