I feel we should be looking for Shifford Path to be improved to be at least as good as, if not better than the housing around, rather than trying to build to the lowest common denominator.
Note Shifford Path redevelopment had been discussed here before, but nothing has happened yet: Shifford and Witney Path redevelopment?
Shiffold Path will never be uplifted architecturally - either it is knocked down and rebuilt, or nothing will happen. We all know this. Lewisham’s social housing build here failed our community for all since it effectively divided the community in obvious social/economic respects due to obvious architectural failures between poorly built social housing and well built private homes on Perry Vale and beyond.
I would like to pick up on anyone who thinks that what I’ve suggested means that I would have preferred an architecturally, lower grade newbuild on Perry Vale in order to ‘link’ both sides of the road and beyond - That is not what I would have preferred to have seen here on this corner site.
I would have preferred a modern, multiple occupation building which would have captured the eye in architectural terms to blend traditional housing on this side of Perry Vale and the brutalist architecture on view from this site.
By ‘modern, multiple occupation building’ you have to mean flats. Definitely not what that side of the road needs. The houses already there were built long before Shiffold Path and regardless of the erroneous ‘them and us’ argument (there will always be ‘them and us’), what has been built is entirely sympathetic to the area. Those style of houses carry on up Perry Vale with Ted Christmas’ row, so for me anything else would stick out like a sore thumb.
Also, the new house is not the corner plot. That belongs to the last house on Sunderland Road.
No - I mean a Home in Multiple Occupation [an ‘H.M.O’] as opposed to Flats.
@Austen_Jones - I’ve moved your post and @Mac_SE23 to moderator actions (nothing wrong with your post @Mac_SE23 but it made no sense leaving it there after I moved Austen’s).
Austen please show your fellow members on this site some respect. That’s not up for debate.
Thanks - makes total sense.
Haha, couldnt remember what was there before and was arguing over whehter it was a new build or they’d just been cleaning the bricks.
Hi Forest Hull. L&Q decided not to redevelop and to do up the houses so as you will see all the L&Q homes got new roofs and guttering and a lick of paint. A victory for the residents who campaigned very hard to keep their homes and protect the green space and trees. 
Oh and from what I’ve heard there are lots of improvements inside as well as L&Q were bringing their properties up to decent homes standards. about half of the homes on this estate are privately owned. quite a few have changed hands recently and lots are being redone inside. They are enormous inside, with lots of light and of course bigger rooms than you would get in a new build today. Some people aren’t keen on the ‘boxy’ style but that’s OK, it would be boring if we all liked the same thing.
That’s great to hear things have been improved on Shifford Path. I’m fully aware these are homes for people and not just ‘houses’ that can be remodelled on a whim.
You are right that the green areas would probably be first to be sacrificed to any new build 
Drove past it today; looks good.
Traditional looking house with all the benefits of a new build. Dreamy.
Yes, it blands in nicely.
If that’s bland just call me Mr Vanilla! I like it.
On this one, I’m more raspberry [causing a] ripple with my architectural point of view. No worries and all good.
Fits in perfectly with the three houses before it; a fine addition to the road.
Don’t get me wrong, if I won a hundred million my house would be all sleek concrete and huge windows. My other half would have the traditional house in the divorce
For anyone interested in this house, it is for sale at a cool £1.5m. I must admit I never thought it looked lived in, but the estate agents pics tell a different tale:
https://kallars.com/property/2102263/Perry-Vale-London-SE23-House
