In Lenton, where tall, grey blocks of council flats were once a staple of the skyline, only one monolith is left.
The changing face of the landscape off Lombard Close is just one part of a gradual revolution in social housing in Nottinghamshire.
Councils are hoping that by 2028, more than 40,000 new properties will be built across Nottingham city, Broxtowe, Rushcliffe and Gedling.
And many of them will need to be local authority-backed properties to cope with demand.
Demolition has seen five of the six old 1960s blocks in Lenton disappear, with the one left standing, Newgate Court, being knocked down at the end of the month.
Robert Barrass, 67, is one of many tenants recently moved into Nottingham City Homes’ new independent living complex, Palmer Court, just feet away from the soon-to-be demolished flats.
He said: “It’s completely different, this is more of a hotel than a residence really. It’s like being permanently on holiday. These are warm whereas you couldn’t warm the other place.”
“It’s like living in Benidorm,” he added.
According to Robert, improvements in Nottingham’s social housing standards are long overdue.
He said: ” The Lenton flats were basically just concrete blocks, but the standards in these ones is dead high.”
The Government has announced more starter homes for the under-40s, but Robert says the priority should be housing for those on low incomes.
“It’s all right building loads of homes for first time buyers but lots of people don’t actually have the money to be a first time buyer,” he added.
“They should build more council houses because there isn’t enough of them”
Nottingham City Homes, which manages and develops the council’s housing service, is aiming to build 400 new properties in the next four years, making it the biggest council home project in Nottingham in decades.
Gary Rowlinson, the New Build Project Manager for the group, said: “We have a constant demand for housing right across the board from single unit occupancy right through to full family housing.
“At the moment we are in the middle of a £95 million development building a mixture of housing for young families, young single people and elderly people. ”
Elsewhere in Nottingham tired areas have already been boosted with brand new social housing, including Argyle Street, Radford which was completed in June.
In a series of special reports on the channel and online this week, Notts TV is taking a look at the changing landscape of our property market.
Watch the full report on social housing development in Notts on on demand.
