Working on Latchmere House

I have been watching the construction of Richmond Chase for just over two years now and I think that I will be watching it for some time yet. On previous visits work had started on gutting Latchmere House and I was pleased on this visit to see it clad in scaffolding. I like scaffolding.

Bland house completed

It has taken a few months but the new bland house in Latchmere Close is now finished. Since I last took a photo of it, back in January, the gate and the windows have turned black which has done nothing to improve its appearance. The main problems are there is too much feature-less brick and the equally feature-less windows.

Orford Place in miniature

Orford Place is the most interesting development locally (Richmond Chase is the largest) and I was an early visitor to the sales centre when I took this picture of a model of the development.

Ham Common is at the top of the picture and the original house is the lighter coloured building in the centre. The buildings on the left are existing ones but the two blocks on the bottom-right are new.

Obviously the specifications of these will be different to the refurbished units and that probably explains why five of the six units there have been reserved already. The one remaining unit, number 22, is described ad a two-bedroom house with sun room, balcony, terrace and garden, and is currently priced at £1,075,000. 

Almost completed

There are several building projects that I am watching closely and this one, at the start of Upper Ham Road, is the one closest to home and so is the one that I pass the most frequently.

The shell of the building has been complete for a few weeks and there is currently little sign of activity. I presume that there is plenty going on and that it is all inside.

Rear gates to Cassel Hospital

I posted a similar photo of the rear gates to Cassel Hospital a few months ago (February) and I justify adding another one because the entrance is even clearer and it links to the previous photo of the new plants at Physio Extra via the pot on the right.

More flowers on Parade

The blooming of Ham took several forms and Physio Extra gained a row of flower boxes along that front and a collection of pots along the back. 

An expected addition

I was expecting this house to gain an extension, and it has. For some time I enjoyed the wildness of the abandoned front garden until new owners came and tidied everything up.

Having reclaimed the house and garden they are now adding what is a fairly standard extension for Burnell Avenue with the house growing on one side and to the front. What matters is the facing that they put on the blocks and I will be looking out for that.

59 Ham Street rises

The two new houses next to the library in Ham Street are growing quite rapidly now and this picture is somewhat out of date but is still valid as the snapshot in time that all the photos here are meant to be.

As is often the case, it's the business of the scene and the industrial feel to it that I like. I am more likely to share a photo of a chocolate box cottage being demolished than one resplendent with roses.

Langham House in red

Every Autumn Langham House turns red for a brief moment. It is only a brief moment but it is well worth catching.