Star property

A few years ago, no housebuilder would have considered Northmoor
as a place for development.

It was run down and uninspiring, crime and anti-social behaviour plagued the streets and the area
had nothing much to recommend it. But a clever and comprehensive regeneration programme led
by Great Places Housing Group and Manchester City Council has transformed this distinct area
of Longsight into a vibrant, thriving urban village. It took more than £20m and years of love and
dedication from the community and regenerators but the results are eye-poppingly effective.

Now, Crowcroft, the first development of homes for outright sale in the area, available through
Great Places' affordable ownership arm Plumlife, is the icing on the cake for the renaissance
of the neighbourhood where people now want to live, work and invest. Great Places worked with
English Partnerships and Manchester City Council to develop 36 new homes at a total cost of
£6.6million.

Crowcroft comprises 21 aspirational, new-build homes and 15 traditional Victorian terraces that
have undergone ‘extreme makeovers' to become four-bedroom family homes. A block of seven
terraces in Mackenzie Street and eight in Santley Street were stripped out for renovation and
extension. The pitch roofs came off to make way for a second floor, and two extra bedrooms -
creating bang up-to-date, ecofriendly family homes. The terrace home was well and truly
reinvented for the 21st century, with crisp white render alongside traditional brick. Inside, living
and dining areas were switched to the backs of houses, with kitchens positioned at the more-
public road side.

 

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