Mayor joins Lewisham celebrations

The Mayor of Lewisham Sir Steve Bullock joined residents at two events recently to celebrate the successful regeneration of the Orchard Gardens Estate and Woodville Close in South East London.

Amongst the improvements were 102 new kitchens and as well as new energy efficient boilers, roof and wall insulation and new double glazed windows.

In July 2008 more than 92% of tenants voted in favour of a stock transfer from Lewisham Council and chose Affinity Sutton as their new landlord.

The regeneration works, completed eight months early, also include new paths, fencing, planting, signs and external decorations. Security has also been improved on the estate with the installation of new entry phone systems and privacy gates.

Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham, said: “Lewisham Council believes it is absolutely right and proper that residents should choose who improves the standard of their homes. Residents on the estate were responsible for initiating and leading on the transfer process and the fact that work has completed on the decent homes programme well ahead of schedule shows they were right to put their trust in Affinity Sutton as their new landlord.

“The work has been done to a high standard and I am delighted that many more residents in Lewisham are now enjoying their new kitchens and bathrooms and will benefit from better insulation and warmer homes come the winter months.”