ECD ARCHITECTS: A NEW MODEL FOR TACKLING ESTATE REFURBISHMENT AND FUEL POVERTY | 33 PORTSMOUTH CITY COUNCIL Portsmouth is one of the major cities along the south coast, it is the UK’s only island city that is in a very built up area and the most densely populated city in the UK outside of London. The Somerstown area of the city, in which Wilmcote House is situated, is one of the most deprived areas in England. Portsmouth City Council maintains and improves approximately 14,800 council owned dwellings as well as 2,000 leasehold properties. The existing housing stock was predominantly constructed throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The in-house building maintenance teams, who manage the reactive repairs service and planned maintenance projects, manage a total expenditure in the region of £45M per annum. Project Team Meredydd Hughes – Assistant Director Buildings Steve Groves – Head of Building Maintenance Adam Hardwick – Property Projects Manager David Sambells – Area Housing Manager Contact information Telephone: 023 92 841311 Email: RepairsSupportTeam@portsmouthcc.gov.uk www.portsmouth.gov.uk