DÚN Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has announced the completion of new housing for older persons at Rochestown House, Sallynoggin.
The development provides a further 12 new one-bedroom and two 2-bedroom homes as part of the council’s housing delivery target of 1,563 social housing units by 2021.
Funded under Rebuilding Ireland, this project is located in the former walled garden of Somerton House. Along with earlier phases, this project has provided a total of 60 high-quality new homes for older persons.
To create a welcoming feel, the new homes are designed in a variety of styles using a warm brick and painted timber and are arranged around a courtyard with timber benches where residents can meet and socialise. The grounds are landscaped and residents can walk along meandering paths planted with new fruit trees, to recall the original use of the area as a kitchen garden for Somerton House.
The homes are built to the highest environmental standards in keeping with an ethos of providing bright, spacious, comfortable accommodation. The project was designed by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s Architects Department and was built by Clancy Construction. The second phase of the project won ‘Best Sustainable Building’ at the Royal Institute of Architects Ireland Architecture Awards in 2017.
Meanwhile, close to 100 extra homes are to be built for social housing across South Dublin following a recent meeting of the county council. This is in addition to the almost 1,000 homes agreed as part of the Kilcarbery mixed tenure development, which will include 294 social housing units.
As part of the extensive construction planned, 40 older persons’ residential developments are to be built at Fernwood Park and Maplewood Park in Tallaght. South Dublin County Council have partnered with Clúid Housing Association to develop the state-of-the-art accommodation through consultation with the communities in the area.
Through this public consultation process, the development saw the removal of five units from the Fernwood development, eight units from the Maplewood development, and an agreement that no apartments would be part of the Maplewood development and that the through road in Fernwood Park would also be removed.
The revised plan recommended the development of 23 homes at Fernwood Park and 17 homes with a community room at Maplewood Park, 13 units less than was originally proposed.
At the same council meeting, elected members voted to progress the building of 55 social housing units on lands in Templeogue and Clondalkin.
The development in Templeogue consists of 11 apartments that enable independent living for older persons. These will be situated at Riverside Cottages, Templeogue Village, Dublin 6W, close to Templeogue Village and served by public transport and local facilities. The support technology included in the units are designed to provide security and comfort.
