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Houses replaced with five villas

Two Housing Department houses demolished in Ocean Beach Rd earlier this year are to be replaced with a set of five villa units costing almost $1 million.

Member for Gosford Ms Marie Andrews has announced that work commenced last week on the $950,000 redevelopment in Woy Woy for elderly residents.

The site, on Ocean Beach Rd, previously had two old timber framed houses that were demolished earlier this year.

"In their place, we are building units which are expected to be completed by August 2008," Ms Andrews said.

Ms Andrews said the redevelopment of the Ocean Beach Rd site was another example of Housing NSW's commitment to public housing in the area and would be "an important addition to resources on the Central Coast".

"The redevelopment comes after the previous timber framed houses were identified as being expensive to maintain and were no longer meeting the needs of our residents on the Central Coast, especially those of our older residents," Ms Andrews said.

"The location of these five units is also very beautiful and convenient being only minutes from Woy Woy railway station, The Pavilion, Deepwater Plaza and open recreational spaces.

"This is a perfect location for our elderly residents with access to public transport and lifestyle activities."

The units have been specially designed by Stanton & Dahl Contract Architects and work will be carried out by builders K & H Jnaid.

Press release, 29 Nov 2007 Marie Andrews, Member for Gosford