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Watch a live job progress

The building is at stage 2 of a conversion at the present time.  The next stage will be when the plasterboard and plastering will take place and then final decorations. 

Please come back and watch the final pictures due to be released in 4 weeks time of the finished basement

Hornby lodge is a detached dwelling built in 1900.

The building is being converted into 8 luxury apartments

The history of the building is a fascinating story once owned by Mr Hornby of the hornby train set fame, it was turned into a police station in the 1960s until the current owners sold it to a developer to be used as apartments.


  • The building is in the leafy suburbs of prestwich in manchester.
  • The basement contractors maysand preservation who are transforming the basements into bedrooms and office space.


  • Stage 1 - Building New Floors
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    Stage 2 - Membranes
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    Stage 3 - Step by Step completion
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