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Category: Housing
Derelict Pump Station Transformed
The residents of Rushden, Northamptonshire were delighted to witness the transformation of the former “Alan Pond Garage” into nine very attractive affordable homes which reached successful completion this week, for handover to our client Grand Union Housing Group. The site was technically challenging; tight in terms of access and working space and the groundworks were… Read More
HANDOVER OF ASTROP GRANGE, KINGS SUTTON
On Friday 6th October Parrott Construction were delighted to hand over their project at Astrop Grange in Kings Sutton to their client Grand Union Housing Group. The properties provide ten newly built, elegant, two-bedroomed, Shared Ownership apartments in a traditional style country home on the site of a former Georgian manor house. Combining the very best of… Read More
Arlesey Homes Completed
Our project to complete the construction of 43 homes at Hitchin Road, Arlesey was successfully achieved this week when we handed over the keys to our client, leading social housing provider, Stonewater. The houses and flats are a mix of rental and shared ownership and range from units for single occupancy up to three bedroom… Read More
Historical Almshouse Refurbishment and Extension Project Completed
This week we handed back to our client, “Julia Norris Almshouses”, four fully refurbished and extended Almshouses located at Church Street, Little Gransden. The eight month project involved many conservation building trades and has produced Almshouses that are traditional and yet very modern. The project included completely overhauling the external fabric of the building, upgrading… Read More
Almshouse Scheme Commences
Construction has started on a £2.5 million development of 12 bungalows arranged around a central courtyard in Cranfield, Bedfordshire for the James Goodman Almshouse Charity. All of the properties will have disabled access, wet rooms, two good sized bedrooms and other modern facilities, with two of the properties being specifically designed for wheelchair users. The… Read More
Archaeological Dig on our Site at Sharnbrook
In order to satisfy a pre-commencement planning condition, our site at Sharnbrook, where we are developing 13 houses and flats to Passivhaus standards for our client Hastoe Housing Association, has recently been the subject of a 15 week long archaeological dig. Our archaeologists take up the story:- In September 2016 archaeologists working on a… Read More
Happy New Year
NEW YEAR…..NEW SITES……. Parrott Construction are looking forward to a very busy New Year. We are currently on site constructing 89 much needed houses and flats for rental or shared ownership. These units are being constructed over eight different sites, with the variety of styles and locations demonstrating Parrott Construction’s versatility. In closest proximity to… Read More
New Homes at Shuttleworth Court, Biggleswade
We were delighted to attend the official opening of our project at Shuttleworth Court, Biggleswade. The Design and Build project on a former allotment site has provided 10 new homes for our client Grand Union Housing Group. Four of the homes are for shared ownership and six for affordable rent, including one that has been… Read More
Autumn Handovers
Parrott Construction hand over 23 stylish town centre apartments – Pilgrim’s House, Bedford Parrott Construction are delighted to have recently handed over Pilgrim’s House in Bedford, a conversion and renovation from a previous office block into 23 stylish apartments, consisting of a selection of 1 and 2 bedroom, available for shared ownership from our client… Read More