News: The housing projects bringing life back into Rotherham town centre
New multimillion pound housing developments have begun breathing new life into Rotherham town centre.
Rothbiz reported in June that all the houses had been reserved and the first residents had moved in at a new development on the edge of Rotherham town centre.
Three Rotherham Council housing projects are due to be completed this year as part of the ‘Trilogy Collection’ - Westgate Riverside, Wellgate Place and Millfold Rise.
Tom Ellard, new homes expert at Crucible Homes, said: "As an estate agent, these houses have just been a dream to sell. Over the three developments there's going to be over 171 homes. So that's 171 families, couples, first-time buyers - a lot of people moving in to Rotherham town centre and a lot of life that that's going to bring with it as well.
"You are getting a lot more for your money than elswewhere in South Yorkshire. What's special about this house [at Wellgate Place] is its modern, open plan style of living, its great location - in easy reach of bars, restaurants and public transport links."
The estate agent has two bedroom apartments, listed to buy with shared ownership, with property values of £117,500. Two bedroom houses have a guide price of £142,500 and three bedroom houses have been listed at £185,000.
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The town centre masterplan, adopted in 2017, placed a greater emphasis on town centre living and leisure, as opposed to traditional retail uses, in continuing the regeneration.
The council aims to kickstart housebuilding in the town centre with its £31m projects but private sector developments are already underway. Westgate Chambers is the largest private-led regeneration project currently ongoing in Rotherham town centre.
Developer, Peter Hill said: "I think if we look round at the buildings, the quality of them in Rotherham is really quite exemplary. I started off quite a few years ago, 30 years ago in actual fact, converting the old Essoldo cinema into New York, New York and Martha's Vinyard."
At Westgate Chambers, which includes a historic listed building, a £10m scheme from Hill's HMP Bespoke Construction involves the conversion of the first and second floor offices to provide a mix of 1 and 2 bed apartments, alterations to the existing ground floor shop frontages, demolition of Nos. 2-26 Domine Lane and the construction of a new 4-storey building to provide retail/leisure space on the ground floor and a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bed apartments on the first, second and third floors.
On the first phases, Hill said: "These are 19 new apartments created to let and ten apartments that are already let with four commercial spaces below.
"It's a beautiful fronted building and I'm pleased to be back working on it and turning it into something else that will last, hopefully, another 200, 240 years.
"[The apartments] were put on the market and within two to three months they were let with a mix of people. We had three doctors move in to start with and young professionals, all that bring their own attributes to Rotherham town centre.
"It just shows how many people, families, are wanting to come and live back in Rotherham town centre."
New resident Connor said that he had moved to Rotherham from Sheffield due to the value for money. He said: "For the same kind of price in Sheffield you would get a small, studio apartment, whereas here we have a full, two bedroom flat with a massive roof terrace.
"And the commuting links to Sheffield mean that there is no impact on my commute to Sheffield. Everything is on your doorstep and you don't have to pay that premium of being in a city centre rather than a town centre."
Trilogy Collection website
Images: Crucible Homes
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Rothbiz reported in June that all the houses had been reserved and the first residents had moved in at a new development on the edge of Rotherham town centre.
Three Rotherham Council housing projects are due to be completed this year as part of the ‘Trilogy Collection’ - Westgate Riverside, Wellgate Place and Millfold Rise.
Tom Ellard, new homes expert at Crucible Homes, said: "As an estate agent, these houses have just been a dream to sell. Over the three developments there's going to be over 171 homes. So that's 171 families, couples, first-time buyers - a lot of people moving in to Rotherham town centre and a lot of life that that's going to bring with it as well.
"You are getting a lot more for your money than elswewhere in South Yorkshire. What's special about this house [at Wellgate Place] is its modern, open plan style of living, its great location - in easy reach of bars, restaurants and public transport links."
The estate agent has two bedroom apartments, listed to buy with shared ownership, with property values of £117,500. Two bedroom houses have a guide price of £142,500 and three bedroom houses have been listed at £185,000.
Advertisement
The town centre masterplan, adopted in 2017, placed a greater emphasis on town centre living and leisure, as opposed to traditional retail uses, in continuing the regeneration.
The council aims to kickstart housebuilding in the town centre with its £31m projects but private sector developments are already underway. Westgate Chambers is the largest private-led regeneration project currently ongoing in Rotherham town centre.
Developer, Peter Hill said: "I think if we look round at the buildings, the quality of them in Rotherham is really quite exemplary. I started off quite a few years ago, 30 years ago in actual fact, converting the old Essoldo cinema into New York, New York and Martha's Vinyard."
At Westgate Chambers, which includes a historic listed building, a £10m scheme from Hill's HMP Bespoke Construction involves the conversion of the first and second floor offices to provide a mix of 1 and 2 bed apartments, alterations to the existing ground floor shop frontages, demolition of Nos. 2-26 Domine Lane and the construction of a new 4-storey building to provide retail/leisure space on the ground floor and a mix of 1, 2 and 3 bed apartments on the first, second and third floors.
On the first phases, Hill said: "These are 19 new apartments created to let and ten apartments that are already let with four commercial spaces below.
"It's a beautiful fronted building and I'm pleased to be back working on it and turning it into something else that will last, hopefully, another 200, 240 years.
"[The apartments] were put on the market and within two to three months they were let with a mix of people. We had three doctors move in to start with and young professionals, all that bring their own attributes to Rotherham town centre.
"It just shows how many people, families, are wanting to come and live back in Rotherham town centre."
New resident Connor said that he had moved to Rotherham from Sheffield due to the value for money. He said: "For the same kind of price in Sheffield you would get a small, studio apartment, whereas here we have a full, two bedroom flat with a massive roof terrace.
"And the commuting links to Sheffield mean that there is no impact on my commute to Sheffield. Everything is on your doorstep and you don't have to pay that premium of being in a city centre rather than a town centre."
Trilogy Collection website
Images: Crucible Homes
