Specifrications
- Hardwood veneered doors
- Hardwood veneered floor to hall and loungeLI>Carpets to beds, stairs and bathrooms
- Electric heating
- Light fittings/points
- Secure telephone intercom system
- Rewired to accept broadband
- Terrestrial, DAB, FM
- Chrome finish to accessories
- hi gloss laminate or solid wood kitchen units
- Granite worktops
- Dishwasher - where space allows
- Washer dryer
- Fridge freezer
- Hob oven and overhead extractor
- Partly tiled bathroom
- Main bathroom: bath, wc and whb
- Ensuite shower with, wc and whb
- Communal area – granite floor
- Parking available to 2 bed apartments only - Ł15,000 discounted to Ł13,000
Manchester
- Presently standing at ,577,000, Greater Manchester’s population has incr-eased by 4% over the last century. The Greater Manchester conurbation is made up of the two cities of Manchester and Salford, and the metropolitan boroughs of Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan.
- Manchester’s population is multicultural, and has an above average proportion of young people aged between 8- 9, with 65% of the population being under 45 years of age.
- The population of the City of Manchester itself is relatively affluent, although immediate catchment areas along the periphery including; Hulme, Moss Side, Salford and Cheetham Hill, are considered perhaps less so.
- Manchester also has the largest student population in Europe with over 50,000 students choosing to study in Manchester each year.
- Population growth for the whole of the UK has been revised significantly upwards, looking forward over the next 20 years. Whilst much of this growth is “weighted” quite heavily towards London and the South East, inevitably there will also be an impact upon population growth across Greater Manchester.
The economic importance of the Greater Manchester conurbation has increased significantly in recent years and this trend appears set to continue in the near future, barring any unforeseen protracted decline in macro-economic conditions. Whilst we do not intend to detail the minutiae of Manchester’s current economic status, we believe a number of facts are highly pertinent to the emerging central Manchester residential market and, therefore, the development of the Albion Works site.
Residential Market
Manchester has an enormous variety of residential housing stock, ranging from small “back to back” terraces constructed during the Industrial Revolution and throughout the Victorian era, through to large mansions constructed for their own occupation by the wealthy merchants and industrialists. The city comprises a complex mosaic of residential districts, some containing pockets of commercial and industrial development, which embrace the full spectrum of housing. The span of residential values is equally wide, ranging from relatively low priced Victorian terraces in Hulme, for example, priced at under Ł 20,000 to the luxury apartments and penthouses created from former commercial buildings in the city centre or newly built on the river, which have changed hands for over Ł1,000,000.





