Estuary launch Prince Avenue development in Southend

Estuary is proud to announce the launch of its Prince Avenue housing development in #Southend! Built in partnership with Dove Jeffery Homes and Southend-on-Sea City Council, the former light industrial factory site now offers 12 beautifully designed social and affordable apartments, as well as 8 shared-ownership houses.

‘Medway Court’ was named after Oliver Kennedy’s house and knitwear factory, ‘The Medway’. The knitting company occupied the site from 1920’s. Margaret Kennedy, of the Kennedy Family Trust, kindly cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony, along with our Chair of the Board George Kieffer.

The development has received amazing feedback from residents already:

“We love our new home. it’s in a lovely area. It’s nice to have a new space to make our own. Having a balcony is lovely because our son can have fresh air even if we’re at home. Me and my partner are young parents, so housing was very difficult for us to find. We lived in a one bed flat before here. It was full of mould and was a health risk to all of us. We were on the register for about 10 months.”

“My thoughts on my new home are all positive, I am in love with the place, I can’t speak any more highly about it. My new home has made such a massive difference already, the best way to describe it is I finally feel like I can breathe.”