The Walker Pritchard Partnership

Project Description

The Scheme comprised of the the design, erection and completion of the Project known as “The Circle” comprising 86 Apartments (64 No. 2 Bed and 22 No. 1 Bed) of traditional construction, arranged in two semetrical four storey Blocks (43 No. Apartments to each Block) together with Undercroft Car Parking to both Blocks set around a central landscaped park.

Project Description

A residential development of twenty four 1, 2 and 3 bedroom semi-detached houses and bungalows (12 x Affordable Rent, 12 x Shared Ownership).

Included in the project was construction of an access road, associated landscaping, drainage and parking.

WP Housing provided both pre- and post- contract services, filling the extensive roles of Quantity Surveyor, Employers Agent and Principal Designer by, in part:

• Compiling cost plans, the tender report and contract documents.
• Identifying, mitigating and monitoring health and safety risks
• Managing monthly progress meetings, administrating the contract and completing snagging works prior to handover.

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Project Description

The iconic 1920’s former factory buildings were the centre of the regeneration of the former Cadbury, Somerdale factory site.  Somerdale is situated on the north eastern fringe of Keynsham, a market town located between Bristol (approximately 5.6 miles to the north west) and Bath (approximately 8.2 miles to the south east).

This element of the regeneration master plan aimed to provide commercial space, residential, extra care apartments and nursing care beds. Creating continuity of care community on the site with the commercial space including a health centre and pharmacy. 

Walker Prichard's involvement consisted of the following;

• The creation of development options within the existing buildings, comprising of nursing care, extra care and residential comprising of market sale apartments, private rent sector and affordable housing.
• Mix, design and layout advise to achieve the optimum solutions for the differing uses, residential tenures and prospective end users.
• Advice on private rent sector design standards, viability and investment return.
• Advice on the affordable housing provisions, tenure options and compliance with the Local Plan Policies and SPDs.
• Development viability modelling of each option and tenures.
• Construction cost advice for the options, including differing construction approaches.
• Identifying end user partners for the differing uses. 

Project Description

The construction of 96 new build dwellings of which 37 were allocated as Affordable Housing, comprising of a mixture of affordable rent and shared ownership. The development was constructed upon a brown field site, along with all associated landscaping and roadworks.

Project Description

The construction of 4 new build dwellings, for affordable rent in a semi-rural location. The site comprised of 2 flats and 2 houses with associated landscaping and roadworks.

The development was built on an existing Two Rivers’ garage site. As part of the planning conditions, additional car parking spaces were incorporated whilst the works were undertaken, in order to compensate for the loss of the garage spaces.

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Project Description

A traditional new build block of flats built to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4, consisting of 14 dwellings. Works consisited of the site preparation and demolition of an existing derelict house and included associated highways alterations and landscaping.

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Project Description

An innovative scheme inclusive of tow path and canal basin, consisting of the construction of 20 dwellings, of which 14 were allocated for affordable rent, with associated landscaping and road works. This scheme had multi party involvement from the offset and was developed over a number of years, with numerous planning conditions to be met. 

Project Description

The construction of 4 new build dwellings all for affordable rent. The site comprised of 4 flats with individual gardens - and new landscaping and road works were incorporated into the scheme.

The development was built on an existing Two Rivers' garage site, which has now been demolished, re-graded and built on to provide affordable dwellings for rent to the local area.  

Walker Pritchard provided Employers Agent, Quantity Surveying and Principal Designer services to assist in bringing the project to a successful completion.

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Project Description

The construction of 16 dwellings for affordable rent, consisting of 6 flats and 10 houses, all with either private or communal gardens. Properties included the provision of both render and timber cladding to the external elevations. 

Project Description

The works comprised of the design and construction of 5 dwellings at Manor Road, Lydney, which included the clearance of all associated garage slabs and the eradication of Japanese knotweed and the construction of 5 affordable homes for rent to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 4.

Project Description

The scheme consisted of the demolition of 5 existing dwellings and associated garages and the construction of 19 new dwellings all for affordable rent to Code for Sustainable Homes Level 3 , including associated landscaping and road works. The dwellings constructed comprised of timber clad and render facades, with the provision of PV panels.

Project Description

The works consisted of the design and construction of the re-modelling of existing buildings to provide 18 dwellings, which comprised of the refurbishment of Block 1, an existing bungalow and the rebuilding off the existing floor slab of Blocks 2 to 4 at Kensley Vale, Cinderford.

Project Description

The construction of 6 new build dwellings, all for affordable rent. The site comprised of 4 flats and 2 houses, all of which were initially designed to Passivhaus standards.

In order to meet with the client’s budget, numerous value engineering exercises were carried out. The flats are designed as flexi-homes, with the ability to incorporate a second bedroom, if required.

Walker Pritchard provided Employers Agent, Quantity Surveying and Principal Designer services to assist in bringing the project to a successful completion.

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Project Description

The demolition of an existing bungalow and construction of 4 maisonettes, along with the associated landscaping and car parking.

Walker Pritchard provided Employers Agent services to assist in bringing the project to a successful completion.

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Project Description

The project was the construction of 5 Affordable Rent and 2 Shared Ownership properties.

Walker Pritchard provided Employers Agent & Project Management services, in order to assist in bringing the project to a successful completion.

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