text: The house where Tia Sharp was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered before her body was hidden in the loft has finally been erased from a community. Pictures show the aerial view of the new buildings which have been built following the discovery of the 12-year-old's body in the in 2013. The two-bedroomed terraced house - Number 20 The Lindens in New Addington, near Croydon south London - was bulldozed in June 2013 along with the two neighbouring properties. 19a and 19b The Lindens in New Addington, near Croydon - the previous address, where Tia Sharp was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered has been completely wiped off the map . 20 The Lindens as it was before: Neighbours say the old house was a constant reminder of the evil that happened there . In its place, two new houses have been built, which will be numbered 19a and 19b, completely wiping number 20 from the map. The two identical houses come with a garden, shed and new solar panels on the roof. The properties are clearly noticeable next to the old houses in the street. One local resident who did not want to be named said: 'We are so relieved that it has gone. It was a constant reminder of the evil that took place there. 'It has been raised to the ground and erased from our memories. 'The new homes are lovely.' The former home was where evil killer Stuart Hazell, 39, murdered the schoolgirl and dumped her body in the loft. Twelve-year-old Tia Sharp (left) was sexually assaulted and then brutally murdered by Hazell (right) before her body was hidden in the loft . He was living there with his partner, 49-year-old Christine Bicknell, Tia's grandmother. Twisted Hazell was one of the 'heartbroken' family members who 'searched' for Tia during a national manhunt in August 2012 after she disappeared. As the distraught and desperate family members comforted each other in the house, they were unaware that missing Tia was just feet away from them, wrapped in bin-liners in the loft. Father-of-one Hazell suffocated Tia during a sex attack after months of trawling vile internet pornography sites and filming her as she slept. Hazell was living there with his partner, 49-year-old Christine Bicknell, (pictured) Tia's grandmother . Her body was not found for over a week by police - even though it just feet away from where they had been searching. The property, which is owned by Croydon Council, was demolished to avoid it becoming a sick tourist attraction. Two adjoining houses were also demolished by the council and now building work has been going to replace the three bulldozed properties with two new ones. A Croydon Council spokesman confirmed the homes are near completion and the number 20 will not be used. Hazell, who lied that Tia spent the night at home before heading to a shopping centre in nearby Croydon, was jailed for life in May last year. He pleaded not guilty before changing his plea to guilty on the fifth day of his trial at the Old Bailey. A Croydon Council spokesman confirmed the homes are near completion and the number 20 will not be used .
target: Two houses built over the site of former home so address no longer exists .
  Place of 12-year-old's brutal murder was reminder of evil to its neighbours .
  Stuart Hazell abused young Tia there before dumping her body in the loft .
  Council feared New Addington house would become sick tourist attraction .