Dovecot & Deysbrook - Riverside

Dovecot & Deysbrook
History
In January 2003 Riverside acquired 3,500 homes
in east Liverpool from Liverpool City Council, after
88% of local people voted for the transfer.
The area became a subsidiary of Riverside and was
known as Berrybridge Housing. In April 2009 they
amalgamated with the Group and became Riverside.
The area is now known as Dovecot and Deysbrook.
Dovecot and Deysbrook were built as a garden suburbs
estate in the 1930s to provide new homes for people
living in slum housing conditions in Liverpool’s inner city.
In recent years it suffered from under-investment and
decline and, by the time Riverside took over, the estates
were failing neighbourhoods.
This was typified by the poor stock condition,
a poor quality environment, wide scale abandonment,
high levels of anti-social behaviour, and no demand
for social rented housing.
Since then, Riverside has:
— Invested £35 million on planned improvements
to housing stock.
— Demolished 245 units.
— Refurbished 2,400 homes.
— Re-housed 1,245 tenants.
— Reduced the tenant turnover rate by more than
a third from 10.4% to 6.6% (This is significant
because not only does a high turnover destabilise
neighbourhoods, it is expensive because of
rent loss and the need to improve properties.
The reduced turnover rate reflects the improved
stock condition and the customer perception that
the area is improving as a place to live.)
— Reduced the number of vacant properties.
— Provided 80 training places / job opportunities
via our contractors.
— Spent £230,000 on community projects.
Director Tom McGuire gets involved with graffiti art
Promoting Respect event in Mersey North

Community
Riverside has worked closely with the Dovecot and
Deysbrook neighbourhoods over recent years to support
community projects and green space initiatives.
Mab Lane Community Woodland was an important
partnership between Riverside, Liverpool City Council
and The Mersey Forest.
It focused on the regeneration of Mab Lane playing
fields, which were an unkempt eyesore in one of the
most deprived parts of the neighbourhood.
As part of the project 20,000 new trees were planted
and the disused fields were turned into woodland and
wetland areas for the community.
Key statistics 2011
Total stock number 3272
Dovecot &
Deysbrook
Group
average
Overall satisfaction with services 85% 82%
Satisfaction with area as place to live 79% 81%
Satisfaction with repairs 73% 75%
Tenants reporting problems
in neighbourhood
58% 61%
In receipt of housing benefit 76% 58%
Phil Redmond lends a hand planting trees at Mab Lane
Contact us
www.riverside.org.uk
email: info@riverside.org.uk
Customer Service Centre
24 hours a day, 365 days a year
0845 111 0000
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The Riverside Group Limited
Registered office:
2 Estuary Boulevard,
Estuary Commerce Park,
Liverpool L24 8RF
A charitable Industrial
and Provident Society
September 2011
Details correct at time of printing