Eight new affordable homes in the heart of Kings Lynn have now been completed. This exciting innovative project saw the regeneration an existing commercial building into 8 new homes by adding a timer framed second floor.
Broadland in partnership with Homes England, Kings Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council and local developer Dwellings4U created 4 new flats on the existing first floor, which was formally office space. A further 4 flats were created with the addition of the second floor. All flats have an EPC rating of B.
All 8 flats will be available at social rent.
Michael Newey, Chief Executive at Broadland Housing said
This is a really good example of how you can use a creative approach to take a largely disused building and turn it into much-needed affordable homes. We are delighted to be able to offer these homes at a social rent, which means they will be genuinely affordable for the local people
Craig Roberts of Dwellings4U, which is based in the town, said that the building had presented a number of challenges.
We have added a timber framed extra floor on top the steel frame of the existing building. We found that very few right angles, so it has not been straightforward, but we are very pleased to have delivered eight new homes for Broadland Housing