
pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 46 of 54 Sat 29th Aug 2015 8:00pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 In response I don't know really where to start. Perhaps answering Dreamtime's question first. No, I don't live at the Earlsdon place. It won't be completed until next year. I live in one managed by the same company in Canley. Here's a picture of our private south-west facing garden. It backs onto Preston Close. My flat is on the 1st floor of the block to the right.
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member | 47 of 54 Sun 30th Aug 2015 5:53am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:3477 Hi Pix,
That is so good to hear of a positive response and it does sound like one of the nicest places one could hope for in our senior years. I am afraid looking at that little landscape area would tempt me to have a dabble in the garden. I have seen that photo before and it still looks a very peaceful place to sit and ponder. I hope you enjoy many more years to come Pix living there, meanwhile have a great day (weather permitting). ![]() |
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 48 of 54 Sun 30th Aug 2015 7:28pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:2857 As per previous post on this thread from 2013 - Its bigger than I (and a lot of other Earlsdoners!) ever thought it was going to be - too big really but private developers will always be trying to maximise their profits. |
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 49 of 54 Sun 30th Aug 2015 8:16pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 Extracare (the developers) is a charitable trust. Think 'economically viable'. Much of the ongoing costs are providing the staff to run it. Without the staff the business model wouldn't be attractive to customers. |
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 50 of 54 Wed 23rd Sep 2015 7:29pm Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 Just to keep you all up-to-date. This was the building progress when I poked my lens over the fence last Saturday.
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Roger T Torksey All posts by this member | 51 of 54 Wed 23rd Sep 2015 9:23pm Member: Joined Jul 2019 Total posts:543 What on earth is that monstrosity Robin?
Had a look through your gorgeous other pics. Don`t know how you do it, it makes Cov look almost sparkling clean
Middle of page 2 there were white statues that reminded me of steel turnings (Machined waste)
They used to be called "Herbert`s Worm Turnings" or in local dialect "Hairbairts Wairm Turnings"
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pixrobin Canley All posts by this member | 52 of 54 Thu 24th Sep 2015 7:28am Member: Joined Mar 2014 Total posts:1103 Thanks for the compliment on my pics Roger. The pic above is Extracare's new retirement home development going up behind what you would know as the Technical College in the Butts. Just think of it as a beautiful woman doing her make-up and that's the mud-pack stage. |
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Blueleader Coventry All posts by this member | 53 of 54 Thu 24th Sep 2015 10:06am Member: Joined Jul 2014 Total posts:51 On 23rd Sep 2015 7:29pm, pixrobin said:
Just to keep you all up-to-date. This was the building progress when I poked my lens over the fence last Saturday.
It is a high density storage facility for retired citizens. The methodology is to encourage retired people to sell their properties and buy overpriced retirement flats to squeeze the last dregs from their savings. Apparently there will be a small number of rented flats to keep the council happy. When this new experiment fails they will be readily available for student accommodation. In other towns these flats have proved difficult to resell and the owners lose a massive amount of money. Ric Osborne |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 54 of 54 Tue 3rd Jan 2017 12:07pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5604 Here are some photos of the finished article, taken yesterday ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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