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floors two shop3 and 68 flats which can readily be converted into shops as occasion
arises, and on the first and second floors 70 five-roomed dwellings of two storeys.
Further s tes comprising about 26 acres will shortly be developed by the erection
of 277 houses and six blocks of three-storey buildings containing 60 flats. In
connection with this development an additional strip of land a little less than an
acre in extent was compulsorily acquired.
The 72 three-storey flats provided on this estate as part of the rehousing
accommodation under the Ware-street, Hoxton, improvement scheme, were completed
during the year. The accommodation consists of 36 flats of three rooms and
36 of four rooms, each having in addition a large scullery or kitchenette and a fixed
bath. The weekly net rents (exclusive of rates), fixed after comparison with other
accommodation on the estate, are as follows :—Three-roomed (intermediate) flats:
ground and first floors, 10s., second (top) floor, 9s. 6d. ; four-roomed (end) flats:
ground and first floors, 12s., second (top) floor, 11s. 6d.
Roehampton
Estate.
Roehampton estate was acquired in 1919, and an area of about 93 acres has
been allocated for the erection of working-class dwellings. The roads and sewers
on the whole estate have been constructed and the development of the first section
and a part of the second section has been completed by the erection of 792 houses.
Tenders for the erection of 422 houses and administrative buildings to complete
the development of the estate were invited in December, 1924, but none of the
tenders was accepted. The question of the best course to be adopted to secure
the erection of the houses was being considered at the end of the year. About 45
of the houses are to be erected under the provisions of the Housing, etc., Act, 1923,
governing State aid, while the remainder will be provided under the Assisted Scheme
of 1919.
During the year the Council accepted the undermentioned tenders for work
on the estate—completion of certain roads, W. & J. Glossop, £3,097 ; iron fencing
in Putney Park-lane, T. W. Palmer & Co., £178 10s. ; oak fencing and other work
along the Upper Richmond-road frontage, W. Turner, Riley & Co., Ltd., £300.
Certain paving work along this frontage was also carried out for the Council by
the local authority at an estimated cost of £113.
On 4th November, 1924, the Council decided to add about 2⅓ acres to the
9 acres of the estate already appropriated for use as playing fields in connection
with secondary schools.
Putney Park House, with the adjoining grounds, on the estate has been let to
the Tenants' Association for seven years from 31st March, 1924, for use as a club
or institute.
Becontree.
The estate known as Becontree, situated in the county of Essex between
Chadwell Heath on the north and Ripple Road on the south comprises about 2,800
acres and has been purchased with the aid of compulsory powers obtained in 1920.
The development of the estate has been entrusted to C. J. Wills & Sons, Limited,
on a basis of actual cost plus participating profit. The first section to be developed,
known as the Ilford (No. 1) section and comprising about 440 acres, is situated in
the north-western corner of the estate. Upon this section 2,901 houses have been
built and are occupied. When the development of the Ilford section was approaching
completion it was deemed desirable to proceed with the development of the
south-eastern corner of the estate, and, with the approval of the Minister of Health,
the erection of 1,000 houses was undertaken under the Assisted (1919) Scheme on
what is known as the Dagenham (No. 2) section (59 acres), and a further 1,000 houses
with the aid of the State grant under the Act of 1923, on the Dagenham (No. 3)
section (58 acres). By the end of 1924 the former section was approaching completion,
894 houses having been built and occupied, and 364 houses had been
finished on the latter section. The remaining houses were in various stages of
progress. Development operations have also been commenced in the north-eastern
corner of the estate distinguished by the name of " Valence," and the erection of