Project: Rutland House/Churnet House

Date completed: Late 2008

Location: Carrington Street, Derby

Description: The conversion of an existing Victorian office building into 20 affordable rented apartments and the demolition of some partially derelict buildings and the construction of a new five storey block of 39 apartments for a  mix of open market and shared ownership tenure. The developer retained the openmarket units and the freehold of the balance comprising all the rented and all the shared ownership apartments was sold to aHousing Association.

Developer:  Kingswater Lindum Ltd

• GDV £5.35m
• Contractor Lindum Group
• Architect: Robothams of Warwick.
• JV partners N/A
• Registered Provider: Riverside Housing Association

Project abnormals: existing buildings were in a conservation area. The site was covered a by a restrictive covenant (beneficiary being Network rail) restricting craneage use within a specific distance of the main line railway.