Mettle & Poise apartments sell out at Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Mettle & Poise at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been a sell-out success, with every new home sold off plan two years before the completion of the redevelopment in 2017.

Rydon successfully launched the first phase of apartments at this major redevelopment in late 2014, targeting a UK audience, and saw a significant number of purchases from local residents.

The final phase was launched earlier this year, comprising the duplex and penthouse apartments, which again have proved incredibly popular.

Mettle & Poise’s success has been buoyed by its location in the vibrant East End of London, combined with quality of design and specification and a strong housing market locally.

Rydon, in partnership with Family Mosaic, is developing the new homes on the former Queen Elizabeth Hospital site on Hackney Road, E2. The scheme was successfully led by the partners in a two stage bid through the HCA's Delivery Partner Panel Framework.

The development follows more than 12 months of planning and consultation by the project team, who worked closely with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the Mayor of London’s Office and the local community, to ensure plans for the site best met local housing needs. The scheme forms part of the Mayor of London’s annual target to deliver new affordable homes for Londoners to rent and to buy.

In September last year, Richard Blakeway, Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land and Property, and David Lunts, Executive Director of Housing and Land at the GLA, joined Rydon and Family Mosaic to celebrate the start of construction, which coincided with the sales launch of the first phase.

This carefully planned redevelopment provides 188 new homes, 116 of which were available for private sale though Mettle & Poise, across one, two & three bedroom apartments. The remaining new homes (43% of the scheme by habitable room), will be for affordable rent or for purchase through shared ownership.

The design has been developed to complement its location by incorporating the original and historic façade on Hackney Road, which is being retained and refurbished as a permanent reminder of the site’s long and rich history.

Work on this major redevelopment project is now well underway and the main works will be completed by 2017.

The building was first used as a hospital in 1870, with the creation of the buildings along Goldsmiths Row and later Hackney Road at the beginning of the 20th century. A series of alterations and extensions continued from the 1930s through to the 1970s. The hospital closed in 1996 and remained vacant ever since.

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