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23 Victoria Road. This house is a detached two storey dwelling,
the main defects were dampness and disrepair. A report was submitted
to the Committee in January 1962 and after consideration of
the report and the service of notices on the persons interested in the
property giving notice of time and place at which the matter would
be considered a Demolition Order was made in March 1962.
The Committee in 1961 considered reports on the following premises:—
123, 125 and 127 Brunswick Park Road; 16 and 18 Victoria
Avenue; 3 Dury Road; 51a East Barnet Road; and 57 Somerset Road
and had served notices under the Housing Acts giving the owners and
other persons interested in the properties notice of the time and
place at which the matter would be considered. In January closing
orders were made on 127 Brunswick Park Road; 16 and 18 Victoria
Avenue; 51a East Barnet Road; 3 Dury Road; and 57 Somerset Road
and in March on 123 and 125 Brunswick Park Road.
131 Lancaster Road. This property is a two storey, brick built, end
of terrace dwelling house and was the subject of a report to the
Housing Committee in July. The main reasons for this report were
extensive internal and external disrepair and severe rising dampness.
The Council after consideration of the report and the service of the
necessary notices decided in October to make a closing order on the
premises.
12 Victoria Avenue. This property is a two storey, terraced brick
built house with a slate roof and was the subject of a report to the
Housing Committee in July. The main reasons for the report being
condition as to damp; disrepair and drainage. The Council after
consideration of the report and service of the necessary notices
decided in October to make a closing order on the premises.
120 Lancaster Road. This property is a two storey, semi-detached
brick built house with a tiled roof and was the subject of a report to
the Housing Committee in September. The main reasons for this
report were condition as to damp; disrepair. The Council after consideration
of the report decided to make a closing order on the
premises in December.
In 1955 the Council, as required by section 1 of the Housing
Repairs and Rent Act, 1954, caused a survey to be made of the
District for the purpose of estimating the number of unfit houses in
the District. 415 houses were found to come within this category. In
the Annual Report for 1961 it was reported that only 68 houses were
still to be dealt with and that it appeared that a considerable number
of these were not now unfit to the extent that they could be demolished
or closed. As far as can be ascertained none of the houses on the
original proposals of the Council now justifies demolition, this does
not, of course, mean that no further houses will be reported to the
Council as unfit as the condition of the houses in any District is not
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