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A bedsit, bedsitter, or bed-sitting room is a form of accommodation common in some parts of the United Kingdom which consists of a single room per occupant with all occupants typically sharing a bathroom. Bedsits are included in a legal category of dwellings referred to as houses in multiple occupation (HMO). Bedsit at The Workhouse, Southwell
The Wimpey No-fines House was a construction method and series of house designs produced by the George Wimpey company and intended for mass-production of social housing for families, developed under the Ministry of Works post-World War II Emergency Factory Made programme. "No-fines" refers to the type of concrete used – concrete with no fine ...
Sheltered housing is self-contained and easy to manage, ranging from a simple bedsit to a large flat or small house. Such schemes are distinct from a nursing home or care home in that the tenants are usually able to look after themselves, are active and are afforded a degree of independence; equally, sheltered housing differs from a retirement community which is generally leasehold (owner ...
The Park is a private estate, managed by Nottingham Park Estate Ltd, a company governed by Act of Parliament. [13] Living on the estate incurs both council tax and a local charge ('Park Rates'). The park rates cover maintenance of roads, pavements, the gas light network, the trees and the public green spaces.
During King Edward III's residence at the nearby Nottingham Castle in 1336 many of his retinue were accommodated in the building, then known as Ye House by ye Sign of Salutation. [ 3 ] The core of the current building, dated to around 1360 by dendrochronology carried out by the University of Nottingham in 1992, [ 1 ] was a workshop for the city ...
Whilst there's no clear difference at the etymological level (in dictionary entries) some distinguish the term γκαρσονιέρα as an apartment with a separate bedroom. [5] Hong Kong In Hong Kong, studio apartment is a mini apartment around 10 square metres (110 sq ft) in addition of bathroom and kitchen can cost up to US$20 thousand.
It was closed down some ten years later (December 2017) pending conversion as part of a larger residential development scheme and sold to new developers (Abode (Nottingham) Ltd) later that year. There is a simple cave system underneath comprising a passageway and bricked up alcoves leading to a chamber close to the cliff edge to the south.
In 1998, Channel 4 television series History Hunters examined the claims of The Bell Inn, Ye Olde Salutation Inn and Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem to each be the oldest pub in Nottingham. [9] The programme, first broadcast on 5 December 1998, concluded that of the three, Ye Olde Salutation was the oldest building but the Bell had been the earliest ...