housing

Newport Court, Derby

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.

The feasibility study included detailing costing, undetaken by our Employer's Agents team and feasibility drawings undertaken by our architectural department for all options in order for Affinity Sutton to undertake a full appraisal of the future of the site.

It was decided that the best option would be to demolish the existing redundant care home and take the opportunity to significantly enhance the visual appearance of the locality by re-development of the site and provide much need affordable housing.

After receiving Grant funding from the HCA, calfordseaden were appointed as employer's agent on behalf of Affinity Sutton Group. The redevelopment of the site allowed a further 16No 3 and 4 bedroomed two and three storey houses for affordable rent to be added to Affinity Sutton's extensive stock already within the area.

The scheme was carefully designed considering siting, orientation and amenity in order to maximise comfort for balancing the benefits of daylight, thermal efficiency, aspect and noise attenuation. Careful planning was also required in order to protect the existing residents located within Newport Court, along with the protection of a number of existing protected trees.

All of the houses achieve The Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3, including the installation of Solar Thermal panels along with achieving Lifetime Homes Standards and meeting the requirements of Secure By Design.

Client: Affinity Sutton

Contract Period: 3 years

Value: £1.5 million

Services: Employer's Agnet, Clerk of Works