£2.5m Sunderland housing development welcomes first residents

A new £2.5m development of 24 ‘affordable’ homes in Shiney Row, Sunderland, has welcomed its first residents.

Karbon Homes has worked with main contractor, Gus Robinson, to build 18 family properties, plus six one-bedroom flats, along with parking and landscaping on the former industrial land off Hunter Street in the village.

The 1.35-acre site, which had remained vacant and derelict for several years, had supposedly become a focus for anti-social behaviour and fly tipping. Karbon acquired the site from its former owners, and the development then saw some derelict garages and sheds demolished.

Zoey Hawthorne, assistant director of development delivery, said: “This was an important site for us to develop, tidying up a piece of land which had unfortunately seen fly tipping and vandalism in recent years.

“We are really pleased to have completed this development of smart new affordable homes. It’s been great to be involved in a project which has been welcomed by local residents, re-integrating this site into the local community.”

The new homes received significant funding from the government’s Homes England agency.

Steve Bell, managing director of Gus Robinson, added: “It’s been great to see the transformation of a ‘brownfield’ site into high quality homes for local people.

“Throughout the development process, local residents showed a keen interest in the scheme and were really supportive of our proposals.

“The whole team at Gus Robinson Developments worked hard with our partners at Karbon to create not simply new houses, but a place people where would be proud to live and call home. I think we succeeded at Foundry Close.”

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