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Lawn Road.
The 25 flats in Troyes House, Lawn Road, were also completed
and occupied during the year. The estimated cost of the land and
buildings is £52,500. The housing estate was officially opened on
18th October, 1952, by His Worship the Mayor of Hampstead,
Councillor H. G. Judd, C.B.E., J.P.
Shoot-Up Hill.
Building work continued during 1952 on the 112 flats in thi:
scheme. Some of the flats are expected to be ready for occupatioi
in August, 1953. The estimated cost of the land and buildings i:
£291,000.

Other housing sites have received preliminary consideration.
Requisitioned Properties.
At the end of the year the total number of dwellings in requisitioned
properties was 1,519. This represents a decrease of 19 dwellings during
the year, due chiefly to the release of some properties from requisition at
the request of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, owing to
dilapidations and structural defects, etc. An additional " halfway
house," designed to give emergency accommodation for nine families,
was brought into use during the year; work on a further " halfway
house " for eight families was nearing completion.
War Damage.
Building licences were issued during the year for the repair of
severely damaged and unoccupied premises and for the rebuilding of
war-destroyed "Cost of Works" houses, to provide a total of 25
dwellings.
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