Croydon's crowning glory

Finding your practice the subject of a compulsory purchase order would spell disaster for many so when this happened to Croydon Dental Solutions, the owner and dentist Krystyna Walker realised she’d have to take some decisive action to save her business.  

When Croydon Council announced plans to build a new shopping centre in the heart of the town it meant Krystyna’s practice would be right in the demolition zone. She recalls how she first felt when the compulsory purchase order landed on her doorstop. 

‘Talk of a new shopping centre in Croydon had been going on for many years but when finally the CPO arrived I remember experiencing a whole range of feelings....anger and sadness at what was to happen to our building, terror at the thought of losing our patients, and apprehension at having to uproot everything but I also knew we’d been left with no choice and had to make the best of the situation we found ourselves in.  It was up to us to find new premises and create something new.’