ACT public housing flats receive a well deserved upgrade

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

A kitchen before refurbishment

A kitchen after refurbishment

A block of flats near Canberra’s city centre is currently undergoing much needed repairs and maintenance work as part of the Social Housing Initiative under the Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan.

The complex, located in the suburb of Reid, was identified as requiring extensive refurbishment work. Many of the flats were uninhabitable or were likely to become so in the next few years.

The repairs and maintenance work will see existing bedsitter flats converted into modern two bedroom units – enabling a greater range of clients, including families, to live on the site which previously only catered to singles.

Local company Pearson Sullivan Constructions was engaged to carry out the refurbishment, and local engineering firm, Northrop Engineers, was engaged as the superintendent. Housing and Community Services Total Facilities Manager, Spotless, is coordinating the project.

The refurbishment works are well underway and are expected to be completed by June.
These units are part of the 243 social housing dwellings to be upgraded in the ACT as part of the Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan.

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