Housing
The housing stock in Oatlands has been transformed, and future construction work will create an entirely new housing environment of a very distinctive character. The architect’s impression shows how the four-storey social-rented tenemental houses in Alice Terrace (which face west over the Boulevard) were first envisaged, with, in the background, the first private houses in Ritz Place. One of the aims of the development is that the social-rented housing on the site will be indistinguishable from the privately-owned.
Architect's impression of housing in Alice Terrace
The total number of new houses on the site is currently expected to be 1,326, of which 1,113 will be sold by Bett Homes and other house builders and 213 will be rented out by housing associations. In addition, 96 flats in three- and four-storey blocks at Braehead Street/Caledonia Road have recently been refurbished by the Glasgow Housing Association, and the New Gorbals Housing Association has converted a further block of former one-apartment dwellings into 8 townhouses and 6 flats. The potential total number of houses in Oatlands, at the end of the regeneration process, is therefore likely to be 1,436.
With regard to the 'housing numbers' link below, please note that a number of private houses should be added to the total, partly to take account of the scheme being extended to include the site of former 'park house' at 839 Rutherglen Road (to accommodate 15 flats), and partly in response to a recent reassessment of housing numbers.
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