Council celebrates another 500 new kitchens and bathrooms installed as part of Housing Our Greenwich
Another major milestone has been reached in our £430 million housing programme as another 500 new kitchens and bathrooms have been installed as part of Housing Our Greenwich.
Through Housing Our Greenwich, our widescale housing programme to build, buy and improve council homes, we’ve set aside £50m to make homes warmer, greener and cheaper for our tenants.
To date this means our biggest council housing investment programme in a generation has completed 1,500 kitchen and bathroom installations across Royal Greenwich since launching last year.
A spokesperson for the Royal Borough of Greenwich said: “It’s great to mark another achievement as part of our Housing Our Greenwich plan to improve council homes in the borough. We’re committed to improving council homes most in need of improvement to ensure that residents have safe and secure homes that meets their needs.”
Tenant Graham Edwards has lived in his Woolwich home for 18 years. He said: “When residents see the council upgrading their existing stock, it reassures the local population that the council are active in encouraging a better environment and investment in the local people, because at the end of the day, it's the people that are the most valuable asset of the borough.
“My new kitchen is great – the contractors took into consideration my disability issues and I was directly involved in the process as I was able to see and envisage the end product which I found really reassuring. Overall, I was really impressed, and the end product speaks for itself – I'm over the moon with it.”
This latest 500th kitchen installation was delivered by Amber Construction Services who are contracted to make improvements in the east and central areas of the borough, which include Abbey Wood, Plumstead and Woolwich. They presented Mr Edwards with a food and drink hamper.
In April, we marked the 1,000th kitchen installation in the south and west of the borough with our contractor Mulalley who cover areas including Blackheath, Charlton, Greenwich and Eltham.