Fast-growing London-based construction company, Decorean has won the contract for the £27m office to residential development of Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire. The details of their press release is shown below. This represents another step along the long journey to demonstrate the Hart Local Plan can meet our remaining housing needs from brownfield development alone, and don’t need to concrete over any more of our countryside.
The development, which represents one of the UK’s largest office to residential developments in a business park to date, will see the 84,000sq ft business park, change from existing commercial usage into 107 modern one and two bedroom apartments, set over three floors. The flats will include oversized windows, high ceilings and will be built to a high standard.
The construction is expected to be completed in winter 2017. To date, a quarter of the units have been exchanged. The sale price of each unit in Hook is between £200-250K, in line with Decorean’s desire to build affordable and high quality living.
The park had previously attracted a number of major occupiers including Virgin Media and BMW.
Shraga Stern, Managing Director of Decorean, said: “The apartments will be built to the company’s usual high and exacting standard, exemplifying our dedication to perfection. The location of this site is particularly exciting for us with London being less than an hour away by train, making it a desirable commuter location. We are committed to creating high quality, affordable housing and proud of this development.”
At last, our voice is being heard about time too x
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They are priced lower than any other new build I have seen in the district. But still expensive as starter homes.
They are priced lower than any other new build I have seen in the district. But still expensive as starter homes.
Is 200k per unit ‘affordable housing’?
Is 200k per unit ‘affordable housing’?
Hoorah! Common sense prevails. There are a couple of other sites on Bartley Wood which could easily be converted – let’s hope this one leads the way.
Hoorah! Common sense prevails. There are a couple of other sites on Bartley Wood which could easily be converted – let’s hope this one leads the way.
Whoever wrote the release has clearly not visited the site and does not fully understand the extent of the development. The release states: “The park had previously attracted a number of major occupiers including Virgin Media and BMW” as if to suggest their offices are part of the conversion to residential. In fact the residents of the residential re-development will have BMW, Virgin Media and other offices as their neighbours.
Whoever wrote the release has clearly not visited the site and does not fully understand the extent of the development. The release states: “The park had previously attracted a number of major occupiers including Virgin Media and BMW” as if to suggest their offices are part of the conversion to residential. In fact the residents of the residential re-development will have BMW, Virgin Media and other offices as their neighbours.