Case Study - Leabon
Estate
Design Services completed this
£1.3million refurbishment project, while tenants and leaseholders
still lived in the Estate.
Originally built in 1953, the Estate consists of four
blocks with ten maisonettes in each. There is deck access to the
five upper floor units and ground access to the five below. Their
refurbishment was undertaken through the Metropolitan Police
Scheme, 'Secured by Design'.
The environmental improvements that were undertaken include the
redefining of the road to allow townscaped car parking bays,
planting of trees, enlarged gardens, new communal areas with
landscaping and new street lighting throughout the Estate. A secure
door entry system was installed in each block of maisonettes.
While, internally each of the staircases had a refuse chute and
additional stores added. Communal areas were redecorated, with
glass blocks replacing broken concrete block screens.
Larger private and public covered balconies were added to the upper
floor maisonettes, while each unit was fitted with UPVC double
glazed windows and insulated rendering was applied to external
walls.