So, I've had time on my hands over the festive period and so I've spent sometime catching up with Google Earth and Photoshop :lol:
And here is my simplistic masterplan for the Welsh Streets:
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I've decided to go for the full scale demolition and rebuild for a couple of reasons - a lot of the houses are very small and, being the bottom of the ladder of Victoriana, they're not architecturally significant.
The explanation...
The thick horizontal white line is an extension of Pengwern Street in order to split the available land into smaller segments and increase pedestrian and vehicular mobility.
The red lines are the new houses. They'll essentially be terraced versions of these:
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(but with small walls or fences to separate each front garden area - that's just my personal preference :lol:).
They're a mixture of three and four bed with two bathrooms and downstairs W/C. Based on the similar houses that have been built in Kirkdale, they'll go on the market for £120,000 - £140,000 ish. Competitively priced with other new builds such as Cawdor Park (but far, far more attractive ;)).
The grey rectangles inside each block are gated car parks.
The Church of England primary school that's currently on the High Park Street / Admiral Street corner will be relocated to the other side of Admiral Street (Admiral Park) and combined with the neighbouring Catholic primary school to form a secular school.
The orange rectangles are large(ish) detached houses of 4 beds with garages and large gardens. The idea being to attract some affluent families to the area.
Kelvin Grove consists of large, three storey houses with gardens. These will be completely renovated and brought up to modern standards.
If this model is successful, I'd like to role it out to other run down parts of the inner city where renovation isn't possible (i.e., most of the council estates across Toxteth and Dingle).
What do we think? :)
And here is my simplistic masterplan for the Welsh Streets:
I've decided to go for the full scale demolition and rebuild for a couple of reasons - a lot of the houses are very small and, being the bottom of the ladder of Victoriana, they're not architecturally significant.
The explanation...
The thick horizontal white line is an extension of Pengwern Street in order to split the available land into smaller segments and increase pedestrian and vehicular mobility.
The red lines are the new houses. They'll essentially be terraced versions of these:
(but with small walls or fences to separate each front garden area - that's just my personal preference :lol:).
They're a mixture of three and four bed with two bathrooms and downstairs W/C. Based on the similar houses that have been built in Kirkdale, they'll go on the market for £120,000 - £140,000 ish. Competitively priced with other new builds such as Cawdor Park (but far, far more attractive ;)).
The grey rectangles inside each block are gated car parks.
The Church of England primary school that's currently on the High Park Street / Admiral Street corner will be relocated to the other side of Admiral Street (Admiral Park) and combined with the neighbouring Catholic primary school to form a secular school.
The orange rectangles are large(ish) detached houses of 4 beds with garages and large gardens. The idea being to attract some affluent families to the area.
Kelvin Grove consists of large, three storey houses with gardens. These will be completely renovated and brought up to modern standards.
If this model is successful, I'd like to role it out to other run down parts of the inner city where renovation isn't possible (i.e., most of the council estates across Toxteth and Dingle).
What do we think? :)