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Home | Case study | Karbon Homes – Byker Estate

Community Buildings Refurbishment Works

Sector

Social Housing

Location

North East

Service

Refurbishment

CLC delivered a comprehensive refurbishment programme to 23 Spires Lane and St Michael’s Mount on Newcastle’s Byker Estate for Karbon Homes, supporting our client’s wider regeneration ambitions.

Works included full strip-out, structural alterations, new steelwork, roofing repairs, glazing, flooring, decoration and extensive mechanical and electrical upgrades, including plumbing, heating, ventilation, fire alarms and security systems. New kitchens, tea points and sun tubes created brighter, more functional community spaces.

Working closely with Historic England, JDDK Architects and Storm Tempest Property Consultancy, CLC balanced heritage conservation requirements with the delivery of modern, fully compliant facilities.

What we did

CLC refurbished two Grade II Listed community buildings on Newcastle’s Byker Estate for Karbon Homes.

Specifications

  • Grade II Listed community buildings
  • Strip out of existing walls and finishes
  • New ceilings and partition walls
  • New timber windows and doors
  • Glazing works
  • New floor finishes
  • Roofing repairs
  • Steelwork, structural alterations and strengthening works
  • Installation of sun tubes
  • External decoration works
  • Full M&E (Mechanical and Electrical) upgrades
  • New ventilation systems

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Project Overview

Contract value

£

157

k

Weeks duration

11

Grade II Listed buildings

2

Sun tubes installed

4

Operatives on site

10

Donated to hobby rooms

£

1

k

Local students engaged

25

During refurbishment, we identified an unexpected issue with the location of a load-bearing wall. Working collaboratively with Karbon Homes and the design team, we redesigned the steelwork while works were underway. This rapid response maintained programme momentum and minimised disruption to the project.

Challenges

One of our challenges was uncovering previously unknown structural issues.

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The communication has been fantastic. We’ve really worked hard to make sure that we meet the requirements and also the expectations of Historic England as our funder, and CLC have been really responsive – what I’ve particularly liked is that we could absolutely trust them to meet the needs of the heritage restoration but they’ve also been wonderful in working with the local community and really getting to know the neighbours and resolving any potential issues before they occur.

Head of Place Partnerships and Engagement

Karbon Homes

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