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project,” he says, “but what made it so unique was that it was not just our regeneration project – it belonged to the community, and we wanted them to shape and deliver their own vision.” He believes that the latter was no small part in the project’s success: “The community is the heart of this estate, with many spending their whole lives here. We had to preserve that wonderful sense of community spirit.”
AFFORDABLE GOALS
“WHAT MADE IT SO UNIQUE WAS THAT IT WAS NOT JUST OUR REGENERATION PROJECT – IT BELONGED TO THE COMMUNITY” – TERRY MCBRIDE, SALIX HOMES
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Fully occupied earlier this year, the 160-home development comprises 120 social housing properties, plus a further 40 homes for outright sale, which were made available through Help to Buy. The scheme is made up of two, three and four-bed homes, with 75% being affordable – as compared with the national 10% requirement; helping to achieve Salix’s aspirations to provide more affordable housing in Salford. Across the site, the housing typology varies from 2B4P to 4B6P houses. Although the internal square meterage may vary, the properties’ general appearance share the same qualities, creating a cohesive aesthetic. Living accommodation and access to the private gardens is provided to the ground floor with bedrooms and family bathroom located on the first and second floor, in the town-house style homes. Each property has been provided with off-street parking to the front, creating a “cleaner street scene.”
The architectural language chosen borrows the proportions, detail and materiality employed around the wider, established estate, but expressed in
a more “modern and modest” way, commented the project team. Of the new homes’ popularity, Terry says “demand has been high.” He adds: “We had over 100 people on the waiting list for the new-build sales units, and when we released the first homes for sale off-plan, they were reserved almost immediately, showing the scale of the need for such developments.”
FABRIC FIRST
The scheme began onsite almost five years ago, but Salix has been developing proposals with the community for many years before that.
“Our first step was to launch The Poets Steering Group, made up of residents, councillors and representatives from Salford Council and Salix Homes, to root the proposals in the community right from the start, and enable them to lead the consultation,” explains Terry. The scheme was then developed with a fabric first approach to achieve and exceed Building Regulations where possible, and improve energy efficiency through various measures. These included high levels of insulation and accredited airtightness details to reduce heat loss, glass specification exceeding Building Regulations thermal requirements, and appliances with high energy efficiency ratings. For the exterior of the project, the landscaping has been carefully designed by award-winning landscape firm TEP to complement and integrate with the existing ecosystems. Their proposals response to the setting being within an urban area, but adjacent to a large park. “The aspiration behind the proposals
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