Rambles Round Barnet
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Thursday, 24 August 2017 14:11
Older women’s housing up for another award
New Ground co-housing, the innovative flats for older women in Union Street, High Barnet, have been declared overall winner of the prestigious 2017 Housing Design Awards – and are now up for another accolade.
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Monday, 29 May 2017 14:48
Success for “stubborn but steadfast” women pioneers
An 18-year struggle by a group of “ageing, stubborn but steadfast” women reached its grand finale with glasses of champagne and canapes all round to celebrate the opening in High Barnet of the UK’s first co-housing project for seniors.
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Tuesday, 18 October 2016 17:49
Leading the way in housing for older women
When a group of 26 women move into their new homes in Union Street, Barnet, at the end of November they will be making a small, but truly historic contribution towards alleviating the country’s chronic housing shortage.
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Monday, 22 August 2016 10:24
Ground-breaking housing for women
After months of construction work, the last remaining scaffolding and hoardings are about to be removed from 25 new flats in Union Street, Barnet – the UK’s first purpose-built co-housing project for seniors.
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Thursday, 09 July 2015 14:06
Union Street residents annoyed
Two new housing developments are changing still further the appearance of Union Street in High Barnet, which in recent years has lost shops, offices, a school and even its public house.
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Tuesday, 03 March 2015 20:04
UK's first purpose-build co-housing starts in Barnet
A group of feisty women, happy to be renowned for their stubbornness, gathered in Union Street, Barnet, for a ceremony marking the start of construction on a unique project – the first purpose-built co-housing scheme of its kind in the country.
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Planning
Sunday, 31 August 2014 17:03
Ground-breaking project for older women’s housing
Work is about to start in Union Street, just off Barnet High Street, on the construction of twenty-five flats for older women.
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Restoration & Rejuvenation
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