Windmill Place designed by Pitman Tozer Architects is one of the first sites to be completed in Brick by Brick's inaugural Smaller Sites Programme in Croydon started in 2016.

Brick by Brick is a developer specialising in properly designed, affordable homes for local people. Each scheme should add value to existing neighbourhoods and deliver a return to the main shareholder, Croydon Council. Established in 2016, Brick by Brick started with a programme of building new homes on tricky small sites across the borough.

Pitman Tozer are a studio of engaged and curious architects who co-create schemes, each with a distinctive identity.

The offices of Brick by Brick have recently been completed and are also opening their doors this weekend at 62 George Street in Central Croydon.

The scheme is currently under construction by Buxton, and due for phased completion in Summer and Autumn 2019. This Open House will allow a sneak glimpse of the scheme on a tour led by the Architects and Developers.

The development in Coulsdon comprises 24 new homes on a previously derelict site.

The proposed scheme is designed to complement the existing housing in the local area by providing a variety of sizes of units in an established residential area. The development comprises 24 new homes. 14 are two and three bedroom houses and there are ten one and two bedroom apartments.

The scheme was shaped through consultation with local residents and the planning authority. The development retains the perimeter of mature trees and creates a new lane that runs through the middle of the site which each of the new homes faces on to.

The homes are clad in a light grey brick which references the character of the existing homes nearby.

The interior concepts have been designed by Common Ground Architecture, (Brick by Brick in house Architects) and are a standard specification across all Brick by Brick homes for sale. The designs were inspired by period homes that have characterful features that form a backdrop to people's lives. Using a brick motif, the entrance ways to communal areas feature black and white herringbone tiling that references the thresholds found in Victorian and Georgian homes.

Moving into the more private spaces the language and proportions are continued, but the colours and tones become more subdued. In the apartments there is parquet oak flooring and soft grey tiles in a herringbone format. We have deliberately paired standard internal products with good quality materials where you can touch them, for example the handles to the kitchen units and a good quality work top.