Local council’s tech-based development provides tenants with better, greener places to live
A brownfield site in the London Borough of Haringey has been transformed into eight council homes by the local authority. What’s more, green tech including super-efficient thermal insulation, solar panels and air source heat pumps ensure that tenants will enjoy reduced bills and lower emissions.
Cllr Peray Ahmet, Leader of Haringey Council, and others at the official opening of the Edith Road development, photo courtesy of Haringey Council
A green roof and plentiful outside space increase the area’s biodiversity and make the Edith Road development an attractive, healthy please to live.
The brownfield site was previously occupied by dilapidated garages. The new development boasts two three-bedroom houses, three three-bedroom flats, two two-bedroom flats and a single four-bedroom duplex apartment. These are all let out at council rents.
One of the two-bedroom flats is fully accessible for wheelchair users. Another has been designed to be adaptable to meet residents’ changing needs. All the new homes in the development meet Lifetime Homes standards and have dual, triple or quadruple aspects.
There is cycle storage for tenants (shared with existing residents on neighbouring Tredegar Road) as part of a wider car-free scheme.
The Edith Road development is part of Haringey Council’s award-winning housebuilding programme which aims to deliver 3,000 homes by 2031. Since the council’s first zero-carbon development, at Watts Close, was unveiled in March 2024, more than 2,000 such properties are under construction or already completed.
Cllr Peray Ahmet, Leader of Haringey Council, attended the official opening of the Edith Road development and says: ‘I’m proud that eight families are benefiting from a new start and the opportunity for a secure future in warm, safe, high-quality council homes built to the very best green standards. This ambitious scheme has been made possible through the combination of great design decisions, advanced technologies and high-quality construction. These are the council homes of the future – a foundation for better lives.
‘Our essential house-building programme will play a critical role in achieving our pledge to become a zero-carbon borough by 2041 and this innovative, forward-thing development will provide us with a blueprint for future sustainable council housing projects. Thank you to everyone who helped pull off this amazing project and to the residents who so kindly welcomed us into their new homes.’
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