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Iconic residential development reaches completion in Nottingham

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The city’s most talked about mixed-use development project, which comprises 237 apartments and 55,000 sq ft of office space, has already attracted eager buyers and overseas investors.

Nottingham One, situated off Canal Street, is a pivotal part of the city’s regeneration plans and is a major focal point along one of the main arterial routes in and out of the city.

Bluebell Park opens its doors to residents

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Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), part of the First Ark Group, which is committed to creating a successful and sustainable community for people and businesses in Knowsley,is celebrating another milestone by opening its first show apartment on the new Bluebell Park Extra Care development in Huyton.

The development, which is due for completion in autumn of 2014, will provide 122 new one and two bedroom apartments for the over 55s. Approximately 101 of the apartments will be available through Extra Care Facilities, which will cater for the needs of older people by offering varying levels of care and support tailored to individual requirements.

FA Cup hero visits housing development named in his honour

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A housing development being built as part of a £30m regeneration scheme inHereford, is to be named Radford Gardens in recognition of the achievements of one of the city’s most famous sporting heroes.

Keepmoat and Herefordshire Housing have announced that as part of their plans to breathe new life into The Oval by building 259 high-quality new homes they will name the development after Hereford United’s FA Cup hero Ronnie Radford.

Southern Home Ownership completes flagship development

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Southern Home Ownership, the non-charitable arm of Southern Housing Group, has completed its flagship development in Brighton, The Edge.

The stunning £9.5 million, 12,600 sq. ft., residential development comprises one, two and three-bedroom Shared Ownership apartments and a community centre.

North East housing associations form innovative partnership

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A trio of North East housing associations are leading the way in delivering savings for their residents, after implementing an innovative approach to jointly procuring maintenance services.

Four Housing, North Star Housing Group and Two Castles Housing Association have joined forces to procure day-to-day and void maintenance repairs worth more than £13million over a four-year partnership.

KHT completes award nominated Bluebell bungalows scheme

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Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), part of the First Ark Group, which is committed to creating a successful and sustainable community for people and businesses in Knowsley, has completed work on a new scheme that will complement extra care development, Bluebell Park.

Nine stylish new bungalows have been built on Alamein Road in Huyton, Knowsley, opposite the Bluebell development, which is due to be completed in autumn this year. Although independent from Bluebell Park, bungalow residents will be able to use the facilities in the extra care scheme if they wish to*, which include an on-site care team, restaurant, and hairdresser.

As part of the Home & Communities Agency’s pledge to increase the supply of new affordable homes in England, KHT was awarded a £835,000 grant to deliver 59 homes to Knowsley by March 2016. The Alamein bungalow scheme is the first to be completed from the funding pot and offers residents a high quality and sustainable living environment with the option to tailor a support package specifically for their individual requirements when Bluebell Park opens.

Workshops to showcase Home User Guide coming soon

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With more than 40 builders across the UK already up and running, and thousands of HUGs in production, demand for NHBC’s new online Home User Guide (NHBC HUG) is growing at a fast pace.

The NHBC HUG is the ultimate in online home management which replaces or complements existing handover packs for purchasers of new homes – it’s available free of charge with the Buildmark warranty, so NHBC registered builders can benefit exclusively from this value-added service.

KHT affordable housing development named one of the UK’s best

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A £1.9 million Halewood regeneration project developed and built by Knowsley Housing Trust has been listed in the UK’s top 50 affordable housing developments by a leading industry body.

Knowsley Housing Trust (KHT), part of the First Ark Group, which is committed to creating a successful and sustainable community for people and businesses in Knowsley, has been recognised by Inside Housing for its work at Penman Crescent. This is the second consecutive year in which a KHT site has featured in the list.

Good exterior landscaping can add value to new build developments

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Brett Landscaping is advising housebuilders to devote attention to the exterior landscaping of new build developments in order to enhance the saleability of ‘turnkey’ projects.

According to Andrew Gill, Marketing Manager at Brett Landscaping, dramatic changes to the housing market since the major downturn in 2008 has made selling properties far more demanding over the past few years. Even today, now that the market is starting to show signs of a sustained recovery, it is still essential to present a new property to best effect starting from when the prospective customer first approaches the property.

New homes on banks of the Tyne end a decade of waiting

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New homes at The Rise in Scotswood go on sale this weekend (Saturday March 15th), bringing an end to a decade long wait for the redevelopment of this riverside site.

Part of the biggest housing led redevelopment project in the North East, the properties are the first of 377 being constructed in the initial phase of what will eventually grow to become a sustainable community of up to 1,800 homes.

Bellway expands to Thames Valley, opening offices in Reading

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Bellway, the UK’s fourth largest house builder has established a new operating division covering Thames Valley to help meet customer demand for homes in the area. The new division of the national company recently set up headquarters at Pacific House in Reading, led by Managing Director Steven Brown.

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