Work starts up again on new council homes in Top Valley

The work on 106 council homes in Top Valley is set to resume after the appointment of a new contractor. The original contractor who had been appointed by Nottingham City Council to complete the project ceased the trading last September forcing work to stop.

Nottingham City Council has been working hard to get work restarted on the homes that are on site of the former Eastglade School. Lovell Partnership will complete the works on a phased basis that will see the first homes let to local people in housing need during the summer months, then the remainder of the 106 homes completed and occupied as soon as possible.

The homes will include 23 one bed flats, 63 two bedroom houses and 20 three bed homes with open space for the community to use and enjoy.

Alison Brown, Director of Property Services at Nottingham City Council, said: “It’s important that these works are restarting to create more affordable homes for local people on the council house waiting list.

“These homes are well-designed and energy efficient – places where people will be proud to live. I look forward to seeing the transformation from an unused site into new homes for local people and families”.

Lovells Partnership are also working on the council’s Beckhampton site in Bestwood Park, which will include 131 council homes – two and three-bedroom houses, bungalows and flats. It is being built on land that was once a playing field for the former Padstow School, off Beckhampton Road.