Residents fight to save property to rent in the London borough of Lewisham
A group of residents are fighting to save an estate of property to rent in the London borough of Lewisham.
The group lives in Britain's last surviving prefabricated housing estate in Catford, South London, the Daily Mail reports.
German and Italian prisoners of war who were in no hurry to leave England following the end of the Second World War built the properties on top of pre-plumbed concrete slabs.
English Heritage has fought to give the 187 properties a Grade II listing but the government has agreed to safeguard only six of them.
"This has gone way beyond being a prefab. It's a bungalow," commented road engineer Paul Newman, 47, who has lived here for more than 16 years, told the newspaper.
"And where else are you going to find outdoor space like this in London for £60 a week in rent?" he added.
Last month, police stepped up their patrols of the streets around flats to rent in the London borough of Lewisham as part of a pre-Christmas crackdown on burglaries in the area, the News Shopper reported.
Posted by Andy Britten
Published 17th January, 2011
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Residents of an estate of prefabricated property in the London borough of Lewisham are fighting to save their homes.