South Yorkshire Times, April 26th 1969
New Houses for Old – Another Step Forward
Yet another step forward in the re-development of Swinton takes place today (Friday), when the chairman of the Council, Coun. D. Thompson open 12 new Council houses in Warren Vale Road on a site recently cleared under a compulsory purchase order.
The houses are built in terraced form in two blocks one of three houses and the other of nine — and are conveniently situated for local shopping centres.
Modern fitted units have been installed in the kitchens and the houses have spacious living/dining rooms. The bath-rooms are fitted with modern suites and they have two large and one small bedrooms, There is also ample storage room for all the odds and ends which one accumulates.
The houses in fact provide all the comforts which one looks for in a modern dwelling.
An official of Swinton Urban Council said this week that an economic rent for the houses even after deducting subsidies would be rather high, but in order that they will not be beyond the means of the average tenant the Council have fixed a weekly rent of £4 5s. which includes rates and water charges.
Garages are available, although these are separate from the houses. A weekly rent of 7s, 6d. has been fixed for the garages exclusive of rates and water charges.
In keeping with the Council’s smoke control policy all the houses have gas-fired central heating — one of the inexpensive luxuries of our time.
This makes the home far more comfortable bringing almost instant heat to the main rooms and ensuring that the halls and passageways do not have a chill about them.
The whole house becomes far more usable. Gone are those dreaded cold corners which become a no man’s land,
Central heating also has the advantage of making it easy to keep the house clean, No more smoke or fumes to dirty the walls and the decorations and no more condensation to ruin the furniture,
Gas, by far the most popular fuel for central heating, has been chosen for the systems, It is clean burning quickly and easily controlled, a boon to the householder coming, back to an empty house on a cold evening.
The trouble of stoking and ash disposal is eliminated and them art no problems of delivery.
In fact the houses have the amenities of a modern private house and are a big step forward in the provision of council–owned cash dwellings in the area.
To add to the attraction the site will be landscaped when work on the houses has been completed.
It is all but two or three will be ready for the official opening at 2:30 PM today and the remainder are due for completion in a short time.
The public are invited to inspect them