Why were Council Houses.demolished on Parson Cross and Shirecliffe?

[Taximark]

Anyone remember the houses that were pulled down mainly around Parson Cross and Shirecliffe, what was the reason for them to be demolished? they looked perfectly okay to me and now with the seemingly homeless crisis happening I can't help but think these would have been beneficial.

 

Buchanan Road towards Wordsworth Ave almost looks derelict.

[medusa]

Many of them were made of non-standard construction materials, things like concrete panelling, which looked like a good idea at the time they were built, cost very little and then became unsafe and unrepairable a few years later.

 

I can't say that this is what affected all of them, but it has been a factor in an awful lot of council houses that have been pulled down nation wide in the last couple of decades.

[no.1]

another good reason was to try and clear parson cross a little from the scrotes and the usual stigma its had for years! happens on every estate at some point.

[Operationpig]

Many of them were made of non-standard construction materials, things like concrete panelling, which looked like a good idea at the time they were built, cost very little and then became unsafe and unrepairable a few years later.

 

I can't say that this is what affected all of them, but it has been a factor in an awful lot of council houses that have been pulled down nation wide in the last couple of decades.

 

Weird because some were knocked down and some stayed up, all built at the same time together with same materials one would hazard.

[Riche]

Anyone remember the houses that were pulled down mainly around Parson Cross and Shirecliffe, what was the reason for them to be demolished? they looked perfectly okay to me and now with the seemingly homeless crisis happening I can't help but think these would have been beneficial.

 

Buchanan Road towards Wordsworth Ave almost looks derelict.

 

Don't believe the lies, they were mostly servicable homes, which could have been brought up to date give or take the odd 'U' value. You could do one up in 5 weeks , rewire, plaster,doors and trim, kitchen, bathroom, boiler, pvc windows. I used to work for architects producing working drawings for school extensions. As a joiner now I can fit out a house, inc. bathroom fitting. I'm on my arse with no work and a son doing his A levels with no money, grant etc. What house will he buy or afford, we are screwed.

[Henrietta]

Mostly to break up the communities and 'closed shop' mindset which in the view of the authorities hindered tackling crime

[mh01]

Many of them were made of non-standard construction materials, things like concrete panelling, which looked like a good idea at the time they were built, cost very little and then became unsafe and unrepairable a few years later.

 

I can't say that this is what affected all of them, but it has been a factor in an awful lot of council houses that have been pulled down nation wide in the last couple of decades.

nonsense, if many of them were made of non standard construction materials then why are there still thousands more of the same build still standing? also why did angela smith MP say the council were to start rebuilding immediately but it never happened until several years later in some areas & in others the planning applications have been thrown out & the areas left derelict?

[muddycoffee]

I went to school in the area and was familiar with the Parson Cross area. It seemed to me that the concentration of unsupervised youths in the evenings and weekends, was too high.

I suppose that the authorities wanted to thin out the areas to lessen the density.

 

When you consider that the housing was put up in the mid 20th century to get people out of slums, I supect that the plan was to cascade those people off to other areas where they would purchase homes in more upmarket areas. The city fathers would never have wanted generations of families to sit there. I think they thinned it out so they could build different houses, eventually in the gaps so that they could improve the areas.

[Plain Talker]

There were some non-standard ("steel houses?) properties around Holgate, but a lot of the ones demolished were the bog-standard "inter-war" council houses.

 

I was given to understand that they were demolished for at least a couple of reasons:-

 

1) because people were not wanting to move into that area, preferring South Sheffiled to North Sheffield/ the area had a negative "reputation".

 

2) A lot of the unwanted properties were 2 bedroomed, which were not as popular as the 3 bed, and the council did not think it practical to do works which might expand the properties (such as knocking houses through to make bigger homes)

 

3) the council did not want to maintain these properties (? did not have the money to maintain them?) to a proper standard.

[biotechpete]

I think the non-standard construction thing is a big part of why these houses are being demolished. My Father in law lives in one and they shift like crazy, with big cracks appearing in very short amounts of time.

 

The other thing is that the Labour government had a weird funding scheme at the time where they would only fund new houses in places that were pulling them down. I seem to recall it was some sort of PFI thing so relied on the houses being built from scratch rather than refurbished. It's happened all over the country loads of them just haven't been replaced.