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Rosemary Court

Rosemary Court

Fenby Avenue, Lascelles Park, Eastbourne, Darlington, Co. Durham DL1 4UB (view on map).
Manager: Darlington Borough Council, Community Services Department, Housing Division, Town Hall, Darlington DL1 5QT Tel. 0800 389 1227
Properties:50 flats, bungalows. Sizes 1bed, 2bed. Includes mobility standard & wheelchair properties. Opened in 1977. Renovated in 2007.
Services:Extra Care scheme with resident management staff and community alarm service.
Facilities:Lift, lounge, dining room, restaurant, laundry, guest facilities, garden, community centre, hobby room.
Accessibility:Access to site easy. Distances: bus stop 5 yards; shop 200 yards; post office 800 yards; town centre 2 mile(s); GP 0.5 mile(s); social centre 2 mile(s).
Lifestyle:Regular social activities include Bingo, GEM exercise club once a week, lunch club,art class, social events and entertainment, visits. Some meals available (two course daily lunch served in dinging hall).
Pets:Both cats & dogs accepted (not to be replaced).
Tenure:Rent (social landlord) and Shared Ownership.
Cost:From £65.00 per week excl. service charge at Jan 2007.
Manager's notes:Rosemary Court is being extensively refurbished to a very high standard of self-contained accommodation with a range of additional services such as a wide and spacious hall area, communal facilities, dingin area with coffee bar, and all flats have new kitchens and flat floor showers installed. It is due to open as an Extra Care scheme in September 2007. It will have 24 one bedroom refurbished flats, adapted as far as possible to wheelchair standard, 4 intermediate care flats, and 14 flats for mentally frail people (the latter owned by Hanover Housing Association).
Info updated:30/01/2007.

Manager

Darlington Borough Council
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