St. Leonards Quarter - April 2026 Update
Internal finishing takes hold in the apartment buildings
Inside Block A, the development has moved firmly into the finishing stages across the lower floors. Tiling is complete in a number of apartments, and second fix carpentry, the stage at which doors, skirting, architraves and joinery elements are fitted out, is now complete on the second floor and progressing on the first. Mist coating, a preparatory paint coat applied to new plaster to seal the surface before final decoration, has been completed in several ground floor flats, with mechanical and electrical second fix work advancing alongside. This is the stage at which cabling, sockets, lighting, and plumbing fittings are connected and made operational. The upper floors are being prepared for final decoration in the coming weeks.
Scaffold begins to come down
One of the more visible signs of progress on any development is the removal of scaffold, as it signals that external works on a given elevation are sufficiently complete. At St Leonards Quarter, scaffolding is now being struck from the first floor of the rear elevation on plots 107 to 114, while balcony cladding and associated waterproofing works on those plots are progressing towards completion. Window installation on plots 115 to 117 is now finished at ground floor level, with underground electrical ducting also laid between those plots. Each of these steps moves the building envelope closer to its finished state.
Masonry and structure continue to rise on the later phases
Further along the site, the later phases of housing remain active at structure level. Scaffolding has been lifted on plots 133 to 135 to allow the next lift of masonry to proceed, while plots 131 and 132 have completed their most recent masonry stage and a loading bay has been erected to support the next. Scaffold on the front elevation of plots 127 to 130 is also being progressively raised as the buildings continue upward. The windposts on Block B, structural steel elements fixed within masonry walls to give them additional lateral strength in tall or exposed sections, are now installed, allowing parapet and upper masonry work on that building to continue.
Roofing remedials and weatherproofing on Block D
On Block D, roof remedial works are underway with the first phase of works now in progress. This kind of remedial programme is a normal part of construction quality management, where roofs are inspected after initial installation and any areas requiring adjustment are addressed before the building is handed over. A condition survey has been reviewed on site, giving the team a clear picture of the scope and sequence of works required. Getting the roof envelope in good order at this stage protects the internal works progressing beneath it.
The site as a whole
St Leonards Quarter continues to operate as a genuinely large and complex site, with occupied homes in East Court at one end and buildings still rising through structure at the other. What April illustrates is the breadth of activity running in parallel: finishing trades inside Block A, cladding and weatherproofing progressing mid-site, and masonry climbing on the later housing phases. That simultaneity reflects a programme that is moving with purpose, and the coming weeks will see further finishes locked in across the apartment buildings as decoration and fit-out reach their final stages.
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