1,000 show interest in Park Hill flats

Show flats are being prepared for an official opening on October 8, with prices for a one-bedroom apartment starting from £90,000.

Two-bedroom flats will also be available in the newly-renovated “flank A” which contains 78 apartments in what was once regarded as an eyesore building.

Manchester-based Urban Splash has around 800 flats still to renovate in the £146m project, which has attracted public funding of about £20m.

The firm’s managing director Simon Gawthorpe said: “We’ve been delighted with the interest shown so far for Park Hill – before people have even had the chance to see it up close.

“We’ve had around 1,000 people register their interest with around 200 of these getting in touch as soon as we released the starting prices. It is also significant that the majority of these are from the Sheffield area.

“It’s especially pleasing as we’re receiving lots of positive feedback from people of all ages and backgrounds. We’re looking forward to speaking to people and being able to show them the apartments when we open the doors to Park Hill on the 8 October.

“This is an opportunity for people to buy into part of a Grade II* listed building and at very competitive prices and interest has been significant so far.

“Interest is also high in the 40,000 sq ft of commercial space, which are suitable for office, retail and restaurant uses. Although the units haven’t officially been launched yet talks are already ongoing with a number of potential occupiers keen on making Park Hill the new home for their business.”

Yesterday property experts said Sheffield’s housing market was outperforming the rest of the UK, with the city even eclipsing London with a house price increase of seven per cent since the start of 2011.

Analysts from findaproperty.com, which collates house price data across the UK said houses in the capital had only achieved an increase of 2.3 per cent over the same period.