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2013 - Avenue Road, St Albans
Conversion into 8 new houses. 24 bathrooms, kitchens & parking.
The former lounge area of the care home becomes the living room of Plot 1.
Stripping back to the main structure. Creating 2 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms.
Stripping back the walls and floors for sound proofing and trimming out for the new staircases.
Installing sound proof block walls before the floor joists can be reinstated.
The existing floor levels were not suitable for the new plans.
The former chapel was converted into the kitchen & living room.
Project Details
Project Type: Conversion
Contract Value: £1,300,000
Warranty Provider:McCartney Asc
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Programme: 10 Months
This was a run-down care home when it was purchased by the developer. Rather than divide the building floor by floor into a number of apartments, a more difficult approach was taken in terms of the refurbishment to divide the structure vertically.
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This meant that the main building could be transformed into 7 houses, most of which were over 3 floors. Additionally there was a 2 bedroom single storey unit at the rear of the site. Although the project was very challenging at times and introducing stringent sound barriers was difficult, the project was completed on time and on budget.
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Post completion the project received a St Albans Civic Society commendation award and Loop Construction were named as one of the contributing parties towards this achievement. Pages 4 & 5.
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