The developer Henley Homes is part of a breathtaking plan to vastly improve east London. We look at the company’s beautifully designed and conveniently located 417 Riverside development.
Contemporary urban living along the banks of the River Lea at Fish Island London E3 is being created by award winning Henley Homes who specialise in constructing desirable, affordable homes in areas of major regeneration. 417 Riverside, generally referred to as the gateway to Fish Island, forms part of a group of nine- and ten-storey buildings visible from the river bank. Exposed concrete, steel and glass form a 21st-century facade that surrounds a beautifully landscaped courtyard garden. An elegant and contemporary development designed for both living and working, all of the apartments enjoy a terrace or balcony and almost all a view of the River Lea.
Affordable, practical and contemporary, 417 Riverside represents urban riverside living within an attractive and accessible location. Just minutes from Stratford, itself a gateway to both Central London and from 2007 when the new International station opens, Europe. Fish Island, already popular with artists is the final corner of undiscovered inner city London to be redeveloped.
Each stylish apartment boasts principal rooms with floor to ceiling windows leading to timber-decked balconies. Clean white or neutral interior walls offer a blank canvas for each owner to create their own ambience. Custom designed kitchens feature high quality integrated appliances including fridge
freezers and dishwashers. Utility cupboards are fitted with washer/dryers and the bathrooms feature white suites, recessed halogen lighting and partially tiled walls. Bedrooms and work areas are carpeted, elsewhere wooden floors add to the sense of space, all enjoy under floor heating. Access is via video entry phone and secure car parking is also available. Provisions have been made for smart house technology, including an ISDN to link the lounge, master bedroom and work studio.
Fish Island benefits from the rapidly expanding transport network in the Lower Lea Valley – and gives residents travel connections. A new high-quality bridge will mean that a walk from 417 Riverside to Hackney Wick station on the Silverlink North London Line will take only ten minutes. Pudding Lane DLR station is only a 12-minute walk, and Stratford, London’s comprehensive transport hub can be reached by foot in only 15 minutes. From Stratford you have the choice of Jubilee or Central Line tubes, mainline railway, DLR, Silverlink and frequent buses.
With the opening in 2007 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link International station Stratford will also be a gateway to Europe, with a journey time of just 2 hours 20 minutes to Paris. A fast new domestic service from Kent will also serve this new station. Further expansion of the DLR will offer quick connections to the City Airport, Stansted and Heathrow.
Plans have recently been approved for Stratford City, an impressive new metropolitan shopping centre for east London. Expected to be opened in 2007 and covering over 1.5 million square feet, this complex will be home to retail, leisure and community facilities. Three departmental stores and 120 shops and cafés will be available in this new business district, with offices, conference facilities and hotels as well as more schools, health centres and other public amenities.
An extensive Regeneration Park is planned to utilise the forgotten and neglected areas of open space in the area. Over 100 bridges are planned throughout the Lower Lea Valley, creating a vibrant ‘water city’ linked by walkways, roads, transport systems and cycle paths.
Fish Island lies in the heart of the area proposed for London’s 2012 Olympic bid and with firm Government support for the continued re-development of the area it is poised to become the a fashionable new urban community.
For further information go online and visit 417riverside.co.uk. You may also call Bridge Estates on 020 7749 1400 or Adam Brockley Associates on 020 7613 8181.