Come Inside.

16/12/2024

We recently held an open day to celebrate the completion of Joy’s Corner, It Takes A City Community Land Trust’s (ITAC CLT) first modular homes scheme and thank St John’s Church for providing refreshments. 

With the first resident due to move in this week, we’ve been busy putting the finishing touches to each of the four homes. Our aim is to make sure they are all fully furnished, including kitchenware, cutlery, and bedding, so the residents have everything they need to start enjoying their new home from day one. Matt took some photos to show you what it’s like inside.

 

Each kitchen area comes with a fitted hob/oven, microwave, kettle and sink/drainer. There’s also a small dining table and chairs. 

The lounge area contains a small sofa, coffee table, storage unit and TV. 

You go through a door into the shower room, where there is also space for a washing machine and storage for a hoover.

At the rear of the home is the bedroom, containing a single bed, side table and wardrobe. 

“We are proud to have led such an amazing team of partners to deliver this innovative project, making great use of a very small site.”

We thank all the partners, businesses and community groups who have helped us furnish the homes to this high standard including Cambridge City Council who offered the use of its land at Joy’s Corner on a token lease, and the many council teams that provided additional support for the project. New Meaning Foundation who constructed the timber-framed homes off-site using Modern Methods of Construction (MMC). Credit is also due to the following for their contributions, many of which have been pro-bono, Archangel, Bidwells, Breheny, Carter Jonas, CB3 Consulting Ltd, Ligna, MKA, Munro Building Services Ltd, Stantec, and Welch Group. 

Chris Jenkin BEM, Founder and Chair of It Takes A City, said: “We are proud to have led such an amazing team of partners to deliver this innovative project, making great use of a very small site.  Our thanks to them all, and to our donors and investors who made it possible. This is a small part of a much larger effort to work together to end homelessness and rough sleeping in Cambridge. We look forward to our residents being welcomed into the community with a sure sense they have somewhere they can call home. Plans are now being laid for further schemes in and around Cambridge, and we encourage anyone that is keen to help to get in contact!”