Flat for sale!

I went with Luke to take photos of no. 8, the upstairs flat for sale a couple of days ago. It reminded me of our happy few days camping out there when we first moved to Forgebank and our house wasn’t quite ready. Some of Luke’s photos are great so I thought I’d share some of them and my memories of that time with you all.

It’s a lovely space with great views and a full length balcony. It wasn’t ideal for a family of four in terms of getting sleep(!), but I’d recommend it to any couple or single person looking for a lovely private living space and community. It’s located at the end of terrace A next to the Common House and close to most of the communal facilities such as the guest bedrooms, bike shed, laundry and food stores.

Here’s the view down the pedestrian street alongside the Common House from outside the 2 flats.

This is the view from the side window of the river, the common house terrace and the sedum roof.









Terrace F looks lovely in the evening sun (right).











Back in September Polly and Martha loved sitting in that window watching the builders and their JCBs...













To the south you can see the other side of the river. While we were staying there the trees were gradually changing colour; at this time of year you can see the cyclists and walkers on the Millenium path in the distance. Of course from the balcony you get a 180 degree view of all this, how lovely!

Gill downstairs is lovely, the perfect neighbour, always calm and smiling. When I found myself with a just fallen asleep baby Isla amongst a flat full of bouncy older children I just carried her downstairs so she could enjoy her sleep in the peace and quiet of Gill's flat! We only heard some just discernible music once and apparently she was playing it very loud, and incredibly all she heard of our noisy family of four was Polly’s little footsteps occasionally when she ran around!

Last but not least some shots of inside the flat – how beautiful our homes are. The open plan downstairs area is very light and spacious.

The mezzanine bedroom is a lovely shape with the sloping ceiling and there’s a very large ‘crawl in’ cupboard for storage which the children loved to play in when we were there.





The flat will be included in the tour 1.30pm this Sunday (27th January). Meet at the Common House, 9 Forgebank Walk, Halton, Lancaster LA2 6FD if you want to come along.

For more details see our website (link below) or contact info@lancastercohousing.org.uk or 01524 812972.

Kathy
www.lancastercohousing.org.uk

Interested in one of our last few homes?

We expect to sell all our remaining homes this month!  All but two homes are bought or reserved and we have one application.  If you want to apply to join/buy a home please do so by Sunday 29^th July.  Info about joining is here.  If you do miss out this time don’t worry; we have an active waiting pool and potential rental opportunities. 

The homes that are available are

Plot 36; a 2 bed in Forgebank (the current owner wishes to move to plot 32)

This is a semi detached leasehold home with an elevated position, small private garden and great views, priced at £208,500.  Please contact us if you would like to know more details and they will be available on the website soon.

Plots 33 and 32; 3 bed Heron Bank homes

The details of these terraced freehold homes are available here.  They are on the edge of the site and have private gardens and car parking spaces. Buyers are welcome but not obliged to fully opt in to the community, details here.

Our events this month are

Sunday 22 July (and 4th Sunday every month)

• 11am Brunch at Whale Tail Café, 78a Penny Street, Lancaster, LA1 1XN

• 1.30pm site tour, Forge Bank, Halton (map), by request . Meet at the Mill building – follow the Whittle's signs (our building contractor) to get to the site

We hope to offer an integration meeting this month (provisionally 3.15pm after the site tour on 22 July) so please let us know if this would interest you.  Also if you’d like to meet us or see the site at another time get in touch.

Kathy
www.lancastercohousing.org.uk