Accommodation In Semilong Northampton

Semilong offers a very wide range of accommodation, both social housing and privately owned.

Many of the houses are Victorian or Edwardian in age and terraced on long sloped streets. Some are divided into flats now but retain their character. Towards the eastern side of Semilong, rather than the two-up and two down type of property, the houses do become larger and more developed.

There are a number of social housing multi-occupancy buildings. Alliston Gardens is one example and another are the three identical Semilong House, Mill House, and Adelaide House buildings towards the southern end of Semilong.

Social housing conjures up images of deprivation, crime and squalor. These multi-occupancy buildings show that perception is totally inaccurate and is especially the case since the Northampton Borough Council erected green fencing around to provide communal garden space. The size of this space with Alliston Gardens allows residents there a sense of ownership and helps cohesion.

For Semilong House, Adelaide House and Mill House there are fencing panels around each of the buildings but due to the extent of garden space allowed, it does not support the same sense of ownership. Instead Northampton Borough Council have opted to allow the use of the majority of green space around these blocks for the whole community. This was the better option. Nevertheless, residents have asked to take over the landscaping from the council in their `little bit` due to the council refusing to maintain the area properly.

Green Fingered Residents

One resident has dug up not only entrenched ivy that was growing at the front of Adelaide House in Lower Adelaide Street, but also a tree trunk that was underground!!

After this the resident turfed one area with grass and is growing vegetables in the other half.

Amazing..and great to see an area that was previously neglected for so long by Northampton Borough Council, made nice and put to good use.

Semilong Accommodation Include...

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