The four houses are to be knocked down to make way for a car park and a new pedestrian entrance to the field. The field will have a new boundary fence and will be planted with trees / shrubs and some re landscaping with seating etc. The current pedestrian entrance will possibly be closed off.
The 2 bed houses will have new kitchens with French windows to the rear. The empty 3 bed houses will be converted to 2 beds as will some of the other 3 bedroom houses that are occupied by those who don't require 3 bedrooms
The bathrooms in the 3 bed houses will be moved into the small bedroom directly above. The side door will be blocked up and the kitchen enlarged into a kitchen diner. An extension will be built and behind where the bathroom was will be a stand alone shower, w.c. and utility room with a door to the garden, above will be the replacement bedroom.
Garden fences will be replaced where necessary, some trees will be planted, untidy gardens will be tidied up and tenants told to keep the tidy!
Nothing will be done to the front of the houses except that those that are rendered will be painted. New roofs will go on with new guttering and facias etc.
Much of this has come about in response to pressure from the Burnside Estate Residents Group and tenants in general. I asked if there would be any cameras put up especially in the new car park, they said no but speed bumps will be put in, maybe they could be persuaded differently as it would be a small cost in the scheme of things.
It has also a lot to do with the way the current residents have behaved, very rarely do you see a police car in the estate with lights flashing etc. I think there has only been 1 occasion in the past year or so. People on this estate who wanted to move have taken their names off the homefinder site. A family who have had their house on the market for four years, finally got a buyer , at the asking price, they knocked it back and took the house off the market because they are happy here now. There are people asking to move to the estate now so we must be doing something right.
I have ALLWAYS said that there are plenty of good people living in Burnside but the few a*****es living here gave the place a bad name. They have been shipped out and the results are there for all to see. Just proves what can happen when people stick together and make things happen.