Almshouses are not just beautiful relics – new ones are being built and tenants pay a fraction of standard market ratesMarta Aksdal-Jansen lives in a flat in a beautiful 19th-century building five minutes’ walk from London’s Victoria station and a short stroll from the river Thames and the Houses of Parliament.She has a courtyard just outside, there’s a “wonderful” on-site handyman who can help if anything needs to be fixed, and a personal trainer comes every Monday to put the building’s residents through their paces. There are also monthly visits from a hairdresser and a chiropodist. Tate Britain is just down the road, and if you fancy catching a movie, the Curzon Victoria, voted London’s best new cinema by Time Out, is three or four minutes’ walk away. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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