Tower Hamlets Community Housing
Red Lofts's involvement with Tower Hamlets Community Housing dates back several years. Our work includes helping to set up and co-ordinate a busy programme of regeneration and newbuild and managing the development team.
THCH is a stock transfer RSL which was originally set up to regenerate several local authority estates in the West of Tower Hamlets in dire need of investment. It now has nearly 3000 homes in management and has completed Decent Homes works ahead of target. THCH recently joined the North River Alliance, gaining partnering status with the HCA and access to Social Housing Grant to deliver over 100 new homes a year.
In addition to estate regeneration, THCH has built over 250 new homes with another 80 on site, planning permission for a further 120 and major schemes in the pipeline including a large development at Aldgate with Bellway. Its subsidiary, THCH New Homes, was set up to build ihousing for sale with the aim of generating cross-subsidy to be ploughed back into enhancing its existing estates. Many of THCH's new projects use Modern Methods of Construction. 6 four bedroom houses have recently been constructed using the E-Urban timber panel system, which produces highly insulated homes (to Code Level 4) with extremely low cost in use.
THCH carried out extensive work to improve the sustainability of existing buildings, addressing poor thermal efficiency of many blocks and alleviating fuel poverty amongst residents.
The development programme is geared to meet local priorities; THCH recently won a National Race and Diversity Award for its work in tackling overcrowding. All new schemes are 'tenure neutral' , built to a high specification and designed to enhance the neighbourhood. The Claredale Street scheme (illus) comprises 77 houses and flats, 22 of which are for rent, 6 shared ownership and 49 for private sale.
Projects
Bransdale Road, Middlesborough
Red Loft are creating and managing a four year national development programme for Carr Gomm Housing Association. Bransdale Road is one of the schemes we recently completed in 2008
Hyelm Old Street
Red Loft has worked with The Hyelm Group, a small Hampstead based Registered Social Landlord and Charity, for more than two years
Section 106 Clients
We worked with house builders Ballymore and Westlon Homse on the New Providence Wharf and 41 Milharbour developments in Canary Wharf
Tower Hamlets Community Housing
Red Loft's involvement with Tower Hamlets Community Housing dates back several years. Our work includes helping to set up and co-ordinate a busy programme of regeneration and newbuild and managing the development team
Nile Street, London
Nile Street is an innovative, high-density development in the London Borough of Hackney, five minutes’ walk from Hoxton Square and Old Street tube station.
Barons Place
Barons Place is a three-storey, experimental low-cost accommodation project in Southwark, London, for the NHS, Peabody Trust and Keep London Working.
150 High Street
Red Loft has been appointed client side project managers to act for Genesis on 150 High St Stratford (Kessler site) opposite the Olympic Park.