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Back to school for council chairman in Letchworth
A council chairman is going back to school this week to open a new housing development. Alan Bardett, chairman of North Herts District Council, will officially open the new William Sutton Homes housing development at Principal Court in Norton Road in Letchworth at 12pm on Wednesday April 2. He will be joined by Julia Coulton, regional housing director for William Sutton Homes, and residents who will all help celebrate the official opening of the scheme, which was completed in January.
The development is built on the former site of Norton School, which closed in 2002. It has now become home to 56 houses and flats, including 42 for sale on the open market, ten for rent and four available for shared ownership.
Some of the original school buildings have been converted into flats and houses, while some have been built from scratch.
Julia said: “We’re delighted to be opening this scheme. We have had a lot of calls from local people who have been interested to see the work on the site of the former school progressing. We are really pleased that all the new properties have now been let to local residents. It has been a great partnership between ourselves and the team at North Herts District Council”
The homes have been built using sustainable wood and have secured a Very Good Eco-Homes rating. Additionally bike storage has been provided alongside car parking in order to encourage people to use a greener form of travel.
The development, which took nine months to complete, cost £1.1million, funded in part by a £360,000 from The Housing Corporation.
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William Sutton Homes was created last year, combining the hundred year heritage of William Sutton with the stock transfer roots of Ridgehill. We now have a range of over 20,000 homes throughout England, from Plymouth to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, which are managed through a national network of local offices.
- William Sutton Homes achieved 85% customer satisfaction levels in our most recent survey;
- Our residents are encouraged to have a real say in how their homes are managed through a variety of methods from board membership to mystery shopping exercises;
- We invested £19 million in our residents’ homes during the last year including kitchen, bathroom, heating and window replacement programmes and over 90% of our homes already meet the Government’s Decent Homes standard;
- We are contributing to the Government’s agenda of increasing the number and range of affordable homes and currently have an ambitious plan to develop over 1,000 new properties through 2006/2008, and
- Our regeneration work is complemented by our community investment programme which saw us contribute almost £2 million to community projects and initiatives last year.
William Sutton Homes is part of the Affinity Sutton Group, one of the largest independent providers of affordable housing in the country, with 50,000 homes across the country from Plymouth to Newcastle. A business for social purpose, our surpluses are invested in our communities, our existing homes and our active new homes development programme.
For more information please contact Jonathan Goode at The Bridge Group at j.goode@bridge-group.co.uk or call 024 76 560440.
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