Regeneration of Hoole House
Building work has started on a £3.2 million regeneration scheme which will provide 36 two-bed retirement homes in Chester.
Hoole House, which is being developed by Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT), replaces 22 bed-sits at Willow Crescent, Hoole. The new 36 home scheme comprises 24 high quality apartments to rent with another 12 on a shared ownership basis. The new development for over 55s will increase the number of affordable homes in the community and is due to be finished by contractors G & J Seddon Limited by January 2011.
Cllr Rob Thompson, Chair of the CDHT Board, attended the first day of building work at Hoole House, with Winston Lea, CDHT resident and a member of the Supported Housing Group which looks at the way in which CDHT delivers its services and Jonathan Seddon, Managing Director of G & J Seddon Limited.
John Denny, CDHT Chief Executive, said:
“This cutting edge scheme will exceed the needs of elderly residents in Cheshire, as part of a wider regeneration project which will deliver a further 135 homes this year. These developments will provide sustainable communities, enhancing the area with green space and landscaping, promoting better health and stimulating the economy and construction industry across Cheshire West.”
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(L-R) David Hull, Danielle Harrison, CDHT Senior Development Officer, Matthew Sorrigan, G & J Seddon Limited Quantity Surveyor, Jonathan Seddon, Managing Director of G & J Seddon, Paul Hamlett, G & J Seddon Contracts Manager, Winston Lea, CDHT resident, with Cllr Bob Thompson, Chair of the CDHT Board.
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Notes to editors
Chester & District Housing Trust (CDHT) is a dynamic and enterprising organisation at the forefront of delivering positive impacts in the communities with which it works. The Trust’s homes span six communities – Blacon North; Blacon South; Chester City Area; The Rurals; Lache and Handbridge; Upton, Hoole, Newton and Plas Newton.
Committed to the best principles of social enterprise with over 14,000 local customers in 6,200 properties and 53% of its 275 colleagues living within its communities, the Trust adheres to key commitments and principles relating to people, places, partnerships and performance which underpin the Vision to ‘create opportunity’, through its mission, ‘by doing the right thing’.
The Trust is about being transparent and accountable in everything that is done and to this end is one of the first organisations nationally to have established a Residents’ Board, with full delegated powers from the Trust Board, to direct services which impact upon their lives.
The Trust has a comprehensive development programme delivering over 330 new homes including the £12million regeneration of the Treborth Road area of Chester providing new homes for rent, sale and shared ownership, as well as a village green and wildlife habitats.
CDHT also provides services on a partnership basis, to a number of other customers e.g. Telecare services, TrustWorks Maintenance Services, Housing Options advice, waiting list management and choice based lettings to neighbouring local authorities and registered social landlords.
The Trust is rated as two Star excellent by the Audit Commission, has the highest possible rating from Telecare Services Association and is also credited Investors in People and is the overall Employer of the Year For Cheshire West. It has been in the ‘Top 100 Sunday Times best companies to work for’ for the last 2 years.
For more details please visit www.cdht.org or request a copy of CDHT’s Corporate Plan 2009-2014.
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