The contractor built the new bungalows designed for tenants with mobility issues adjacent to the Community Centre in Bridgend, the first council homes to be built in the area since 1969.

The project is part of West Lothian Council’s £100 million investment to build 1,000 new local authority homes across the region and tenants recently moved into the new housing at Auldhill. Existing housing tenants are given priority in terms of transferring into the council’s new build homes.

Cllr George Paul, executive councillor for services for the community, said: “We are delighted with the high quality of the new homes at Bridgend and delighted that tenants have now moved in.

“Affordable housing is in short supply across the country and our programme is delivering much need housing combined with community benefits such as apprenticeships and employment opportunities for local people.”

Janice Russell, director of McTaggart Construction, added: “We are pleased to have completed our first housing for West Lothian Council and are delighted that the new tenants are settling in well.”