Rate your home: Tweet of the day

A new website called Rate My Building, an initiative to allow the actual end-users of buildings to rate and provide their opinions on their functionality, is being widely discussed on Twitter.

Everyone who lives in a home, works in an office or uses buildings in some other way is encouraged to share their thoughts on their building.

There are four options at present, including Rate My House, Rate My Townhouse, Rate My Apartment and Rate My Office, created in partnership with Urban Melbourne.

From architects Atelier Red+Black, the idea is to research the designs of existing buildings to better inform future developments.

Questions include:
Are they the right size?
Are they functional?
What functions do they perform well?
How can they be improved?

They also ask you to rank your property on a number of points, and to provide some qualitative information if you want. You are asked to provide a postcode.

So far, their research is proving interesting.

They shared that 20% of respondents find their kitchens difficult to use. Other research has found that over half of respondents find their house sizes too big or small for their needs.

Office blocks see a large number unsure about the availability of health and safety equipment, such as first aid kids and defibrillators.

Atelier Red+Black hope to share the research with architects across the country to assist with evidence based design.