Bridge House and Marian Court

The original Bridge House and Marian Court contained 135 homes that didn’t make the best use of the land available and which surveys had found to be uneconomical to refurbish.

We’re now redeveloping the demolished estate into 275 new homes, including:

• 80 council homes for returning residents and local residents in housing need
• 118 homes for shared ownership for people living or working in Hackney who can’t afford to buy outright but won’t be prioritised for social housing
• 77 homes sold outright to help pay for the project in the absence of sufficient government funding.

The shared ownership homes will be sold and marketed to local residents by our in-house sales team, Hackney Sales.

As well as new homes, the changes will mean better public spaces, new walking and cycle routes and tree planting.

There will also be new spaces for commercial and community use in the new units along Homerton High Street.

Architects: Hawkins Brown (Bridge House) and Adam Khan Architects / muf architecture/art (Marian Court).

The Bridge House and Marian Court regeneration is being delivered in three phases:

Brooklime House and Chervil House

The first phase of the project, Brooklime House and Chervil House, was completed in 2013 and replaced the former garages with 20 homes for social rent and 20 homes for shared ownership.

Bridge House

We completed the second phase of the project, Bridge House in 2020. This phase included 32 homes for social rent, 39 homes for shared ownership and Hackney’s first ever Hackney Living Rent homes – aimed at private renters with rents set at a third of local incomes.

Marian Court

The third phase, Marian Court, received planning permission in June 2018.
Since the approval of the plans, the cost of building has risen significantly. This is due to:

• increasing price of labour and materials – caused by multiple factors such as Brexit
• COVID-19
• rising energy costs

There have also been some significant changes introduced to building safety regulations. These include enhanced fire safety requirements. We will work on updating the designs to ensure they meet the new regulations without reducing design quality. Due to the number of steps that we must complete, we expect that the earliest main works can begin in spring 2025.