Award-winning family homes available
Family homes which are creating sustainable communities for the future in an area of Chester have won a building award for the quality of their construction.
Chester and District Housing Trust (CDHT) has invested £12.3 million into Chester Point, a housing development in Stratford and Treborth Road, Blacon. The development, which has been created in partnership between CDHT and affordable housing developer Lovell, won the Local Authority Building Control Built in Quality Award for Best Housing Project in recognition of the high standards of construction and workmanship.
Chester Point is a mixed housing development which includes a play area and open spaces. There is also a ‘Homezone’ area where the street is equally shared with pedestrians, cyclists and motorists increasing pedestrian safety. CDHT has recently held an Open Day at Chester Point for prospective buyers for the Treborth Road properties. The Stratford Road properties were the first phase of the Chester Point development.
Following the demolition of 162 properties, Chester Point includes 156 new homes, consisting of two, three and four-bed homes, two-bed apartments and two-bed bungalows. These are a mixture of sale, shared ownership and rented properties; the end of the first phase marks the completion of more than 54 properties available. Building work began on the project in July 2007 and will be completed by the end of this year.
Danielle Harrison, Senior Development Officer for CDHT, said:
“I am delighted that Chester Point has won this Award. We have enjoyed working in partnership with Lovell to enhance this area. We still have nine three-bedroom contemporary design homes available, each offering a quality fitted kitchen with cooker, hob and hood and a modern bathroom with bath and shower. If you are eligible, you can purchase a share in the property, for instance you may purchase 50 per cent and pay a reduced rent on the remaining share of the property. You may increase your share in the property as and when you wish, up to 100 per cent ownership, depending on what suits your circumstances. All of the homes are extremely energy-efficient and spacious.”
Chester & District Housing Trust in partnership with Plus Housing Group, Cheshire West & Chester Council, Lovell and TASC 2000 Residents’ Association are offering a limited number of beautiful homes at affordable prices, from just £66,500 for a 3- bedroom home based on 50 per cent share.
For more information call Danielle Harrison on 01244 305503 or the Homes Hub team on 0845 6034559 to arrange a viewing.
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Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) was created in November 2000 to acquire the housing stock of Chester District Council and now owns and manages over 6,200 properties in and around Chester, employing 275 staff. The Trust’s homes fall in to six neighbourhoods – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
CDHT provides a range of services to tenants and residents in Chester and surrounding areas. These include ChesterCare, a community alarm service for CDHT tenants, other association tenants and private customers and also the specially designated Community Intervention Budget. This improves facilities and allows changes which are felt buy tenants to be vital to their community. CDHT also manages the housing waiting list and homelessness agency service on behalf of Chester City Council.
Current projects for CDHT include the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester to include 200 new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
For more details please visit www.cdht.net
Lovell, which has offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leatherhead, Leeds, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Norwich, Nottingham and Tamworth, is Britain’s leading provider of affordable housing. Lovell is part of Morgan Sindall plc, a top UK construction and regeneration group which operates through five specialist divisions of fit out, construction, infrastructure services, affordable housing and urban regeneration.
For more details on Lovell Partnerships Limited visit: www.lovell.co.uk
The Local Authority Building Control is the member organisation representing local authority building control departments in England and Wales. For more info visit: www.labc.uk.com
CDHT Press Contact: Phil Brotherhood
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M: 07884 493370
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Lovell Media Contact: Liz Coyle-Camp / Ragan Beale
T: 01747 871752
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