Five New Council Houses to Open Doors to Tenants

November 15, 2016 by Southend Borough Council

Five new council homes are now ready for local tenants, as the council’s house building drive continues.

Construction has been completed on one two-bedroom, and four three-bedroom houses with parking provision, in Bulwark Road and Exeter Close in Shoeburyness.

The five houses are the first phase of a total of 18 to be built in Shoeburyness as part of the council’s ‘HRA Land review’ project. Six further houses are due to be completed in December, and the remaining properties in the New Year. The project builds on the successful completion of the first Council home in Southend to be built in decades last year.

Mark Flewitt, Executive Councillor for Housing, says: “I am very pleased to see that the first homes of this vital project will be handed over shortly, and will see new tenants move in.

“Addressing housing need is well documented across the country and in Southend-on-Sea it is greater than ever. It is therefore very important that the Council contributes to the provision of affordable housing within the borough, and to increase the Councils housing stock where possible.

“This administration is wholly committed to that and we continue to work to identify Council owned land which is suitable for affordable housing to be brought forward in the near future.

“The construction of 18 high quality homes for affordable rent is a substantial number that will make a real difference to local people and shows the innovative nature of this council.”

The properties are being built by DCB (Kent) Ltd for Southend-on-Sea Borough Council and have been built to Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) space standards, and to Lifetime Homes specification.

This project has utilised Essex based architects, AK Design, and Clerk of Works, Qualitas as well as Pellings LLP as Employment Agent.

Photos of the houses can be viewed on our Flickr site.