DECADES of neglect had resulted in one of Islington’s biggest council estates becoming a dilapidated haven for gangs of drug dealers and criminals. But residents on the Six Acres Estate, in Finsbury Park, say they are finally feeling the benefits as the latest stage of a £5.15million regeneration scheme to improve homes and cut crime is completed.

Lawtech Ltd is carrying out the external wall insulation for Main Contractor Quinn London Ltd. The ambitious scheme – by Islington Council’s housing firm Homes for Islington (HfI) – was delayed after the original contractor went out of business, and some residents complained about noise and mess from builders.

David Ronan, HfI’s project manager, said: “There was a level of inconvenience but changing contractor in eight weeks was pretty impressive. On a project costing so much money and involving so many people there’s going to be disturbances.

“The whole idea is going away from that 1970s feel. This is where people live and it should for people who live here. Opening it up and improving sightlines will all help to cut crime and there’ll be a one-way system to stop rat runs.”

“This is totally different to any of our work in Islington. This is regeneration, not refurbishment.”

Lawtech is one of the largest installers of external wall insulation systems across the UK with offices in Rochester and Glasgow. Lawtech is UKAS accredited to ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 and is an active member of both the NIA & INCA.

Lawtech is able to act as a Principal Contractor on multi million pound “green” retrofit schemes installing and managing multiple energy saving measures, and in addition as a specialist façade contractor working with other contractor partners. We are able to offer advice and assistance in respect to grants and funds schemes available under CERT, CESP and from 2013 Green Deal.