New Ground Cohousing

This pioneering cohousing scheme creates 25 customised homes and a shared ‘co-house’ clustered around a walled garden.

PTE has developed an interactive design process for cohousing groups and is providing a full service from concept to completion.

“It’s never been done before, and we will be completely running it ourselves. We are making history, and we are extremely proud. We hope others will learn from us. Everyone is tremendously excited. We want to be part of the Barnet community. We are not going to be a little ghetto of older people, we want to be good neighbours.”
Shirley Meredeen, Co-founder, OWCH

Awards
— Building Award 2017: Small Housing Project of the Year
— Inside Housing Development Award 2017: Best older people’s housing development (under 100 homes)
— Sunday Times British Homes Award 2017: Community Living Award
— Housing Design Custom-build Award 2017
— European Collaborative Housing Award 2017
— Housing Design Overall Winner 2017
— Evening Standard New Homes Award 2017: Best Small Development
— Build it Award 2017: Best Collective

Hanover Housing Group and Older Women’s Cohousing (OWCH) group

Pollard Thomas Edwards