New flats slot together on site of old Plymouth NAAFI
THESE images show the plush living conditions students could expect to experience in a £20 million city centre development.
Construction giant The Leadbitter Group have been busy building three accommodation blocks at the 1.2 acre Notte Street site, formerly occupied by a NAAFI building.
Knightsbridge Student Housing Limited bought the land from Plymouth University for £3.5million and say the construction will be completed by August 2013.
When completed, the building will feature 517 study bedrooms, 59 flats and 73 studio rooms, contained in three blocks with communal space between them.
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Brian Welsh, operations manager for Knightsbridge Student Housing Limited, said: "As you will see from the photographs, we have steelwork being erected which changes on a daily basis.
"We are using pre-fabricated pods that will basically be en-suite bathrooms. These are now being delivered and installed into position on site."
He said installation of cladding to the development is due to start shortly and this would allow the "key process" of getting the residence watertight, which he described as a "major milestone".
He added that the company was already having enquiries from students and they were "in discussions" with the city's universities.
The student housing company has planning permission for ground floor shops and restaurants and is in talks with potential commercial operators. The space could be filled by a supermarket.
The block will also feature storage space for bicycles and even surfboards, will have internet connection and on-site, 24-hour security.
Comments
by mrbenn47
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 7:36PM
“plus the millions of tax payers money that is used for the universities to become property developers”
by mrbenn47
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 7:35PM
“yeah why not, better than having a nuclear dump on our doorstep. Plus do you know how much money the so called students actually spend in Plymouth compared to the resources that they use. I would guess it is not that great apart from food and drink. Most shopping being done on the internet these days, no council tax paid and student discounts here and there, its not as great as you are lead to believe”
by Waltersmith
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 6:22PM
“@mrbenn
What is the alternative - shut the university because numbers may fall, well why not shut the dockyard - for the same reason?
Plymouth is no different to most university towns/cities. I would think it better to have the students here rather than elsewhere.”
by mrbenn47
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 5:39PM
“@waltersmith apologies, figures confused with city college
is it wise to keep backing the university for those figures? the dockyard used to employ a great deal more than that (directly and indirectly) and there are those that do not care either way if it were to continue or not. After all most (probably) of the students here will not be after their courses have finished and with tuition fees climbing, numbers will no doubt decline (there are no guarantees of a job at the end of it).
It also amazes me the number of people who stick up for the students whilst living nowhere near them. And talking about picking your neighbours, the houses that have recently been put on the market near where i live, which contained families, have now been purchased by landlords for students”
by Waltersmith
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 5:34PM
“@Dan_Spartan
The majority of people live where they do due to income. This is why I could never afford to live in Bromley when I was in London but had to make do with Croydon which was substantially cheaper.”
by niugnepyzarc
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 3:24PM
“Dan Spartan a Tully most people live where they can afford to, how many of them do U think even know the backgrounds of there neighbours etc when they move in?”
by Dan_Spartan
Tuesday, October 09 2012, 3:05PM
“Well said @JMonners
@niugnepyzarc I havnt posted here for an argument. Im simply saying the "Majority" of people choose where they want to live because of the "types" that live there and the area, its pretty obvious if you open your eyes and drive around - then when something "pops up" which is out of character for the area, it is major pain in the a** if you live there!”
by niugnepyzarc
Monday, October 08 2012, 9:45PM
“Dan by far and large it is not students alone causing trouble there are trouble makers in every neighbourhood and do not tar all students with the same brush either, your idea of having certain areas of the city set aside for `types` of people as you put it sounds extremely fascist and actually quite impossible (if you want this to remain a free country of course?)”
by Nevman
Monday, October 08 2012, 7:24PM
“Perhaps if people mixed with people of different types, we wouldn't have so much intolerance and ignorance in this city. Just a thought.”
by Dan_Spartan
Monday, October 08 2012, 7:03PM
“Great....more student housing. I fear the barbican will become a student drinking dive, just like what has happened to the once great mutley.
Im not anti student, but they should try and keep them in one place so us residents away from mutley can live in peace and not have any trouble. Thats is the whole point of choosing where you live....so you can mix with people of the same type!”