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Oaklands - Bedford
Situated on a quiet road in Bedford, this Victorian style detached Home is private and quiet. Consisting of 7 bedrooms, a large lounge, kitchen, conservatory and garden.
Situated near the Town Centre, Oaklands is ideally placed for the surrounding amenities and environment that enable close integration with the local community.
Room 1: 16m²
Room 2: 16m²
Room 3: 13.75m²
Room 4: 12.75m²
Room 5: 21.5m²
Room 6: 22.5m²
Room 7: 16.5m²
Please note that all measurements are approximate.
All bedrooms have a sink with vanity cupboard, mirror, and shaving socket. Each bedroom has windows that can be opened by the service user if they wish, though all windows have restrictors fitted for the protection of the service user. All bedroom doors are fitted with a lock, for which the service user holds the key. These can be locked from the inside and outside. The bedroom doors do not have a letterbox, all mail is delivered through the main front door, any private mail for residents is given to them, unopened, by staff. Each room also has two double sockets and a television aerial socket. The bed rooms do not have a telephone socket fitted, instead a cordless phone is available for all clients to use in private should they wish.
Each service user is provided with a wardrobe, chest of drawers, two chairs, desk, lockable space, shelving, bed, bedding, towelling, carpet and curtains. However the service users may elect to reject or increase on these items should they wish. There may also be a reduction/increase in this provision if a specific risk/need is identified within their service user care plan and/or associated risk assessments. There is currently one shared bedroom.
Service users may personalise and decorate their own room to their own taste, including buying or bringing in furniture and electrical equipment, providing it meets with Fire regulations and/or PAT testing. Any persons, including staff, wishing to enter these rooms will obtain permission to enter the room from the service user first.
Communal Space comprises of a lounge, dinning room and conservatory with a combined measurement of 45.5 square meters (approximately). In addition there is a large domestic kitchen which all service users use to prepare meals, snack and drinks or to work with staff to assist at meal times etc. There is a walk in shower room with WC and sink on the ground floor and a bathroom with WC and separate WC and shower on the first floor. The home office is on the ground floor and sleeping in room is on the first floor.
Oaklands has parking on the roadside, which at present has no time restriction. The house vehicle is parked outside the house and is a eight-seater family people carrier. It is available to service users 7 days a week and is regularly maintained and serviced.
Oaklands has a large secured rear garden that the service users are encouraged to take full advantage of. It is approximately one and a half miles from the train station and approximately 1 mile from the main town centre and bus station. Regularly buses can be caught at the top of Oaklands Road into the town centre.
Oaklands’ full statement of purpose is available below in a Word Document.
