CHORLTONVILLE 
Chorltonville is an estate of 262 houses, located in the suburb of Chorlton in south Manchester. It was built in 1910-1911 as part of the garden village movement, and was originally intended as affordable rental housing for skilled artisans. Today the estate is almost entirely owner-occupied, with most roads, footpaths and green areas owned by a Board of Trustees on behalf of all house owners. An Owners' Committee has a brief to manage the day-to-day maintenance of Chorltonville.
This private ownership has enabled us to retain much of the character of the original estate. Chorltonville is noted for the abundance of mature trees - over 350 in public areas plus many more in gardens. These, together with the grass verges, occasional greens and winding roads, give the estate its village appearance. Houses are mostly semi-detached, built in Arts & Crafts style but to many different designs, with detailing on the frontage to make each pair unique in the estate. Chorltonville is one of Manchester City Council's conservation areas.
Mains Water Supply Replacement
As reported at the AGM, we have been contacted by United Utilities and their contractors. They are replacing the entire water mains throughout the estate.
- It will take a minimum of 6 weeks to a maximum of 12 weeks and is planned to start in the next 4 to 6 weeks.
- There will be an “open cut” throughout the length of Claude Road replacing the entire water main there. For the rest of the estate they will be inserting polypropylene pipe inside the older pipe (slip line). Ideally this will require less digging but they may need to dig in ad hoc places where the slip line doesn’t work.
- They will replace old lead or steel pipes they come across going to houses as they go, but where these have already been replaced they will join pipes from the house to the new main.
- There will be a need to turn off the water periodically and houses will get 48 hours notice via a card through the door.
We will keep residents informed as we know more. Queries can be directed to roads@chorltonville.org
For now, there is no need to contact United Utilities about low water pressure as we mentioned in our previous newsletter.
