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The Village
Description
- Project type: mixed use redevelopment of redundant barracks comprising houses, flats, supermarket, offices, nursing home, small freehold offices and recreational facilities
- Full Address: Guards Avenue, Caterham-on-the-Hill, Surrey.
- Postcode: CR3 5QX
- Location type: Suburban
- Number of dwellings: 348 units; 96 (27.5%) affordable, of which 83 to rent and 13 shared equity
- Bed spaces: c.940
- Site area / density: 16.1 ha; 40 units per ha excluding large open spaces and commercial/community buildings
- Parking ratio: c. 1:1.75
- Typical unit area: smallest = 46sq.m (one-bed studio); largest = 307sq.m (five bed house); 85sq.m (average three bed house); 130sq.m (average four bed house);
- Cost per unit: Original 1999 sale cost £125,000 (two bed flat) - £800,000 (five bed house); average cost £350,000 (three bed house)
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