Moor Park, Lancaster – residents move in

by | Oct 18, 2017 | Blog, Featured, News & Events, Past Developments, Sales Information

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October, 2017
LIGHTS TURN ON AT MOOR PARK

The first residents have now moved in to Moor Park, Lancaster

The first residents have now moved in to Moor Park – a development of traditional stone built houses on the edge of the beautiful Bowland Fells in Lancashire.

It’s a rewarding moment for the whole team both on site and at HQ seeing houses that we have designed and built with care and passion become homes. We like seeing the lights go on.

Other properties will soon follow with more people moving in before the end of the year.

Moor Park offers homes from three-bedroom mews terraces to large five-bedroom family homes and Help to Buy is available on every plot.

The Government scheme is a great assistance, with buyers able to make the move to this idyllic location with only a 5% deposit.

Independent financial consultant Jennifer Ridgeon from Daniels Associates, said: “Help To Buy is a really effective initiative to help get people into a new home. “You do not need to be a first-time buyer and you do not need to have sold your house before applying

“It is unlocking the next home for lots of people and is also helping people make the move from rental to ownership.”

If you would like to learn more about Help To Buy please speak to one of the team at Moor Park on: 0800 151 0960

Spacious three-bedroom mews homes with allocated parking start from just £199,950 – and until the end of October they come with floor coverings throughout and wardrobes fitted to the master bedroom.

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Transformation at Woodbridge

by | May 24, 2017 | Featured, News & Events, Past Developments, Sales Information

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May, 2017
TRANSFORMATION FOR HERITAGE PROPERRTY CEDAR HOUSE

We are currently transforming a heritage property in Woodbridge by turning it back to front

The well-known landmark, Cedar House, has literally been reversed with the original porched frontage that was facing Pytches Road now facing the opposite way! The new front entrance is approached along a private tree-lined drive called The Grove.

The property, most recently used to house local charities, was built as a private mansion between the late 18th and early 19th centuries and has been added to and extended over the years, including a three storey Victorian addition. It boasts a wealth of original Georgian features including heavy moldings and window blind boxes which have all been retained.

The double pitch roof with its distinctive chimney has been retained, the original gable exposed and restored following the demolition of the Victorian addition and original sash windows on the first floor have been refurbished by hand at the company’s workshops.

An existing bay window, on what was the rear of the house, has been restored and a second symmetrical bay created by craftsmen to balance the façade and create a handsome frontage.

Inside, the original staircase now leads up to five bedrooms, two of them en-suite. The master suite spans the entire back of the property, with a spacious luxury en-suite shower room and separate dressing area.

We believe it is now one of the premier properties in Woodbridge both in terms of space and specification and its location, being just five minutes from the centre of this vibrant historic market town. Cedar House is priced at £1.45m.

Also at The Cedars is the old coach house which has been restored to create a unique three-bedroom property and seven individually designed grand detached family houses have been built in large plots on the 3.4 acre.

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Success at St. James Park, Didsbury

by | Jan 30, 2017 | Featured, News & Events, Past Developments, Sales Information

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JANUARY, 2017

SUCCESS AT ST. JAMES PARK
New phase & show home release at St. James Park, Didsbury took place on the 21st of January

The hugely successful launch event of the exclusive new releases at St. James Park, Didsbury took place on Saturday the 21st of January, when the stunning new designer dressed show home was immediately snapped up.

ARCHITECT DESIGNED
The releases include the ‘Barlow’, a contemporary styled newly built home of which there are eight on the development and now just three remaining for sale. These beautifully designed four bedroom homes offer distinctive accommodation not available anywhere else in Didsbury village. The architect designed split level properties include an integral garage, private driveway, gardens and terraces.

Other new releases include a four bedroom home ‘The Birley’ and a five bedroom home ‘The Laurels’. Both house types are exceptional architect designed newly built detached properties on a grand scale. One of these exclusive properties also reserved on the day of their launch, proving the demand from buyers for large family sized homes in this popular suburb.

P J Livesey Sales Director Craig Lynch said: “St James Park is offering an alternative for buyers who want a larger, well planned and well-proportioned property but want to remain close to Manchester and all that the city offers.

“Didsbury has the best of all worlds – excellent schools, great independent local shops and restaurants, plenty of open space with well-maintained parks and access to sports facilities as well as good public transport and easy commuter links.

BEAUTIFULLY CONVERTED
The beautifully converted three-storey mews homes set within the Georgian faḉade of Sandhurst House have now all been reserved and just four large mansion apartments at the front of the building remain available.

Craig commented: “In response to demand we are now taking enquiries for converted apartments in The Chapel, a Grade II listed building with magnificent windows and architectural details.

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Assuring the Future of Storeton Hall

by | Jan 10, 2017 | Community, Featured, New Properties, Planning Information, Sales Information

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January, 2017

ASSURING THE FUTURE

We’re looking to design a scheme that will save Storeton Hall

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SECURING THE FUTURE OF A NATIONAL HERITAGE ASSET
We are developing plans which will secure the future of Storeton Hall, a nationally important heritage asset located on the Wirral, and in doing so will also provide additional high quality new housing to the area.

The medieval hall house, thought to date from c1372, is designated a Grade II* listed Scheduled Monument because of its rarity, but has been on Historic England’s ‘At Risk’ register for several years. Buildings of this type of construction in a domestic setting are indeed few and far between, and the hall plays a significant role not only in the history of Storeton but also the whole of the North West.

The Hall sits on a nine-acre site currently operating as an equestrian centre with stabling and an assortment of ancillary buildings. We have been working closely with the site owner, Peter Bowling, together with the local authority and Historic England, to find a solution that both saves the medieval building and protects the business and facilities.

The proposed sensitive housing scheme will act as ‘enabling development’ providing funds to cross-subsidise the refurbishment of the historic buildings. The heritage buildings will be central to the proposed development, with sympathetically designed surrounding houses set back to place the original structures in a more appropriate setting. A sensitive restoration and conversion of the buildings will retain historic features wherever possible, with the Hall vertically split to create two unique homes and the adjacent Storeton Hall Barn also divided into two properties.

EQUESTRIAN CENTRE ALSO RETAINED AT STORETON HALL
he more recently constructed buildings currently on the site are largely occupied by the equestrian centre and are in various states of disrepair. These would be largely demolished to make way for the enabling development of 27 new build homes. The proposed properties are a mix of three bed stone terraces, and four and five bedroom family homes featuring stunning oversized windows carefully balanced to achieve a courtyard feel.

Key to the proposed development is the consolidation of the existing equestrian facilities into a smaller footprint.

A proposed new barn building would be erected to replace the majority of the stables, alongside a new open arena, storage barn, horse walker and areas of car parking. The more efficient proposed accommodation will help support a local business into the future, without the need to develop further into the green belt.

Peter Bowling said: “Storeton Hall is integral to the history of The Wirral and it is hugely important to me that it is preserved, and I will leave a better legacy than I took over.

“I am responsible for the heritage building and have a duty of care for it. I have been looking for a solution for the last 25 years but of course that became more imperative when it was placed on the ‘At Risk’ register.

“The P J Livesey Group are specialists in sensitive enabling development to save important heritage buildings and I was very impressed with their track record and with Peter Livesey and the rest of his team.

P J Livesey Group director James Woodmansee said: “We have managed to find a solution for the site that provides sufficient housing to fund the refurbishment of the historic buildings all within the existing footprint of the equestrian centre.”

Public consultations explaining the plans have been held locally and a detailed planning application is due to be submitted shortly.

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Sustaining the Terry’s factory legacy

by | Dec 23, 2016 | Case Study, Featured, Past Developments

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December, 2016
SUSTAINING THE TERRY’S FACTORY LEGACY

Behind the scenes in our transformation of the Terry’s Factory Building are two staircases that have been retained in their original state.

Heritage officers from the City Council were keen to keep specific internal elements of the Art Deco building intact and as always we were happy to oblige.

The original green and creme tiles were carefully cleaned, damaged sections repaired and steel handrails have been specially commissioned and installed.

WELL CONSTRUCTED
Site manager Darren Commons said: “In truth the building is so well constructed and there was minimal intervention on these two staircases – they are pretty much as they were the day the building opened.

They will have been used by thousands of workers over the years accessing the five floors of the Factory Building and I think it is fitting to retain these elements.”

The staircases are at each end of the vast building and serve as fire escape and goods routes.

DISTINCTIVE
Exernally the Grade II listed building has been sympathetically and skilfully restored to look as good as the day Noel Terry opened it in 1926.

The distinctive brick and stone has been cleaned and repaired where necessary and every window replaced.

Six distinctive round windows have been refurbished on site, with four incorporated into individual apartments while the final two are in the communal areas of the building, now renamed The Residence.

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Westwood Park’s Wide Appeal

by | Dec 19, 2016 | Case Study, Community, Featured, Past Developments, Sales Information

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December, 2016
WESTWOOD PARK’S WIDE APPEAL

We visited Westwood Park and fell in love with it right away

The wealth of character in the conversion properties at our Westwood Park development in Beverley, and its position a short stroll from the heart of the market town, is attracting buyers from all across the UK.

RELOCATING
A prime example of the sites expansive draw is Ken and Denise Pick’s story, whom recently relocated from their native North East to move into one of the penthouse apartments in the site’s original white brick villa Beaver Lodge – now re named as ‘The Mansion House’.

Ken said: “We had decided to downsize and had been looking at bungalows when I spotted Westwood Park on the internet. Our daughter lives in Beverley and our son in York, but we had not heard about the scheme.”

The couple quickly organised a house-hunting weekend and were talked through the development by our dedicated on-site sales team.

BUILDINGS SAVED
All seven of the site’s heritage buildings, as well as a Grade II listed stone entrance archway, have been saved from demolition, offering a mix of homes from one bedroom apartments to a three bedroom detached house

in a walled garden. There are also a range of new build family sized homes with spacious open plan living and clever detail.

With their own four bedroom detached home on the market the Picks wanted something more manageable and were delighted to opt for a two-bedroom penthouse apartment.

Ken explained: “We visited Westwood Park and fell in love with it right away – there is nothing to compare for quality and location. We spent a couple of years abroad and lived in an apartment there so were comfortable with the idea. The only stipulation was that it had to have some outside space.

We bought off plan in February and actually only saw the apartment five weeks before moving in. We absolutely love it. The exposed beams are wonderful and the terrace is much bigger than we thought it would be. It is a really lovely place to sit out and we can see the whole of The Westwood as well as Beverley Minster and St Anne’s church in the other direction. The whole development is very well done and it is quite lovely driving through the archway into this little sanctuary.”

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