You’re a landscape architect, you’re designing the
external works for your next housing estate development for your construction
client and you want to impress.
Phil Ball from metal railings and gates
manufacturer, Alpha Rail, explains how metal railings can differentiate a
housing development marketing suite.
When you begin the design process and you’re
having a flash of creative brilliance and inspiration, installing metal
railings and making them a feature of the development is probably the last
thing you’d consider in order to create the right first impression to the
potential buyer.
However, more often than not, once the show home
is complete, and the marketing suite has been opened, it can be quite some time
before the surrounding plots begin to take shape and give a positive
impression.
This means that the show home has to have the
essential ‘wow’ factor such that potential new home owners can visualise what
their dream home could look like once the keys have been handed over.
They will obviously be thrilled to have the choice
of kitchen, bathroom and other internal fittings, but as more and more of home
owners turn to the landscaping and perimeter security considerations, you can
see how metal railings begin to feature more and more in the choice of
decisions.
There are many benefits to using metal
railings, these include:
Appearance
- With a range of
railing styles and finial finishes you’ll be hard pressed not to find a
railing that matches the surroundings. Whether you want vertical bar
railings, flat topped railings or bow top railings – the choice is wide
ranging!
- A range of polyester
powder coated finishes are available in a variety of colours
- Bespoke metalwork
fabrication allows logo’s, street names and local landmarks to be
incorporated into the design as well into more decorative railings.
Maintenance
- A building site can
be very dusty – metal railings don’t need repainting like timber fences –
they can be simply hosed or sponged over to reveal gleaming paintwork.
Longevity
- Metal railings are
easy to maintain and with the correct care (a simple wash down every now
and again) can last over 20 years!
Security deterrent
- Although most metal
railings will be of low height, the presence of metal railings and gates
will help to deter entry to the show home plot whilst not open
- When installed
around new build houses they create the perfect boundary for front and
rear gardens, especially if landscaped with appropriate shrubs, trees, and
plants. (But not too near – you don’t want them to overgrow the railings!)
Alpha Rail has supplied metal railings and gates
for many show home complexes. These include the Quadrant
in Boston for Chestnut Homes, DamsteadPark development for Avant
Homes,the Fish Island development in Hackney, the B@Home
development and in the Builda Better Nottingham programme to name but a few.
