Whatever you may think of the actual architecture, there's no getting away from the genuine enthusiasm being expressed by the new residents of Marklake Court on Southwark's Kipling Estate - the result perhaps of the lowest of expectations. 'I thought they were just throwing up another council block but when they took us to see a lovely (Bell Phillips) block in Grays, Essex I thought "Wow, this really isn't what I was imagining", so I decided to sign up to it.' says Barbara. A week into occupying her third floor two-bed flat she's already got to know her neighbours from its big balcony. She knows Melanie across the way too, who moved with her son into a top floor flat with two of them - both with amazing views - and enormous ceiling (heights. 'My sister can't believe I've got this place,' Melanie tells me. 'Sometimes I walk into this living room and can't help giggling!'
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