A MULTI-MILLION pound programme to rejuvenate more than 200 homes is well under way.
The £2.6m project is being carried out in Houghton-le-Spring by Lovells Eastern, which specialises in refurbishment projects.
The firm is carrying out the project as part of a larger programme for Sunderland Housing Group, which is modernising 206 houses and bungalows on the village estates in the North Rectory area of Houghton-le-Spring, in a programme which will take just over a year.
Resident Shirley Sexton, whose house has just been completed, said: "I am thrilled with the results and I feel like I have moved into a new home.
"The community spirit has definitely been lifted since the renovations began."
The homes are all at least 30 years old and they are all being given fitted kitchens, bathrooms, doors and rewiring.
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