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Award-winning new build affordable housing development comprising a diverse mix of houses, bungalows and apartments.
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Designed to Lifetime Homes criteria to allow for adaptations in the event of ill health as an alternative to relocation.
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The properties are arranged to provide a safe, uplifting neighbourhood, with maximisation of green space, with communal gardens; extensive green ivy screen boundary treatments; sizeable lawned areas and planting of semi-mature trees.
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Crossway, Widnes
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Health and Wellbeing was key to the design concept and the properties benefit from good air quality of the internal environment, provided by the positive pressure ventilation system, which removes allergens and mitigates potential for mould.
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Sun tunnels channel natural daylight, saving resources.
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The scheme also benefits from a sizeable underground flood protection tank to store and control water surges during heavy downpours.
for Halton Housing Trust
“The sun tunnels are so bright - I keep looking for the light switch to turn off!’'
Project Manager, MBE Construction