Rockdale's Properties
The buildings owned by Rockdale are on three sites – on the main site at Rockdale Road, Sevenoaks are our offices, all the sheltered apartments to rent and our residential home, Rockdale House. The Akehurst Lane site is bordered by Knole Park and contains our sheltered leasehold apartments, and in Tunbridge Wells we own two large houses converted into 14 apartments in the 1970’s.
In Rockdale Road

Rockdale House click here

The Pleasaunce click here

Garden Apartments click here

Beatrice Wilson Apartments click here

Stable Court click here
The Lodge click here
In Akehurst Lane
Webbs Meadow click here
Constant Meadow click here
In Tunbridge Wells
In 1995, Rockdale took over two large houses in Tunbridge Wells which had been owned by the Soroptomist Housing Association. The houses were converted into self-contained apartments in the 1970’s, and although they are not sheltered accommodation, they are rented only to tenants who are over 60 and not in full-time employment.
2 Frant Road click here
52 Madeira Park click here
Major Building Projects
The Association carries out routine maintenance on all its properties, including cyclical tasks such as decoration of the common areas but from time to time we carry out larger projects to upgrade or improve facilities. For example, in 1994, we replaced all the windows in the Garden apartments with double-glazed units, and in 1997 carried out a similar project in The Pleasaunce apartments. In 2000, Sevenoaks District Council agreed a grant for Rockdale with the Housing Corporation which enabled us to refurbish the kitchens in 30 apartments, replace the bathrooms in 50 apartments and carry out other refurbishment including energy conservation measures in 70 apartments. In 2001, new smoke proof doors were fitted in all corridors in Beatrice Wilson apartments, and smoke seals were fitted to all the individual front doors, to upgrade the fire safety measures in the block. Other projects have included stair lifts in two of the blocks at Webbs Meadow and door entry systems on all blocks.

Pat Townend
Central Services Manager