Poole tower blocks set for £7million revamp (From Bournemouth Echo)
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Poole tower blocks set for £7million revamp
3:00pm Tuesday 18th December 2012 in News By Diana Henderson
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PROMINENT Poole tower blocks are set to have a makeover under a £7million scheme due to go before council today.
The much-needed works to Sterte Court, highly visible to people arriving in Poole along the Holes Bay Road, will be carried out through the council’s management agent Poole Housing Partnership.
The blocks will have new cladding of the outside walls to provide much improved weather proofing and energy insulation, along with new roof, windows, heating, ventilation, balconies and ground floor lobbies. Improvements to give residents a much better home environment have been welcomed by Bill Durrant, local community representative for Sterte.
“We have been involved in consultation meetings over the past year and we have considered various options,” he said. “We are now really keen to see this project start on site.
“The works will enhance our living environments, reduce our energy costs, and they will hugely improve the appearance of these blocks, to the benefit of the whole town.”
Cllr Peter Adams, Borough of Poole cabinet portfolio holder for housing and community services, said: “We are delighted that we have been able to put together funding for these works.
“The completed blocks will be much nicer for the residents. They will be safer, warmer and cheaper to heat.
“We thank the residents for their patience and subject to full council approval we are now looking forward to starting work on site.”
Subject to council approval the contractor is likely to start on site in April 2013.
A STERTE Court resident, whose flat suffers from damp said: “I think they should be demolished. They are riddled with damp.
“They come and patch it up. Hopefully it will improve.”
Another said: “In the current economy there are lots more things the council could spend the money on rather than spending £7million on doing up the flats. It can wait.”
Another woman said: “I think they should do it before it falls down. It’s an eyesore.
“There are beautiful views over Holes Bay but the flat I moved into had been left in an awful state.”
Comments(14)
portia6
says...
4:34pm Tue 18 Dec 12
be replaced with houses not flats!
Its a shame because they're in a
good location. Surely with the amount of
space there is more than enough to
provide decent homes for families.
manyogie
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4:37pm Tue 18 Dec 12
portia6
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5:23pm Tue 18 Dec 12
what they want! The problem is some
of the flats are privately owned so
the council couldn't demolish cart-
blanch!
mike in florida
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6:14pm Tue 18 Dec 12
sea poole
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7:03pm Tue 18 Dec 12
Desperado
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7:22pm Tue 18 Dec 12
portia6 wrote:That will look a bit odd, if the council tart up the rented ones, and leave privately owned ones as they are,.
Must be a conspiracy! Ask the tenants what they want! The problem is some of the flats are privately owned so the council couldn't demolish cart- blanch!
Mind you they should never have sold off council houses / flats in the first place.
mysticalshoelace
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8:38am Wed 19 Dec 12
l'anglais
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9:07am Wed 19 Dec 12
sea poole wrote:Poole is a shambles from a town planning point of view.
l'anglais-and your point is...?
If council estates had been confined to areas away from The Quay, Sterte and Turlin Moor, then additional tourism facilities, quality real estate would have generated extra income for the local economy.
Instead, tax payers subsidise social housing in nice areas of the town.
sea poole
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9:49am Wed 19 Dec 12
Victor_Meldrew_Lives!
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2:57pm Wed 19 Dec 12
l'anglais
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3:02pm Wed 19 Dec 12
sea poole wrote:Poole Harbour is re-knowned for it's large number of uninhabited islands. Ship 'em there and call 'en Johnny Foreigners if you will.
l'anglais -Guess you're just trying to wind-up. You cannot be serious (to quote). So, where do you suggest we site social housing...? France? Dale Farm? Do enlighten us, I'm sure we'd love to know your innermost thoughts...
ashleycross
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12:21pm Fri 21 Dec 12
paul.p
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2:05pm Fri 21 Dec 12
l'anglais wrote:Good point.
sea poole wrote:Poole is a shambles from a town planning point of view.
l'anglais-and your point is...?
If council estates had been confined to areas away from The Quay, Sterte and Turlin Moor, then additional tourism facilities, quality real estate would have generated extra income for the local economy.
Instead, tax payers subsidise social housing in nice areas of the town.
l'anglais says...
4:06pm Tue 18 Dec 12
Instead , some planner from the dark ages decided on building council flats and council houses.