Projects - Third Avenue Residential

Residential Projects - Developments

Third Avenue, Kidsgrove

Sector: Residential - Developments

Background

We were appointed by our client to design 4 dwellings as 2 pairs of semi-detached on a site in Kidsgrove. The scheme had obtained outline approval by the Social landlord and was being sold at auction for the eventual developer to submit an all matters reserved discharge application.

The site is constrained by Enbankment to the railway providing noise issues. An enbankment to the canal which is in a Consrvation area. A public footpath running through the front of the site, and the slte sloping towards this.

There were several stands of Japanese Knotweeed on site, one of these covering a potential mine shaft so it was unclear if this had already been capped, and a number of demolished garages on site.

As the site had been abandoned after the garages were demolished, sapings has self set in the undergrowth.

The project was taken from scheme design to technical design and is now out to tender (RIBA stages 1 to 4).

Design Solution
To respond to site constraints and add value to pay to ovvercome the constraints the units were replanned and elevated, to provide dwellings that would fit in and blend with the street scene, but provide modern economic construction to modern living standards.

Posi joists have been incorpoarted into first floor level spanning party to gable wall, to allow the floors to be lifted in ad fixed at quickly as possible and act as a sone for distribution of services.

Posi joists were also included at the base of roof trusses to provide a service distribution zone, and the potential for occupants to expand into the loft space to suit growing families.

Our Clients key aim was to provide an economic solution to the site without going over the market ceiling for new dwellings in this area.

There is the option for incoming occupants to ask for additional features and internal fixtures to be added at cost, to improve the elements in a unit that they have opted to purchase.

Facilities
Open plan lounge dining kitchen with the kitchen set to the front to allow occupnts to partition this off if prefered. Patio doors open onto te private rear garden space.

The upper floor provides a Master bedroom with rear budroom split into two to provide a third bedroom. There is the option to remove the dividing partition to form a larger bedroom.

Loft trusses are trimmed to allow for future stiarcase and master bedroom and ensuite to be formed above. .

Landscape and External Works
A mortarless retaining wall is to be formed in front of the dwellings to raise ground levels leading to the public footpath, with raised planting bed and introduction of replacement treees to the front of each dwelling.

A block paved driveway incorporates two parking bays per dwelling with electric car charging point and a visitors parkign bay.

Fencing is provided to separate the front couryard area from rear private gardens.

The rear fence to the rear of the gardens is to be erected as sound attenuating fencing to deflect the noise of trains passing in the embankment.

Unit 4 will get a much larger garden as this is also to be designated with teh sloping woodland area leading down to the side of the canal footpath. .

Status: Tender
Value: Construction Value £320 k
Type: New Build
Contract: Developer
Client: Private
Architect: bpArchitecture
Structural Engineer: C2C Consulting
Principal Designer: bpArchitecture