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Phase one of the scheme at Middleton Hall Retirement Village will see six of the planned 35 independent living homes built at the village’s 100 acre site, at Middleton St George, near Darlington, in County Durham.
The expansion of the village’s accommodation and facilities will create 45 new jobs and includes plans for an orangery with a cafe, bar and farm shop, which will sell produce grown at Middleton Hall and by local organic farms.
Builders have already finished work on the gatehouse – a two-bedroom prototype zero carbon home – which gives a taste of how the bungalows will look and feel. Each home will be fitted with wood burning stoves, triple glazed windows and thick insulation as well as solar thermal panels and electricity generated from PV (photovoltaic) panels.
The first four bungalows have been sold ahead of construction starting on the first phase, due for completion early next summer.
Work started on the groundworks for the new bungalows this week. The foundations are expected to be laid in September this year with completion of phase one by next May.
Jeremy Walford, managing director of Middleton Hall Retirement Village, said:
“It’s exciting to see work starting on the new bungalows. We want Middleton Hall to be thought of as the best retirement village in the UK and for us, the way to do that is to keep coming up with innovative developments which will enrich people’s lives.
Middleton Hall was founded in 1900 and work began 100 years later to transform it from a nursing home to a retirement village.
The village currently provides for independent living, assisted living, residential care, and nursing care through 49 apartments, 32 bedsitting rooms and 20 specialist rooms.
According to National Home Energy Rating Software, energy costs for heating, hot water, lighting, cooking and use of appliances should be outweighed by income from the Feed-in-Tariff.
“One of the worries for older people is paying for increasing energy bills on fixed incomes,” added Jeremy.
“The fantastic thing about the bungalows is that buyers know they won’t have costly energy bills to pay and could even make money from the Feed-in-Tariff income.”
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