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In 2012, communal heating and other energy measures were installed by the City of Edinburgh Council. [7] On 28 June 2024, The Edinburgh Evening news reported that residents had a meeting with City of Edinburgh Council at Edinburgh City Chambers over the elevators state of disrepair that caused a number of residents to become stuck in them ...
A trip to the Scottish capital doesn’t have to be expensive, especially when there are these budget-friendly hotels to enjoy during your stay
Public housing became needed to provide "homes fit for heroes" in 1919, [5] [6] then to enable slum clearance.Standards were set to ensure high-quality homes. Aneurin Bevan, a Labour politician, passionately believed that council houses should be provided for all, while the Conservative politician Harold Macmillan saw council housing "as a stepping stone to home ownership". [7]
The housing is mostly in the form of relatively high-quality tenements, interspersed with some large villas. In 2006 Bruntsfield was brought into the "S2" (southern zone 2) controlled parking zone, making much of the roadside parking available only to residents paying Council Tax and purchasing a permit.
A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction took place mainly from 1919 to 1980s, as a result of the Housing Act 1919. Though more council ...
Apartments in variations of the neighbourhood's common design style, with Calder Crescent / Calder Grove in the foreground, seen from the Union Canal towpath. The Calders is a residential neighbourhood in Edinburgh, Scotland – not to be confused with the Calders of West Lothian aka West Calder, Mid Calder and East Calder, three separate villages.
Colony houses were built as double flats, upper and lower, with the upper flat's front door on the opposite side to the lower flat's front door, allowing each flat to have a front garden. In some areas, many upper Cottage Flat owners have converted their attic space in to additional living accommodation resulting in the property being more ...
The City of Edinburgh Council have undertaken the long term Pennywell and Muirhouse Regeneration Project. [13] Much of the area's low-mid rise housing has been, or is set to be demolished as part of the City Council's plan to provide 1,100 new council houses in some of the city's most deprived estates. [ 14 ]