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Each house has an inter-oven and in some of the better types
there are double folding doors between the living-room and parlour.
The windows are glazed in special metal frames which allow
of the windows being cleaned from the inside of the rooms.
Provision is made for drying clothes in the garden.
Each house has a tiled sink with draining board, and a gas
cooker.
There are hooks for hanging up clothes.
The houses are well ventilated throughout.
The attic is ventilated by elevating one end of the trap-door
so as to allow of the sides of the trap-door giving a clear open
interval of 1 inch width, connecting the top landing with the attic.
The floor boards are of wood laid directly on to concrete.
The walls are distempered.
The wood work is finished in dark oak colour.
The net cost per house is said to range from £500 to £600.
The offer of the London County Council was accepted by the
Finsbury Borough Council at the Council's meeting on December
1st, 1927.