Specialists in repair and renovation of non-traditional houses.

Crane Houses

Lloyd George, at the end of the First World War wanted to make Britain "a place fit for heroes to live in", and proceeded to improve working class housing by introducing the 1919 Housing Act which gave Local Authorities the task to secure the improvement. Councils undertook large scale programs but found themselves constrained by availability of skilled labour, primarily brick layers. In response new building techniques were sought and in Nottinghamshire the use of steel and concrete, materials being used at the time in the US for sky scrapers, were investigated. This resulted in the development of Crane houses, lead by William Crane, Chairman of Nottingham's Housing Committee, who also played a part in the design and building of the Crane Houses. The concept was to provide affordable housing with easy options for ownership.

Over 500 Crane houses were built in the period to 1925. Crane house building was ceased when public reluctance to purchasing the properties resulted in a surplus that had to be used as "Council Houses". Ironically, almost 100 years later, many of the Crane houses are in better condition than the 'preferred' brick built properties, and with proper maintenance, Crane Houses have many more years of life!!

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