Completed Affordable Housing Projects
Victoria Villa
Project: Victoria Villa
Location: Westbrook, Margate
Client: Orbit Housing Association
Contract: Design & Build
Value: £4.5m
Located within the Westbrook House Complex, Victoria Villa is a 3 storey extra care sheltered housing scheme comprising 40 no. self contained 1 and 2 bedroom flats for affordable rented tenure.
The scheme also includes the provision of car parking and a courtyard landscaping scheme.
Before works on the main structure commenced the old Victoria House Hospital was demolished and extensive alteration works were carried out to the adjacent Garlinge Surgery to ensure that this facility remained in operation at all times.
Project highlights
- Highly efficient pre-insulated timber frame
- Extensive communal facilities
- 35.5 out of 40 Considerate Constructor’s Score
- High sound insulation characteristics 5db beyond Building Regulations
- Positive increase in ecological value of the site
- breeam multi-residential excellent rating
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Keyworker Flats
Project: Keyworker Flats
Location: Chatham High Street, Chatham, Kent
Client: Town & Country Housing Group
Contract: Design & Build
Value: £5.5m
Located on the site of the old Chatham Odeon Cinema this scheme comprised of 58 keyworker 1 and 2 bedroom flats and a separately accessed 30 bedroom hostel. In addition there is also a retail unit incorporated within the scheme to the ground floor.
Once the old cinema had been demolished work began to construct the scheme which initially comprised a insitu concrete slab on piled foundations. The construction of the 6/7 storey structure above was a reinforced concrete frame clad with facing bricks and polished blocks and kawneer aluminium powder coated curtain walling, windows and doors. At roof level the covering was metal profiled cladding on steel metsec trusses.
Whilst the flats are self-contained the hostel comprises shared facilities such as a laundry room, kitchen and offices for staff.
Project Highlights
- Tower crane required to distribute materials
- Multi-storey development on restricted site
- Mixed use development
- Substantial reinforced concrete frame works
- 3 No. passenger lifts serving flats
- Drive through gated access to limited parking at rear
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Fortescue Place
Project: Fortescue Place
Location: Smeeth, Nr Ashford
Client: English and Rural Housing Association
Contract: Design & Build
Value: £1.1m
Located in the village of Smeeth this rural development consists of 11 dwellings of 7 houses and 4 flats. Prior to construction work commencing on the building itself there was an extensive Southern Water sewer diversion to be undertaken to divert the existing sewer away from the footprint of the dwellings. In addition we worked closely with ecologists to ensure the safe migration of slow worms which involved the erection of a reptile fence to the perimeter of the site.
The timber frame dwellings comprised 2 and 3 bedroom houses and 1 bedroom flats. A variety of masonry, tile hanging, render and weather boarding was used to the elevations to give an aesthetically pleasing design which compliments the rural location.
Project Highlights
- Eco Homes very good rating
- Photo voltaic technology
- Stepped elevations due to sloping nature of site
- Access road between two dwellings leading to off road parking
- Sustainable urban drainage design
- Extensive ecology work
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88-90 Cheriton Road
Project: 88-90 Cheriton Road
Location: Folkestone
Client: Hyde Housing Association
Contract: Design and build
Value: £1.85m
This complicated project comprised the construction of one block of eighteen flats and one bungalow on a vacant brown field site. The main challenge on this typically tight town centre scheme was the limited space available for the storage of materials. Careful planning was required to ensure materials arrived on a “just in time” basis.
The ground floor four flats were housed within an insitu-concrete structure onto which four storeys of timber frame were built. Although the top two flats were originally designed for 50% ownership sale, the specification was amended at the clients request to change these to affordable rented tenure.
Project Highlights
- Eco Homes excellent rating achieved
- Complex piled foundation design due to Folkestone Sandstone in ground
- Liaison with end users of bungalow
- Curved warm roof construction
- Variety of elevational treatments
- Completed on time to the client’s satisfaction
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Trinity Square Housing
Project: Trinity Square Housing
Location: Trinity Square, Margate
Client: Orbit Group Ltd
Contract: Design and build
Value: £2.34m
Located on the site adjacent to the Limes Doctor’s Surgery also completed by Jenner, this scheme in Margate includes a total of 28 residential units in 3 blocks and comprises 9 houses and 19 flats.
The structure of this development is timber frame and is a variety of 2, 3 and 4 storeys and contains a feature 3 storey curved section to one end. The timber frame is enveloped by masonry at low level and Sto render above. Elsewhere the windows are aluminium powder coated and the roof covering is metal standing seam. The introduction of the curved section resulted in complex interface details with the remaining structure which required careful consideration and planning.
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Honeywood & Douglas Almshouses
Project: Honeywood & Douglas Almshouses
Location: Douglas Avenue, Lenham
Client: Honeywood & Douglas Charity Lenham
Contract: Design & Build
Value: £417,000
This scheme comprised of one block of 3 terraced bungalows and one block of 2 flats. The bungalows were added to an existing terrace of almshouses therefore the design was in keeping with the existing elevations. The restricted and sloping nature of the site were the main challenges to overcome and required careful programming in terms of the sequence of the works.
With the bungalows located at the rear of the site the decision was taken early on to build the bungalows and the flats simultaneously. Although this led to restricted access to the bungalows, working with our supply chain contractors and suppliers we were able to gain an advantage on the construction programme.
Project Highlights
- Bungalows extended onto existing terrace
- Extensive steps and ramps externally to bungalows
- Alternative design and materials used to flats
- Masonry construction with Jeld-Wen timber windows and tiled roofs
- Confined site required careful planning of material deliveries
- Works re-sequenced to gain programme advantage
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