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Visage and Swiss Cottage Cultural Centre
Description
- Project type: Flats and duplexes, mixed use (community centre, creche, leisure centre with swimming pool, climbing wall, gyms and four multi purpose courts, plus café, restaurant, doctors' surgery, public square, astroturf outdoor football pitch)
- Full Address: Winchester Road, London NW3 3ND
- Location type: Urban
- Number of dwellings: 166 units; 42 affordable rented, 124 private sale;
- Dwelling type: Private: 1, 2, 3 or 4-bed apartments (119), 3-or 4-bed penthouses (5); Affordable apartments/duplexes: 1 4-bed, 21 3-bed, 16 2-bed, 4 1-bed
- Bed spaces: 540 total; private approx 478; Affordable 172.
- Site area/density: 1.78 hectares: 97 units per hectare
- Parking ratio: Private 1:1; Affordable 1:2
- Typical unit area: from 70m2 to 450m2
- Cost per unit: Private sale from £395,000 to £4.5m
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