Work is underway to complete a further 110 homes in Erdington – and the first of the new homes will be ready to hand over from April this year. The new homes are part of a second phase of redevelopment of the Lyndhurst housing estate by Birmingham City Council, providing both social housing for rent and houses for sale.
Birmingham City Council’s cabinet member for housing and homes, Cllr Peter Griffiths, said: “This second phase of development will see 110 more houses, bringing the total to 251 quality homes. As with the first development we are providing both social housing and houses for sale, making sure that we continue to tackle our housing shortage and provide homes for a range of needs and family size – from one to five bedroom properties. The income gained from houses sold from this latest development will be reinvested into the council’s housing stock of social housing.”
Chris King, managing director for Kier Living added: “Kier Living are committed to providing Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust and the communities in which we are working with high-quality homes and facilities. Our aim is to develop desirable and vibrant new homes at Abbey Fields in Erdington which will breathe new life into the area and make a huge difference to local people.”
Since 2012, the council has been developing new homes on the estate where a clearance programme of poor quality housing has been ongoing for a period of years. Rebranded as Abbey Fields, the development has been undertaken as part of the council’s Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust programme.
The first phases of the redevelopment are now completed providing 141 new family homes. Of these 76 were for outright sale and 65 for social rent as new council homes.
The current phase under construction by Kier Living Limited will provide a further 110 new homes of which 85 will be for rent and 25 for outright sale. The homes include a range of two, three, four and five bed houses. The first of the new homes will be handed over in April 2017. This phase of development is to be completed by June 2018.
Homes for sale in this phase of development are to be provided as part of the council’s own direct sales delivery arm, Forward Homes. Abbey Fields is just one of the three schemes being delivered as part of the Forward homes programme. Income generated by the sale of these homes will be reinvested into the council’s own housing stock.
The first eight homes for sale – not due for completion until June – have already been reserved, and the remaining will be released for sale shortly.
Alongside the creation of the new homes, work is also due to start on the new Abbey Fields Park in the centre of the estate in June 2017.
