Fit-out specialist completes £1.6m contract at co-living scheme

Fit-out specialist Deanestor has completed a £1.6m contract to supply over 300 kitchens for a new co-living scheme in Leeds, developed by Caddick Developments.

Mercer West and Madison East are two adjacent apartment buildings near the River Aire in Leeds’ Cultural Quarter, constructed by Caddick Construction.

The build-to-rent project is part of SOYO Leeds, a new neighbourhood in the city.

Manfield-based Deanestor provided kitchens for 331 apartments in various configurations to suit each layout.

It included manufacturing and installing approximately 4,500 items of furniture such as base and wall cabinets, drawers, tall fridge units, oven housings and solid white quartz worktops.

Eugene Cannon, senior quantity surveyor at Caddick Construction, said: “The Deanestor team excelled commercially and in the design phase for this complex and large-scale co-living scheme. They were helpful at each stage and had a common-sense approach to any challenges, such as the need to upgrade appliances. The finished kitchens are great – good quality, contemporary detailing, superior worktops, and gave us the value for money we were looking for.”