Faversham House Renovation Update Number 3

Our building works to renovate Faversham House continue closely to plan at this stage. Stage 1 will be largely completed and preparations for Stage 2 commence before Easter.

Stage 1

Ground Floor

• The Salon is finished and will reopen on Tuesday
• The GS staff office will relocate back to its original area this week.
• The GN staff office will move into their new office this week.

First South

• Mary will move back to her office
• The north and south nurses’ stations will relocate into their new staff office in FS

Also, the first of the renovated resident rooms will be handed back to us this week. All 8 rooms have new residents booked to move in. We look forward to welcoming these new residents over the next few weeks.

Stage 2

Ground floor

• Work continues on the extension to the AMU lounge/dining room. We hope to have handover of this space by the end of the month, a week or two ahead of schedule.
• Work will then commence on the new kitchenette and part of the lounge/dining area. During this time we will use the Wisteria Lounge and Activity Room as temporary resident lounge/dining areas.

First Floor

• Room 93 will be vacated and handed over for renovation into a kitchenette
• Hoarding (temporary walls) will be installed around the current central staff area and demolition of this space will commence to create the first part of the new lounge/dining area
• The salon will be renovated to become a beauty therapy room.

Both Floors

• Upgrades to the corridor and communal area lighting will continue
• Painting and carpet replacement will commence in stages in the corridors
• Planning for new signage will commence

Progress Updates

During the renovations we will be keeping you up to date in various ways including: