Work starts on dementia-friendly new homes in Barnet

Further cementing Rydon’s expertise in Extra Care, a demolition ceremony has marked the start of construction at a new dementia-friendly Extra Care scheme which Rydon is building for London housing provider Barnet Homes.

On Wednesday 23 November the Rydon site team, joined by guests and dignitaries from Barnet Council and Barnet Homes, gathered at the site on Moreton Close to see the progress at the site so far and officially mark the start of work on the scheme.

Rydon is demolishing the old sheltered housing accommodation to clear the site in preparation for our programme to create 53 self-contained one and two bedroom apartments, which we are building to support adults with additional care needs to live independently.

Barnet Council is investing £15 million in the project, the first of three Extra Care Housing developments planned for the borough. The new development at Moreton Close is part of Barnet Council’s wider housing development programme, which will see more than 700 new homes built on council-owned land, in the borough, over the next five years.

Rydon is currently working on five Extra Care developments across the South of England, with a growing portfolio of successfully completed schemes in a range of unit sizes that have rapidly become an integral part of the community they serve.

Extra Care provides the chance for older people and those with care needs to live independently for longer in the comfort of their own home, surrounded by a community of people and carers as well as access to a range of activities, facilities and spaces helping to improve quality of their life.

Councillor Richard Cornelius said: “I am very excited to see work now progressing with Moreton Close. This model of extra care is an excellent way of giving residents the right level of support they need at different points in their lives while helping them maintain their independence.”

The Barnet Group’s Deputy Chief Executive, Derek Rust confirmed: “Our new 53 homes at Moreton Close will not only provide more choice for older people with care and support needs, including those with dementia, but will increase availability of affordable homes for households in housing need with frail older residents moving into flats such as these.”

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