HIGHBRIDGE-based bathroom pod specialist Offsite Solutions has delivered the final pods for a £3.2million contract to manufacture luxury bathrooms for its second Berkeley Homes residential scheme.

The company has manufactured a total of 221 bath and shower pods in two different bathroom designs for 250 City Road, London, a landmark development.

The delivery of the pods to site was completed in seven weeks to meet Berkeley Homes’ scheduling for installation. This involved careful logistical planning with 44 separate batches of pods required on site and up to 10 deliveries in a single week.

Siena House is the third phase of the City Road development, which will provide one, two, and three-bedroom apartments for private sale, and homes for shared ownership.

James Stephens, managing director of Offsite Solutions, said: “We are delighted to have delivered our second bathroom pod contract for Berkeley Homes.

"These are the most luxurious and highest specification pods we have manufactured to date, taking offsite manufacturing to a completely new level.”

The interior design for the bathrooms and ensuite shower rooms for the private sale apartments is opulent and elegant.

Fittings are finished in striking brushed gold – wall-mounted taps to the hand basin and bath, heated towel rail, and overhead and hand-held showers. This contrasts with white sanitaryware, a white steel bath, large format grey stone porcelain tiles with colour-matched grout, and a grey stone vanity top.

High end bespoke vanity cabinets with fluted doors in dark blue and contrasting gold trims are designed to match the fitted furniture in the bedrooms.

Aurimas Vaitkus, site manager at Berkeley Homes, said: “Bathrooms are one of the most challenging elements to build on a major residential scheme with so many different trades and subcontractors which takes a lot of management time.

“Specifying bathroom pods simplifies the process of internal fit-out. There is a huge saving in management time by removing the need to co-ordinate different trades on site. Offsite manufacturing is just a more efficient way of working and we estimate it was at least 20 per cent faster on this project than in-situ construction.

“Offsite Solutions has performed well at every stage. Their team was responsive with excellent communications and their logistics were outstanding, delivering this project ahead of programme. The quality of their pods is very good – and having worked with Berkeley Homes previously, they understand the high standards we work to.”

The luxury pods have a frameless glass shower enclosure, floor standing dual flush toilet, three-door mirrored cabinets, underfloor heating, and integrated LED lighting – creating a luxurious ambience for contemporary living.

The contract at City Road follows Offsite Solutions’ successful delivery of an £8million project for Berkeley Homes for the offsite manufacture of more than 900 high specification bathroom pods for a 68-storey tower at South Quay Plaza in London Docklands.