Belvedere House
Belvedere House is located just behind the Shields Road area of
Byker and has everything you need right on your doorstep:
shops, supermarkets, doctors’ surgeries and pharmacies, pubs, cafes
and restaurants, and superb transport links.
With charming gardens and welcoming lounges, Belvedere House is
a friendly and relaxed scheme where you can make friends and make
the most of your surroundings.
The scheme consists of 30 studio apartments and
seven one-bedroom flats suitable for couples. The building has
an award winning garden and a terrace.
Benefits of living in Belvedere House
- A Sheltered Housing Officer onsite
- A fully equipped laundry
- A guest room for residents visitors
- A communal lounge for social activities
- Concessionary television licence
- A warden-call alarm linked to the Sheltered Housing Officer and
/ or CCAS Central Control in case of emergencies
- Optional daily calls to check you are safe and well
What will my flat be like? 
The one-bedroom flats have their own lounge, bedroom, bathroom
and wc. There is a fitted kitchen with its own cooker and fridge
supplied. One-person apartments have a lounge/bedroom combined.
Each flat has a number of warden call pull cords, which link each
resident to the CCAS Control Room in case of emergency. Your warden
will show you how to operate this equipment.
How much will it cost?
The average rent for a flat in a sheltered scheme is about £42
per week .The service will cost you about £11 a week. This does not
include the charge for general maintenance of the building such as
cleaning the shared areas. We include the cost of the service in
your rent. We will tell you if we change the charge and we try to
keep the cost as low as possible.
Meet the Sheltered Housing Officer: Sarah Wilson
"Hello, my name is Sarah and I have been a Sheltered Housing
Officer for nearly two years now. Before that I worked in a
call centre but I didn’t enjoy the work – so my friend told me
about her job as a Sheltered Housing Officer and the rest, as they
say, is history.
"The people at Belvedere are so friendly and easy to work with
it makes coming to work a real pleasure, and we have a great time
at the many social activities that we get involved in. We recently
won second place in the Sheltered Housing garden awards so we are
all delighted that all of the hard work and effort we put in has
been recognised.
"I enjoy this job so much because I get to talk to people face
to face and help them (instead of being at the end of a
telephone!). If I had to describe myself I would say
that I was friendly, kind and hardworking."
Interesting fact: "I love travelling and have been to Thailand
and America. I’m hoping to go back to America next summer as there
is so much still to see."
More information
Sheltered Housing Service
YHN House
Benton Park Road
NE7 7LX
Tel: 0191 278 8585
Sheltered Housing Officer, Sarah Wilson
Tel: 0191 265 6605
Belvedere House
Heaton Walk
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 1QX
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