WOOL HOUSE DEVELOPER PLANS EASTER OPENING OF SHOW APARTMENT

WOOL HOUSE DEVELOPER PLANS EASTER OPENING OF SHOW APARTMENT

Unprecedented demand for insulating materials following the Grenfell Tower fire is leading to supply delays for the developer of Hexham’s luxury apartment scheme, The Wool House, but nonetheless, the show apartment will be open to view the Easter holiday week. Remedial works on existing buildings up and down the country have created massive demand for…

Developer ‘buys local’ for luxury apartment fit out

Developer ‘buys local’ for luxury apartment fit out

Matthew Charlton scoops major kitchen order for The Wool House The developer behind Hexham’s 45 luxury apartment development, The Wool House, has announced the appointment of Hexham’s long established builders’ merchant, Matthew Charlton, to supply all the kitchens and appliances for the scheme. Manufactured by German company, Beckermann, with its established reputation for quality, craftsmanship…

Robert-Dodds-Hero

Like Grandfather, like Grandson

SIXTY YEARS LATER, ROBERT LAYS BRICKS ON THE WOOL HOUSE SITE Back in the mid-sixties, Richard ‘Dicky’ Dodds, was working on the rooftop of the old Henry Bell’s Wool Warehouse, later to become the swimming pool on Hexham’s Gilesgate. He was undertaking urgent repairs to the roof and had returned from lunch, making his way…

The Woolhouse taking shape and under way

Pricing now agreed for prime apartments at Wool House 

RESERVATIONS NOW OPEN The developers behind Hexham’s luxury apartment development, The Wool House, which is under construction on the former swimming pool site in Gilesgate, have agreed prices on a selection of apartments. The upper floors of the development command spectacular views over the Tyne Valley, the Abbey and the town centre and at the…

The team at the launch event

Wool House launch a great success

The luxury apartment building, The Wool House, on Gilesgate, was formally launched on Wednesday 18 May, at the Beaumont Hotel, to an invited guest list who had been eagerly awaiting further news on the development since construction work started on the site some months ago. With the multi-level nature of the site and the need…

The Woolhouse facade with build underway

Good progress being made on site

Good progress is being made on site after the steelwork supports retaining the original façade of the building were removed as planned earlier this week. Light gauge steel work is now beginning to create a new silhouette for The Wool House behind the façade and Bob Skelly, director, reports the site is half-way through the…