Live in your Toyota?

Not a lot of people know this but Toyota make houses! They have been doing so since 1975. Housing takes less than 1% of Toyota’s $183 billion annual sales. Design wise a buyer cab choose from several designs which includes sleek contemporary to standard fare with tiled roofing and balcony windows.

Average floor areas of a typical Japanese home have increased since the early 60s from 60 square metres to 94 square metres in 2003. The reason mainly down to the population which is in decline and ageing fast. I think we all know that feeling!
The Japanese have it all sown up of course. If you’re looking for a house visit your local ‘housing park’ where the likes of Toyota and rival homebuilders have set up model homes. Customers there are able to place orders and with the wonder of mix and match can design a layout and interior to meet their needs.

Visit Toyota here:-http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/environmental_rep/03/jigyou.html

Diary Dates

Thought I ought to summarise some of the exhibitions diarised for this year that have been mentioned in this blog:

Futurebuild at London Earls Court 27 Feb-1st March URL: http://www.futurebuild.co.uk/page.cfm/Link=217/t=m/goSection=1/trackLogID=176425_E164D4ACDC

Grand Designs Live at the London Excel Centre 8-10th June and at the Birmingham NEC 5th-7th October URL: http://www.granddesignslive.co.uk

Interbuild at the Birmingham NEC 28th Oct-1st Nov URL: http://www.interbuild.com

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Grand Designs Live

The Grand Designs Live exhibition for 2007 is on the 8-10 June 2007 at the London Excel Centre and the 5-7th October at the Birmingham NEC. Visit their website at http://www.granddesignslive.co.uk