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RESIDENTS could find themselves living ‘behind bars’ in a scheme to convert the former Dudley Police Station and police cells into apartments. Dudley Council planners are now considering a scheme to create 14 flats on the basement and ground floor levels of the building on the corner of New Street in the town centre. And one of the proposed ground floor apartments will be created where three old cells are with two bedrooms and a living room having views that police prisoners once ‘enjoyed’. Agent Planning Design & Build Ltd said the scheme – providing 11 one bedroom and three two bedroom apartments – would bring the vacant building in the conservation area back into use.
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Jeremy Gitonga is the Managing Director, Maven Design & Build Ltd. [Courtesy]
One of the unintended consequences of the coronavirus pandemic is the influence it is exerting on emerging house designs and the tick list for potential homeowners.
For urban dwellers especially, the virus has underscored the true value of a house.
Whether a privately-owned home in a prestigious address or a rental in a less famous location, coronavirus has brought to the fore the fact that a house is not just a place to sleep and wait on the following day.
Rather, it is a potential haven for unprecedented eventualities like what the pandemic has thrust upon the world.
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