Additional facilities for apartment developments

The following list provides an indication of the kind of additional facilities that can be desired and/or provided within apartment developments: • Gyms and exercise rooms – residential gyms offering a range of equipment to meet a variety of workouts can make exercise more tempting for residents and help build a community amongst users/ neighbours. • Residents' lounges and dining areas – spaces which offer residents and family members a social environment outside of the resident's apartment unit for relaxation and/or eating delivery meals. In some instances dining areas may include facilities such as those for making tea and coffee. • Cinema and games rooms – activity spaces which offer residents and family members a social environment outside of the resident's apartment unit to watch movies, play videogames or engage in activities such as pool and table tennis. • Business pods and meeting areas – facilities within residential blocks that provide individual workspaces and meeting areas for residents that work or study from home are capable of meeting modern work patterns/arrangements and are beneficial to the health and wellbeing of residents. • Library area/reading rooms – spaces within residential blocks that provide residents a quiet environment to relax in and/or avail of supplied reading material and book exchange facilities. • Flexible and experimental spaces – flexible and experimental spaces can help create new opportunities for education and support, providing an environment for organised skills training and recreational learning. These spaces may also accommodate changing site-specific installations, such as art displays or play host to resident/management meetings. • Additional storage areas for rental – facilities for the secure storage of items not suitable for stowing within residential units (e.g. large hobby equipment like surf boards) may appeal to some residents. • Residents' car share – car clubs are a suitable means of lowering car ownership in new developments and may appeal to those who have no requirement for daily use of this form of transport and those for whom membership of a car club is a more affordable alternative to private ownership. In many schemes hybrid vehicles may be used, bookable online and used by several residents in one day or by a single resident for a number of days, depending on need. • Electric Vehicle Charging Points – stationary infrastructure equipment providing electrical power supply to recharge electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. • Communal drying spaces and laundry rooms – shared facilities for washing and drying of clothes can eliminate issues associated with drying clothes inside individual residential units (e.g. impediment to space, untidiness of clothes horses, dampness in the air, mould and smells). External communal drying spaces that are secure and screened may be provided in garden areas where space permits. Internal drying spaces such as passive drying, drying cabinet or laundry rooms with washing and drying appliances may also be provided.