Salford keys to a community

To meet a growing local need for social housing in Salford, ForHousing has completed its White Lion development – 18 social rent homes on a brownfield site designed with a focus on creating safe, modern places to live. Roseanne Field... View Article

Pastures new

Working closely with architects, Q New Homes transformed a redundant dairy farm on the Kent/East Sussex border into a high spec, highly sustainable development, within strict constraints. Roseanne Field reports. A development on a disused dairy farm littered with dilapidated buildings,... View Article

The best of both worlds

Cornish housebuilder Legacy Properties’ latest high quality development, in the picturesque Pentewan Valley, combines rural amenity for residents with a contemporary edge, as Roseanne Field reports. The parish of Pentewan Valley in Cornwall stretches three miles from the southern edge... View Article

A positive angle on net zero

Sustainable housebuilder Greencore Homes’ latest development – The Canopies in Oxfordshire – sets the bar high for industry peers, providing a carbon-positive collection of homes that align with Passivhaus performance levels to go ‘better than net zero.’ Roseanne Field reports.... View Article

Modern methods of community-building

Untold Living’s new MMC-built private retirement community in Shropshire aims to reshape what retirement living developments look like, away from a solely ‘care led’ model to promoting independence. Roseanne Field reports. Providing a good range of retirement living options is... View Article

Suffragette City

A development onsite in London’s Tower Hamlets creates a new neighbourhood on where Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst first proposed improvements to conditions in the East End, over a century ago. Roseanne Field reports. In Bromley-By-Bow in the London Borough of Tower... View Article

Curves in the capital

An affordable housing block inspired by Hercule Poirot has distinctive curving brickwork that brings a touch of class to a grey and constrained urban site in London’s East End. Stephen Cousins reports on a challenging project. Fans of the Agatha... View Article
A site worth its salt

A site worth its salt

A development of 103 new homes in Cheshire overcame obstacles from the site’s industrial history as a salt mine – which did not deter developers Russell Homes. Roseanne Field reports One of Russell Homes’ latest developments, Brook View, has not... View Article

Tide is high once again in Croydon

Europe’s tallest modular building yet, the 50-storey College Road residential scheme in Croydon, is Tide Construction’s second tower in the fast-growing borough, with over 1,700 units on a narrow, densely urban site. Stephen Cousins finds out how they did it.... View Article
From cowshed to retirement community

From cowshed to retirement community

A project in the affluent Surrey town of Godalming has transformed a listed cow shed as part of a group of vibrant apartments. Mark Smulian explores how Birchgrove is redefining retirement living with a strong sense of community in a... View Article

Making a fresh start

A highly sustainable housing development in the centre of Salford has set a new standard for healthy, high quality affordable housing, complete with Passivhaus certification. Roseanne Field takes an in-depth look behind the facade. Located in the heart of Salford,... View Article

Sigma Homes celebrate completion of Hanlye View in West Sussex

Horsham-based Sigma Homes has proudly celebrated the successful completion of its latest housing development, Hanlye View, close to the picturesque village of Cuckfield. This £8.3 million project features just 13 energy-efficient contemporary homes, revitalising the former Court Meadow School site,... View Article

Unlocking the right mix

A former prison site in Portsmouth has found a new purpose, in a combination of new build and refurbishment for a ‘tenure blind’ mix of luxury flats and affordable homes – by two housebuilders. Roseanne Field reports Located on one... View Article

Changing tides

As the high-end residential flagship of an ongoing project to rejuvenate Folkestone’s seafront and harbour, Shoreline represents a complex, curvaceous success for a collaborative project team, as Roseanne Field found out. Like many UK seaside towns, Folkestone has seen times... View Article

Local sensitivity

Roseanne Field reports on a high-end nine house development in a small village in Kent, built by an SME developer that prides itself on its local knowledge and respectful approach to schemes. Situated just outside Maidstone in Kent, the village... View Article

Plans Submitted for 142-Home Brownfield Regeneration in Battersea

Local property developer Rockwell, has submitted proposals by award-winning architects, Farrells, to redevelop an underused brownfield site to deliver 142 much-needed new homes in Battersea, Wandsworth. As one of the oldest buildings in the Ransomes Dock area, the Glassmill (1 Battersea Bridge Road) is no... View Article

Setting up base

An ambitious project in Gosport demonstrates how utilising modern methods of construction is possible for all kinds of developments, as VerdeGO Living’s David Craddock explains to Roseanne Field Portsmouth is a city known for its naval history. Since the 15th... View Article