Reporting on
nothing more than the sale of social housing
(click the images for details of more) is no way to keep BiB going, so
encouraged by a friendly Councillor I drove to Oakhouse Road last night, encountered a
driver who expected me to back off 100 yards when he came round the blind
corner at the end when all he had to do was reverse for one car length, and
eventually I ended up in the Council Chamber.
I don’t think I have actually attended a Full Council meeting this year (†),
preferring the comfort of home, maybe
watching a film and praying that the
webcast is not a technical disaster.
As such, Councillors, officials and me were all a year older, some sporting new hairstyles and beards.
Counclllor James Hunt was the first to welcome me ‘home’ followed by (in
alphabetical order) Councillors Kurtis Christoforides, John Davey, Richard
Diment, Steven Hall, Lisa Moore, Peter Reader, June Slaughter, Cameron Smith and
you can be pretty sure Andy Dourmoush would have been among them if he wasn’t
being tied up in chains. Mayoral ones of course. And for the record he proved to be a
very long way from being the worst of the Full Council chairmen I have observed.
Steven Hall (Conservative, East Wickham) was particularly kind with his comments
directed at a mutual friend who was very pleased to have them delivered to Ramsgate today.
It was an interesting meeting and even the Motion should provide a pretty good
story. When it will land on these pages is not easy to predict. I have visitors
coming round expecting me to set up the home cinema. Far more interesting than
the theatre which is Councillors’ question time.
† I am embarrassed to say that the last Full Council attended in person (not the very last meeting) was
18 months ago.
List of auctioned Housing Association addresses with links to original blogs. Hover over address for date. (Revised 1st December 2025.)
Bexley
30 Bourne Mead - £165,000
2 Eynsford Crescent - £190,000
15 Marden Crescent - £300,000
Pengarth Road - £160+,000
34 Pengarth Road - £300,000
53 Pengarth Road - £310,000
Rye Close - £320,000
44 Stansted Crescent - £170,000
44 Stanstead Crescent - £140,000
Bexleyheath
Grove Road - £145,000
94 Halcot Avenue - £195,000
121 Halcot Avenue - £210,000
33 Oakhouse Road - £360,000
Parkside Avenue - £260,000
80 Pelham Road - £260,000
Crayford
Crayford Road - £270,000
Dale End - £139,000
1 Dale Road - £295,000
38 Dale Road - £270,000
65 Dale Road - £295,000
60 Heath Road - £249,000
83 Heath Road - £260,000
22B Iron Mill Lane - £275,000
179 Iron Mill Lane - 155,000
187 Iron Mill Lane - £135,000
235 Iron Mill Lane - £320,000
176 Maiden Lane - £255,000
191 Maiden Lane - £160,000
191 Maiden Lane - £160,000 (2nd auction)
206 Maiden Lane - £250,000
230 Maiden Lame - £250,000
234 Maiden Lane - £250,000
234 Maiden Lane - £175,000
4 Medway Road - £210,000
4 Medway Road - £270,000
4 Medway Road - £225,000
Russell Close - £155,000
44 Stansted Crescent - £170,000
20 Stour Road - £205,000
Erith
21 Athol Road - £220,000
Hilden Drive - £285,000
52 Jennington Road - £250,000
Springhead Road - £255,000
Sidcup
Burnham Road - £190,000
11 Diana Close - £275,000
Ellenborogh Road - £149,000
Ellenborogh Road - £155,000
Ellenborough Road - £269,000
5 Ellenborough Road - £210,000
63 Foots Cray Road - £325,000
2-48 Heron Crescent - Not priced
Ladbrooke Crescent - £220,000
Maddocks Close - £255,000
50 Mallard Walk, £180,000
Maylands Drive - £320,000
56 Maylands Drive - £200,000
56 Maylands Drive - £180,000
17 Partridge Road - £300,000
Pembury Crescent - £129,000
Pembury Crescent - £135,000
30 St. Andrew’s Road - £240,000
Welling
29 Beal Close - £250,000
19 Berwick Road - £275,000
39 Burnell Avenue - £300,000
18 Burnell Avenue - £280,000
79 Darenth Road - £275,000
47 Denton Road - £145,000
17 Ridley Road - £235,000
77 Tyrell Road - £290,000
2 Wycliffe Close - £310,000