Housing Sector Experience

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housing

Market leaders in housing development, including new build and refurbishment, modernisation & repair

calfordseaden are leading experts in affordable housing, dealing schemes from small-scale infill developments to multi-phase, multi stakeholder regeneration programmes. These comprise new build projects and works to existing properties including conversions, modernisation and refurbishment projects. We have wide and extensive experience in Design and Build procurement utilising PPC 2000, JCT & NEC Forms of Contract, Bespoke Partnering & Strategic Contract Forms, Section 106 Development Agreements and Private Finance Initiatives & Public Private Partnerships.

We consistently deliver an added valued service to our housing clients. Key benefits of our service include:

A multi-disciplinary Practice with experience working for both public sector housing clients and private developers;
Comprehensive understanding of mixed tenure and mixed use schemes;
Detailed experience in dealing with phased redevelopment programmes;
Experience of design interpretation and advice to clients to ensure compliance with statutory and funding body requirements;
Proven expertise in innovation and sustainability, including working on many schemes leading the way in sustainable development, such as the St. John's Church Site (Zero Carbon, Code Level 6) and Graylingwell Park (the UK's largest carbon-neutral new homes development);
Experience of procuring schemes involving large scale demolition;
Highly experienced in intensive regeneration projects;
Detailed knowledge of resident and stakeholder consultation;
Significant involvement in the successful procurement/ delivery of PFIs & PPPs and stock transfer schemes;
Extensive cost database on all types of housing schemes;
The use of our highly experienced clerks of works is proven to deliver significant improvements in the workmanship and quality;
Comprehensive and proactive defects procedures;
Proven expertise in innovation and sustainability;
Proactive problem solving expertise using innovative ideas;
In depth knowledge and experience of modern construction methods;
Extensive knowledge and experience of participating in employment and training schemes;
Detailed knowledge of the Affordable Housing Scheme Development Standards and in-house Housing Quality Indicator assessors;
Licensed to carry out Code for Sustainable Homes, BREEAM and EcoHomes assessments;
We also provide in-house a range of professional services, such as OJEU procurement, Rights of Light, Sunlight & Daylight and Party Wall Matters.
Creative design expertise to unlock hidden development opportunities;.
Significant experience in raising housing stock to good environmental, decent standards
Specialist knowledge of specifications for special needs, wheelchair, mobility, learning difficulties, frail elderly, extra care housing, continuing care, lifetime homes and health authority developments.

Housing

Plaw Hatch Close, Bishops Stortford

This £1.9m development comprises 18 units (14 houses and 4 flats) for affordable rent for South Anglia Housing, This site is part of a larger scheme of a 48 unit development located on 11 garage sites throughout Hertfordshire. The phased development of the garage sites identified the requirement for more afforable housing in Bishops Stortford. More information here.

Butts Green, Stoke-On-Trent

This scheme lies off Holehouse Road within the North East side of Abbey Hulton Estate, which dates back to the 1930's. A brownfield site that comprised of existing 1960's housing had been earmarked for demolition due to their poor design, layout and lack of flexibility to accommodate different user groups. More information here.

Sutton House, off Newport Court, Alvaston, Derby

calfordseaden were initially appointed to undertake a feasibility study, to look at a number of alternative uses for this scheme. The existing site was occupied by an old sheltered housing scheme, which had been unoccupied for a number of years. Calfordseaden looked at a number of option on behalf of our client, Affinity Sutton Group, these included remodelling to a decant homes standard and major remodelling along with complete demolition in order to provide affordable housing on the site. More information here.

Fieldways, Hawkhurst, Kent

This house achieves Level 5 under the Code for Sustainable Homes, the first in the area. It provides an important insight into what houses of the future may be like and has been designed to be in keeping with the existing homes in the local area. More information here.

Midmoor Road, London

Midmoor Road is a pioneering project that shows how a low-energy retrofit can make deep cuts in carbon emissions from social housing. This project has been instrumental in exploring the most appropriate & effective methods of refurbishing street properties to high environmental standards. More information here.

Graylingwell Park, Chichester

calfordseaden are appointed to provide employer's agent and technical inspector services at Graylingwell Park, which will be the UK's largest carbon-neutral development offering around 750 new and converted eco-friendly homes. This scheme has recently won Inside Housing magzine's Sustainable Housing Awards for 'Sustainable Large Social Housing Project of the Year', 'Best Low or Zero Carbon Initiaitve' at the Housebuilder Awards 2010, plus the Royal Town Planning Institute's award for Community Engagement. More information here.

Foreshore, Pepys Estate, Deptford

This stock transfer scheme comprised two Grade II Listed converted warehouses, split into 64 flats. The works included the internal upgrades of dwellings to Decent Homes Standards, external remedial & refurbishment works together with environmental improvements. More information here.

St John's Church, Wembley

The first vicarage in the UK to meet the Government's rigorous Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 is to be built in west London. The flagship development designed by calfordseaden will also provide a new community centre for the Parish Church Council of St John's and 20 affordable homes built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4. More information here.

Cromwell Way, Farnborough

The development of a growing number of sites currently occupied by private garage courts for Pavilion Housing Association is proceeding apace. Planning consent has been received for three of the first tranche of six sites and a further eight sites are being brought forward for consideration. More information here.

Coppetts Wood House and Anne Bryans House
Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead

Newlon Housing Trust appointed calfordseaden as architect, structural engineer and employer's agent on this £9m development. Working with the London Borough of Camden and developers United House, Newlon Housing Trust's aim was to build new high quality accommodation for hospital staff. More information here. More information here.

Glebe Road, Stratford

Our Birmingham architects were appointed to redevelop an existing site of 38 Unity Houses built in 1947, set within an existing residential estate on the edge of Stratford Upon Avon. Structural surveys and cost exercises established that due to corrosion within the precast concrete frames of the houses, refurbishment of the properties was no longer financially viable. More information here.

Arbury Park, Cambridge

Arbury Park is part of a ten-year project that will see 900 homes built on a site to the North of Cambridge. calfordseaden's architects have designed on behalf of Places for people the 282 affordable homes, as well as a local centre of shops, offices and business units for Gallagher Estates. More information here.

Littlemore Baptist Church, Oxford

calfordseaden were commissioned by English Churches Housing Group (now part of the Riverside Group), to provide employers agent services for a new mixed use development on the site of an existing semi-derelict Baptist Church. More information here.

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