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The project consisted of 22 self contained apartments. Constructed over three floors using traditional construction methods.
The external finish is a mixture of face brick and external cladding detail with aluminium contrasting windows.
Part of the remit was to build two apartments fit for disabled use incorporating larger door openings, a walk in shower and wet room plus low level electrical fittings and a low level kitchen with adjustable worktops.
To access the upper floors a specialist lift has been installed along with two communal stairwells.
A brownfield site, turning a redundant quarry site into specialist affordable housing for older persons squeezing a suitable scheme within fixed boundaries of the quarry walls and a stream
Providing specialist disability units, which included adapted kitchens, bathrooms and circulation spaces including changing levels for handles, sockets and worktops to allow flexibility of use for wheelchair users
Clearing and cleaning of watercourse adjacent to site, which had been left overgrown, creating a more free flowing stream which would help prevent local flooding
Completing footpath links and specialist crossing points, by connecting the quarry site to the existing main road as the footpaths stopped short, which connected houses to a supermarket nearby.
A brownfield site, turning a redundant quarry site into specialist affordable housing for older persons squeezing a suitable scheme within fixed boundaries of the quarry walls and a stream
Providing specialist disability units, which included adapted kitchens, bathrooms and circulation spaces including changing levels for handles, sockets and worktops to allow flexibility of use for wheelchair users
Clearing and cleaning of watercourse adjacent to site, which had been left overgrown, creating a more free flowing stream which would help prevent local flooding
Completing footpath links and specialist crossing points, by connecting the quarry site to the existing main road as the footpaths stopped short, which connected houses to a supermarket nearby.
Retaining a car-park next to watercourse.
Specialist engineering solution utilising gabion walls to ensure a sustainable and aesthetically pleasing way of retaining the car-park without polluting the watercourse during the works.
Landscaping to the quarry walls.
Specialist contractor to provide long term landscaping management within the existing bank stability works to ‘lighten’ the environment of purely stone walls to a significant height, making the view from the flats far more interesting and diverse.
