Sheffield Built to Tackle the Greatest Challenge of Our Lifetime
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Welcome to Little Kelham Sheffield Built to tackle the greatest challenge of our lifetime Putting you at the heart of sustainable living Contents. 3 Our Story Climate Change 4 Our Vision Why we’re different 5 Better Living Community Sustainabilty Location 6 Award Winning Heritage Placemaking Surrounding location 7 Little Kelham Map Welcome 8 The Citu Home Precision Built Well-being Focussed Smart Technology Little Kelham, Sheffield Little Kelham, Sheffield Unparalleled Efficiency 9 The Arch House Apartment 13 Interior Choices 15 The Location Sheffield City Centre 16 The Community Interest Company 17 Buying with Citu Mortgages Citu 52 VR Experience Help to Buy 18 Get in touch Our Story. We exist to tackle climate change We’re experienced in combining great – it’s that simple. Everything we design, innovation and cutting-edge do is part of that mission. Buildings technology to create beautiful homes We don’t energy and transport account for that make it easy to reduce your 62% of the UK’s emissions, so we carbon footprint. just talk create sustainable places in the Little Kelham, Sheffield centre of cities to tackle all three We’re leading the way, and creating simultaneously. amazing places where people and about being nature can live, grow and thrive. We’ve been helping people live more You can join them, and together we sustainably since 2004, winning more can solve the greatest challenge sustainable. than sixty awards along the way. humanity has ever faced. We live it. We think differently. We live sustainability We challenge convention Our homes are built in Our It’s a hot topic, but Better technology leads to a state of the art facility not everyone takes it better performance, so we We’ve invested millions in seriously. We believe if a find solutions that improve Citu Works, our production project isn’t sustainable, the places we create. If facility in Leeds, so we Vision. then it’s not worth doing. they don’t exist, we create can produce Citu Homes 1 them ourselves. Simple. with incredible precision, 3 while massively reducing Chris Thompson We put people first the carbon footprint of We don’t sell to investors, We use cutting edge tech Founder & Managing Director our construction process. so you’ll always live near This allows us to build smart, 5 people who value their sustainable homes that make Book a viewing today neighbourhood, just like it easy for you to radically to experience Little “If we’re going to stop climate living in our cities. A city shouldn’t you – that’s how strong reduce your carbon footprint, Kelham, and a totally change we’re going to have to be a place you just come to work. communities are made. and love your home too. new way of living. radically change the way we It should be where you want to 2 4 live in our cities. Little Kelham in make your home. Sheffield makes this change, drawing on Scandinavian and We want Little Kelham, along with European designs, to create a our other developments, to start a more sustainable place to live. chain reaction across the UK house building industry, creating sustainable Little Kelham, Sheffield Little Kelham, Sheffield Little Kelham demonstrates that communities, in low-carbon there is a different and better way of developments across the country”. Garden Housse Terrace Little Kelham, Sheffield By choosing to live in a Citu Home, you’ll be tackling Better climate change Living. head-on. Little Kelham is situated in the heart Sustainable Living of Kelham Island, surrounded by All the homes in Little Kelham are heated a fabulous array of independent by carbon neutral renewable energy, restaurants, cafes, bars and galleries. and the electricity is supplied by 100% The island life is so enviable, you’ll renewable energy. Each house type has never want to leave. There’s a reason it’s own set of sustainable features. Little why it’s been named the UK’s greatest Kelham’s Garden Houses, for example, neighbourhood. feature under-croft car parking, allowing children to play freely in the huge A true community shared garden above, and minimising Private terraces and communal the cars parked on the walkways of the landscaped gardens provide spaces development. Our car parking areas can Little Kelham, Sheffield to relax, recharge and connect with be electric charging enabled, making it your neighbours, because it’s people easy to switch to zero-carbon transport. that build a strong community. To ensure we create a neighbourhood where Connected to the city everyone has a stake in their place, we Situated just a short walk or cycle ride never sell to investors. We’ve even set up from Sheffield City Centre, residents a Community Interest Company, allowing can avoid the hectic traffic completely, the people that live here take ownership and instead commute by bike or on of their own home. We’re also proud foot, further mitigating impact on the to work with Historic England to bring environment and helping to improve the Kelham Island’s heritage back to area’s air quality. its former glory. Garden Houses, Little Kelham A Forward Thinking Place to call home. Eagle Works community event, Little Kelham Green Lane Works, A thriving place Little Award Little Kelham is a positively vibrant place to live, with Kelham a varied mix of homes, offices, restaurants and bars, so there’s always something going on. To keep this Winning. community thriving, we only sell to people who want to make Little Kelham their home – we never sell to We’ve been building innovative places that We love creating beautiful new architecture, investors. You’ll be part of a neighbourhood that values help people reduce their carbon footprint’s and we know that it’s not always about community spirit and creativity. One example of this since 2004. We’ve won more than sixty awards creating something from the ground up. is Kurbart – art by Kelham for Kelham. It transforms along the way, and helped Kelham Island Sometimes you need to bring an area back Green Lane with thirteen bold pieces, so you’ve got an become the ‘Greatest neighbourhood in the to life, so we work with organisations like art gallery to walk around whenever the feeling takes UK’ according to the Academy of Urbanism, Historic England to ensure that the history and Little Kelham, Sheffield so you know you’re in good company with us. character of all the original buildings remains. “Little Kelham is designed to show that a Stunning heritage better, more sustainable way of living in From the iconic Green Lane Works Clock possible. By thinking beyond the boundary Tower to the towering majesty of Eagle to consider it’s place in the wider city, it has Works, Little Kelham is home to some lead the transformation of Kelham Island of Sheffield’s finest industrial heritage. into the amazing destination it is today. We’ve partnered with Historic England to restore these beautiful old buildings in This is a place that puts people first, a way that retains their original features, creating squares, gardens and streets that but integrates the latest sustainable Enviable views bring the community together.” technology to ensure they’re ultra-low Whether your windows look onto the tree-lined carbon. Teamed with open spaces, trees, banks of the River Don, the Bessemer converter of Jonathan Wilson shared garden decks, this is the perfect Kelham Island museum or the Clock Tower of Green Development Director place to call your home. Lane Works, you’ll never tire of gazing out. Kelham Weir Horseman Birch Square Landing Arch House Apartments Eagle The Works Wedge Boules Court Arch House Apartments Horseman Lane Garden The Cubes Houses Green Lane Lizzie Lane Little Kelham Street Green lane Works Garden Houses Eagle Street Little Kelham, Sheffield Little Kelham, Sheffield Bakers Yard Garden Houses Welcome Little Kelham Phase Three to Little Kelham Coming soon The Citu Home. 1 MVHR System Precision Built Well-being Smart home controls Building the components of Citu Homes focussed Unparalleled off-site means we can massively reduce waste. Every component is cut Health Benefits Improving local air quality Efficiency The combination of air-tightness2 and a Our homes are so energy efficient to exact specifications in a controlled environment, meaning many times constant flow of fresh, filtered air from that they are built without gas boilers. MVHR System the MVHR system, means the air quality Not only do these homes prevent the 4 less waste than traditional methods of All new build Citu Homes use a construction. in a new build Citu Home is up to four emission of CO2, they also help tackle Mechanical Ventilation Heat Recovery times better than a conventional house. air pollution in the area. System. This transfers the heat We also partner with Historic England generated by your home to incoming to restore beautiful buildings like Green fresh air, maintaining a constant flow Lane Works Clock Tower and Eagle of fresh air, whilst keeping heat locked Works. We make certain to retain their Smart in. Over 90% of heat is transferred, Little Kelham, Sheffield original features and then integrate the so heating requirements are up to latest sustainable technology to ensure Technology ten times lower than an average UK they’re ultra low-carbon. 3 home. Home and Away Switch The Home and Away switch allows you Air-tightness to turn off all lights and unnecessary In a normal home, despite high appliances remotely. So you’ll never standards of insulation, the majority wonder if you left the iron on again. of heat is lost.