Originally Posted by
Comfortablynumb
I lived in a concrete house exactly like the Letchworth types in Welwyn Garden City in the early eighties. They were built between 1919-1922ish and were very comfortable and spacious. They are still standing now and selling for over £250,000 for a 2 bed! Given that Liverpool erected prefabs to house bombed out families, why didn't they go for the more permanent solution? Perhaps there were too many business interests at stake. I agree with Colin though_builders are reluctant to move from the traditional methods whereas in Europe and the USA, they can have a house up and ready externally in a couple of weeks with prefabricated systems. BTW, does anyone remember the so called 'Swedish ' houses somewhere near Deysbrook Lane way? They were prefabricated 2 storey houses donated by Sweden after the war I believe. Supposed to be up for 10 yrs or so and were still standing when I left Liverpool in 1972