New life for Ashton?
Date: 16/04/2007
Source: Residential
Ask Life has submitted plans for its first phase of 72 stunning city-style apartments as part of the £42m St Petersfield scheme in the up-and-coming district of Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside.
The Ask Life apartments will form an integral part of a new urban quarter which is part of the larger scheme currently being developed by Ask Life’s innovative parent company, Ask Developments. The scheme has newly completed public landscaped areas, overlooking a striking water fountain.
The one and two bedroom apartments, with prices starting from around £110,000, will be developed in the first of two separate blocks, all featuring fully-fitted luxury bathrooms with ceramic wall and floor tiling and modern contemporary kitchens, complete with stainless steel appliances.
Plans for the second phase of 150 apartments in the second block will be submitted at a later date.
Interiors have been designed by LRW interior designers, and will be built in accordance with Ask Life’s quality and attention to detail - and will include features such as extra room in the living area, thanks to the elimination of ‘dead’ corridor space.
Most apartments will benefit from balconies and some will have roof terraces and even a small number with winter gardens. The scheme’s location offers easy access to the transport links into Manchester city centre and is close to the M60 motorway network and Ashton train station.
Duncan Bowman, Director of Ask Life said: “This scheme is in one of Greater Manchester’s up-and-coming areas which has witnessed a great deal of regeneration in the last year or so. The residential scheme complements the St Petersfield scheme perfectly and we want to help create a new district that people will be proud to live and work in.
“The apartments will benefit from the excellent location and stunning landscaping. As with all Ask Life schemes, they will be of a very high standard but within a price-range that the majority, not the few, can afford.”
If plans are granted, work on the first phase of the residential development will begin in late summer 2007.
Once complete, the overall St Petersfield scheme, which is being delivered through a public/private partnership between Tameside Council, Ask Developments, Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and English Partnerships, will provide 280,000 sq ft of high quality office space, and retail and leisure amenities totalling 400,000 sq ft.
For more details on all Ask Life’s schemes, visit the website www.askaboutlife.co.uk or call 0870 242 4499.