The nine buildings on the street Nedregate were family residences for the workers, four families lived in each house - therefore the buildings were divided both horizontally and vertically. Each family had a kitchen and two rooms at their disposal, an area measuring roughly 50 square metres. In the basement there was a communal bathroom along with a separate water closet for each family, and in the loft a hanging room for drying clothes. This structure was a prefabricated house produced by Nordviken Bruk in Hamar. Each house had a tall hipped roof, which was originally covered with roofing felt, but was eventually replaced with slate. Empire style windows were installed in each house. One characteristic feature, which suggests the building technique, was the horizontal cornice at the floor division. This cornice was later removed during renovation. This board concealed the joint between the prefabricated planks which were one-storey in height. These planks could either be part of a wall or floor, ready with panelling or something else on the outside and inside surface.