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Make it a Row House
Using a sustainable approach and cross laminated timber (CLT) designs, Manchesterbased housing developer Urban Splash has unveiled its latest option for the next generation of modern living.
Row House is an entirely new typology from House by Urban Splash, and the company’s modern take on mews-style architecture. It was first revealed in the spring, with a striking red façade on homes that are being created at Wirral Waters in Merseyside.
Now a brand-new Row House aesthetic has been developed by architects shedkm, with the homes at Port Loop featuring a striking grey profiled metal façade and signature oversized windows. House by Urban Splash delivery director Chris Shaw explains: “We continue to evolve our product portfolio, introducing new homes to the market to help more people across the country live in brilliantly-designed houses and communities. After the success of our Town House family homes, and our Mansion House apartments – the first of which have sold out in Manchester – we have created Row House for customers who want something different again. We look forward to seeing it become a reality at both Port Loop and Wirral Waters.”
House by Urban Splash creates innovative, architect-designed homes using modern methods of construction; it is owned by award winning property developer Urban Splash in partnership with Sekisui House, Japan’s largest housebuilder, and Homes England, the government’s housing agency. Other shareholders include architect and TV presenter George Clarke, and We Buy Any Car founder and tech entrepreneur Noel McKee.
As with other House by Urban Splash homes, Row House is being created in the company’s factory in the East Midlands. There, homes will be precision manufactured to customer specifications, with buyers choosing varying ground and top floor layouts. House by Urban Splash
The new Row House homes will form the third phase of regeneration at Port Loop and will stand adjacent to another phase of Town House homes – 105 of which have already been created at the waterside site close to Birmingham city centre. Chris continued: “In two short years, Port Loop has completely transformed: what was once a disused, rundown former industrial patch of land, has fast become a vibrant, award-winning place in which hundreds of people now live, work and play.
“The presence of pioneering cultural organisations like Civic Square and Yard (MAIA Group) Art House, as well as green space – including the first Port Loop Park, South Loop Green – and our architecturally striking homes, have helped to rapidly establish this as one of the city’s go-to neighbourhoods. Our team on the ground can’t wait to show more people around.”
There will be 15 new three-storey Row House homes at Port Loop, each with their own private garden terrace and access to a brand-new residents’ garden, a concept which has been very popular with our residents in the first phases. Both Row House and Town House homes benefit from car parking spaces.
The Row House prototype was developed using modern methods of construction (MMC) in the House by Urban Splash factory in Alfreton, East Midlands, before being delivered to the East Float area of the Northbank neighbourhood – a community that is being developed in partnership with Peel L&P at Wirral Waters in Merseyside.
“Row House is the third residential typology in our award-winning portfolio and comes from our experience in recent years in using MMC to create hundreds of sustainable, brilliantly-designed homes across the country,” adds Chris Shaw. “To date, we have completed our three
storey Town House homes and Mansion House apartments in places like Manchester, Birmingham, Salford and North Shields.”
Hazel Rounding of Liverpool-based shedkm – also designers of the Town House and Mansion House products – added: “Row House is a pioneering new design for homeowners, featuring our most innovative thinking around modular layouts, with efficient internal space and open-up features that offer additional outdoor living space – a concept that will suit the needs of modern buyers spending more time at home. We are delighted to see them become a reality at the Wirral.”
The first three storey Town House homes have also been delivered to Wirral Waters, with all the homes occupying a waterfront position overlooking East Float Dock, a stone’s throw from the River Mersey. Here, House by Urban Splash is creating a new quarter for Wirral Waters, itself a bustling new place for arts venues, shops and cafes all in a bustling future neighbourhood.
Richard Mawdsley, Director of Development for Peel L&P’s Wirral Waters, concluded: “The arrival of these first homes at East Float is yet another significant example of progress at Wirral Waters. Together with the other developments along Northbank, we are creating a new mixed, sustainable neighbourhood – a community for all. These innovative homes will sit alongside new public realm, including pocket parks and dockside walkways, helping to support healthier communities with a focus on fresh air and active travel.”
