First boy in 70 years finds a new home at Crossways
Nine week old Jayden Michael Alexander McKay and his mum Charlotte McKay recently received the keys to their new home on Magenta Living’s Crossways estate, Bidston.
Charlotte is one of many families benefiting from a full scheme of modernisation in an area which has proved less desirable in the past. Having grown up on the estate, and with mum just around the corner, Health Care Assistant Charlotte wanted an affordable property to raise baby Jayden who is the first boy in the McKay family for 70 years.
Charlotte says: “Getting the keys to my first property on Hoylake Road marks the start of exciting times for us. Magenta Living has been an excellent landlord, they’ve kept me informed throughout the application process and I’ve been in the fortunate position to be involved in making decisions over the renovations.”
Magenta Living owns the majority of the 203 three bed houses on the estate and after extensive consultation with tenants and homeowners a plan to create a more sustainable future for the area is well underway.
Magenta Living’s main priorities were to offer more choice by moving the bathrooms upstairs to create improved and modern two and three bedroomed properties and make the area safer by working with partners to reduce anti-social behaviour.
The improvement works started with the renovation of two empty houses in Hoblyn Road selected as ‘demonstration properties’ to showcase the standards residents could expect. The feedback was extremely positive so works began last June to attract more families to the area. It is anticipated that all the works will be completed by Spring 2019.
Magenta Living will continue liaising with residents and homeowners as the improvements continue. Kris Devereaux, Magenta Living’s Estate Manager says: “I’ve been working on Crossways for a number of years and understand our tenants housing needs, whilst fulfilling our social responsibility to create a safe and friendly neighbourhood. Helping families is the best part of my job, and I’m proud to be a part of regenerating an area that is already shaping up to be a lovely place to live.”