Award winning regeneration company Urban Splash has announced the addition of a new timber-based modular product to its expanding offsite portfolio - Mansion House.
ten apartments, which will be launched for sale at New Islington. In keeping the buildings small, Urban Splash hopes they will resurrect 'neighbourly' living by homeowners.
Mansion House is all about space. Extra high ceilings and a dual aspect flood the place with light and provide long views, making the apartments feel spacious in every direction. Add to that each apartment has a generous balcony, and if you're really looking to maximise the sense of space, the two top-floor apartments at Mansion House have an additional 'lantern' that increases the ceiling height to nearly 5m.
Comparisons in Mansion size to average newbuild apartments are impressive with Mansion ceiling heights being 2.84m (compared to a 2.35m average on other newbuilds), Mansion door heights of 2.4m versus 2.1m average. Average windows are much smaller too to save on glazing costs - whereas Mansion windows are huge to let in as much natural light as possible - the largest windows are 2m x 2.4m.
"We are delighted to introduce Mansion House as part of our evergrowing suite of modular homes," says Tom Bloxham MBE, Chairman and co-founder of Urban Splash.
"It is a product which once again challenges design convention and something we believe will redefine the concept of apartment living, creating a series of flexible one and two-bedroom homes which combine state-of-theart materials and construction with a lifestyle enhancing design. "Town House has been incredibly well-received, with sites completed, sold out and occupied in Manchester, Salford and North Shields - whilst a fourth site, Port Loop in Birmingham, is now on sale.
There's a track record which shows that buyers have responded well to what we've created - notably the design, the choices and the future-proof structure which takes away any limitations - we've taken the best of that to create a modular apartment form, something which is a unique residential proposition." As with Town House, home owners will be able to choose a layout that suits how they want to live. There are nine flexible apartment layouts to choose from.
Centred on the kitchen,the apartment options on offer range from a 'simple kitchen' layout - where living space is maximised, to an island kitchen and a galley layout, for those who place the kitchen at the heart of the home. Crucially, as with Town House, the inner walls are non-loadbearing, meaning that rooms and layouts can be changed to customer desire in the future.
"Our starting point for Mansion House was to challenge and rethink the trend towards larger, monolithic and increasingly impersonal apartment blocks and towers springing up in our towns and cities," says Ian Killick, designer at shedkm. "Instead we have focused on creating great places to live - and, whilst the aesthetics are important - the design of Mansion House blocks mean that we are evoking community living and encouraging neighbourly living."
Situated adjacent to Urban Splash's Town Houses in the heart of New Islington, overlooking the Marina and opposite Cotton Field Park and the OFSTED-Outstanding New Islington Free School, Mansion House is in a prime position. Urban Splash is also the final phase of regeneration at New Islington, which - alongside neighbouring Ancoats - has undergone years of regeneration to become one of the city's most desirable districts.
The first Mansion House apartments will launch for sale early summer 2019. For more information visit: www.urbansplash.co.uk www.shedkm.co.uk
