Coppice Path

The project at Coppice Path saw the demolition of an underused garage block located at the end of a quiet residential cul-de-sac, which had become an area for fly tipping and anti-social activities. The development consisted of three three-bedroom and one two-bedroom terraced houses adjacent to three three-bedroom duplexes with two two-bedroom flats above.
Due to ground conditions the foundations to the houses needed to be designed as deep strip footings with blockwork sleeper walls and block and beam floors above with insulated screed on top, whilst the duplexes were spread over two floors, the lower of which was largely below ground level and was constructed as a three sided reinforced concrete basement with floating raft slab design all cast using Caltite waterproof concrete with a full type C waterproofing system installed. The front wall was built using traditional methods of brick and block up to upper ground floor level whereupon a block and beam floor was installed prior to timber frame being erected above to form the upper ground floor of the duplexes and first floor flats and the houses, with timber truss roof with cement tile and integrated PV panels. The external facades are a mixture of face brickwork, brick slip cladding system and Grey uPVC windows and doors with the overall appearance blending well with the existing residential units along Coppice Path. The site landscaping was designed to give each house and duplex an external living space with grassed garden, with the upper floor flats each having their own external balcony area. On site parking was provided with a space for each of the duplexes and flats within the external communal space with the inclusion of two car charging points for their use, and private drives for each of the houses, level access was provided to all entrances and to the communal bike and bin stores located away from the dwellings.