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via its ‘choice-based’ lettings system. This system is intended to allow residents in housing need who are registered with Places for People to bid for properties that the council advertises – whether it is someone looking for their first housing association home, or a family wishing to move. “In all,” explained Dong, “a choice-
based lettings system puts the customer first, as it empowers people to bid for the homes they want to live in.” The first tenants have already moved in
to their properties. This appears to have been a success, with Dong telling that the project has been “extremely well received” so far across its users, the local community, and Places for People. “Feedback from Places for People’s
tenants has been great. As of December 2019, the scheme is almost fully rented, with new residents moving in on the same day of the handover,” he said. “The scheme has been well received by the media too for its contribution to increasing the number of high quality, affordable homes in Salford.” He believes that this is in part due to
the collaborative process: “During the construction phases, Investar held quarterly Neighbourhood Community Group meetings attended by both Places for People and Watson Homes, which kept local residents fully updated on progress.” These updates included how the
scheme is benefitting the area socially by improving social rent provision, and feedback from these sessions was reportedly “overwhelmingly positive.” It is perhaps however mostly due to the flexibility of the developer, and its decision to listen to its well-chosen partners, that it achieved success. Looking past just profitability – which of course remains an essential part of any
development process – placemaking was placed at the heart of the scheme, and as such Melody Gardens offers those in need more than just homes; it offers them a community.
MELODY GARDENS SUPPLIERS:
- Site setup / Temporaries: MMW Groundworks & PJS Groundworks
- Ground works / Demolition: PJS Groundworks
- Site scaffolding: Crest Scaffolding Ltd - Hoarding: Watson Homes - Ground work & drainage: PJS Groundworks
- Brick & Block work: OGC Brickwork - Timber Frame: Frame-Tech Structures - Concrete floors & stairs: ACP Concrete - Windows: Jade Windows - M&E: MRES & MWA - Roofing works: Houses - Ross Roofing / Apartments - Carevalue for roof structure / Roof coverings -Enviro-ply
- External doors: House front doors: Jade windows
- Apartment communal entrance doors: D&M Windows
- Apartment individual entrance doors: MCT Joinery
- Joinery: MCT joinery - Floor screeds: Genius Screeds - Kitchens: Howdens - Internal staircases: Staircraft - Floor coverings: CRT Flooring - Tiling: Diamond Tiling - Plastering: Supreme Plastering - Decorating: Cre8ive-decor - Mastic sealants: North West Sealants - Garden sheds: Watson Homes - Gardens / Landscaping: Beech Landscapes
- Fencing: GBJ Environmental - Metal railings: GBJ Environmental
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The scheme changed from 82 units for open market sale, to 58 homes of mixed tenure for the Places for People housing association
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