Manor Gardens sheltered housing update – July 2011 - Barnwood Trust

Manor Gardens sheltered housing update – July 2011

Although we intend to sell the majority of the Manor Gardens sheltered housing we are committed to ensuring that we meet our responsibility to our residents and continue to provide them with secure and appropriate housing.

All our residents have been offered a choice of three options for where they might live:

• One of the two-bedroom bungalows near the western boundary of the site, which we will be keeping
• A bungalow on the Newstead Road part of the site, which we will keep
• An apartment in a private retirement scheme, or a bungalow,  purchased for and then rented to our residents by Barnwood Trust

We have met with each of our residents individually to discuss options. Most have now decided what they would like to do: most wish to stay with Barnwood Trust (either in the bungalows near the western boundary or by moving to Newstead Road); two or three wish to move to private retirement schemes. In all cases we will provide support to manage the move and deal with any associated costs. We are drawing up a specification for the refurbishment of the bungalows on the western boundary of Manor Gardens, which should be ready for occupation by the autumn, and also landscaping improvements to the grounds around those bungalows. Residents have been consulted about their individual needs and will be able to choose interior colour schemes and plan the landscaping improvements together.

We are also starting to draw up plans for the development of the vacant land at Newstead Road, subject to consultation and the necessary consents, to provide accommodation for the residents who have expressed interest in moving there. We have been talking to two agencies who are interested in taking over the housing and estate management at Manor Gardens and we will be involving residents in the decision as to which agency use. 

For further information about the sale of Manor Gardens or the relocation of our sheltered housing residents please contact our new Director of Community Spaces, Lawrence Miller, on 07854 963567 or email lawrence.miller@barnwoodtrust.org

Selling Manor Gardens and the Manor House

We do not intend to sell the Manor Gardens and the Manor House until all our residents have moved and the day care has been transferred to a new location. We anticipate that it will take at least two years for this to happen. Until the site is sold we intend to let the empty properties in Manor Gardens on short-term tenancies.

When we come to sell the Manor Gardens and the Manor House our intention is to sell the site on the open market. We will have no say in what the purchaser will do with the site. That will be a matter for the purchaser and Gloucester City Council Planning Service.

Posted: July 2011

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