S.A.C. Construction has kicked off construction of a 68-bed care home in Thame in Oxfordshire for provider Care UK.
The development, which is expected to be completed in October 2023, will include facilities such as a cinema, café and hair salon.
Each of the individually decorated rooms with have an ensuite wet room, and ground floor bedrooms will open onto their own patio and the home’s landscaped gardens.
The secure and wheelchair friendly landscaped outdoor space will include sensory gardens, water features and seating to give residents the opportunity to spend quality time outdoors.
“The Thame site reflects our commitment to improving the provision of residential care in the region and forms part of our ambitious, larger scale plans, which will see us open four new care homes across the country by the end of next year,” said Care UK development project manager Joshua Jones.
S.A.C. Construction director Jordan Connachie added: “We are proud to be playing a part in the progress of the much-needed, high-quality new care home for Thame and the Oxfordshire community.
“The build has got off to great start and we are on schedule to complete the scheme in autumn 2023.”
In a related development, S.A.C. Construction has started construction of a 66-bed care home in Godmanchester in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire.
The 4,330 square-metre site will feature several publicly-accessible facilities intended to serve as a local social hub and encourage locally-formed support networks to develop within the local residential neighbourhood.
These include café, salon/therapy room, lounges and other dining areas, cinema room and activity room.
The facility is due for completion in 2023.
