On Friday 22 May at 16.10 we finally signed and exchanged contracts to purchase the front section of the Crayola Building. This was achieved after many very frustrating weeks of negotiations between three lots of solicitors (ours, the bank providing our loan and the vendors) and well as the vendors and ourselves.
So after 10 years of trying to get a building for the King’s Arms Church we have made a very significant step towards achieving our goal.
Before we can complete the purchase we need to gain approval for ‘Change of Use’ for the building from Employment (B1) to Community use (D1) from the Planning Department at the Borough Council. A draft submission has been made for comment and we hope to complete the final submission in the next two weeks.
As mentioned previously, we have surveyed 1,250 homes in the area around the Crayola Building to introduce ourselves and also to determine the needs of the community. A good response was obtained (encouraged by the ipod nano to be won in a prize draw!) and the results are now being analysed in detail. The ipod nano was won by a resident of Sandhurst Place and he will be receiving his prize tomorrow.
Well done Roydon and the Building team, you have done a fantastic job and I only know some of the hours you have put in to this – thank you!