Martin and Louise Berkley with daughter Kaitlyn and Leigh Farrell, DW Homes sales advisor Housebuilder David Wilson Homes has welcomed the first residents to its new development in Strathaven.
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New research on the independent sector care home workforce in Scotland has highlighted critical recruitment, retention and sustainability concerns. Scottish Care, which represents almost 1000 care home, care at home, housing support and day care services for older people, surveyed its care home memb
Image of the Grenfell Tower fire courtesy of Natalie Oxford via Twitter The group established to oversee a review of building and fire safety regulatory frameworks on domestic high rises following the tragic Grenfell Tower fire in London has agreed to open consultations on further building standards
A legal agreement which had delayed the construction of over 400 homes in Glenrothes has now been resolved, the Evening Telegraph has reported. Fife Council’s central area planning committee agreed in principle three years ago to allow construction of 420 homes and several industrial units at West
Springfield Properties has handed over an additional six homes at their affordable housing development in Muirhouse bringing the total number of occupied homes to 132, one step closer to their 202 house target. The housebuilder has teamed up with leading social housing providers in Edinburgh, Dunedi
Residents of a Midlothian street are set to benefit from lower fuel bills and cosier homes thanks to a Scottish Government grant obtained by Castle Rock Edinvar. The four-in-a-block former coal board homes at Wallace Crescent in Roslin were built nearly seventy years ago using solid brick, which ha
Langstane Housing Association has congratulated members of staff Sam Clark and Natasha Day on their recent successes. Wrights and Coopers Incorporation hosted its annual construction awards ceremony in Trinity Hall, Aberdeen, to recognise and honour students and apprentices from the North East Scotl
Hillcrest is having a party and its set to be one of Dundee’s biggest this year! Over 450 tickets have now been sold for their 50th anniversary celebration, sponsored by Robertson Partnership Homes, on Friday 3rd November at the Apex Hotel, Dundee.
Richard Jennings Castle Rock Edinvar managing director Richard Jennings asks whether other countries can provide inspiration on how to improve the quality of city living for the next 100 years.
Moda Living's plans for 500 homes for rent in Fountainbridge Scotland’s Build to Rent (BTR) sector could be set to benefit from a flood of investment, fuelled by rental growth in Scottish cities and the diminishing likelihood of a second independence referendum, according to a new report.
Housing services from across Argyll will come together on the football pitch to help those who lost their homes in the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Teams from Argyll Community Housing Association (ACHA) and Argyll and Bute Council will kick off at 4.00pm on Friday 28 July, at the all-weather sports pitch
Angus Housing Association has been given the green light to progress the delivery of 42 new homes on the site of a former Dundee primary school. An investment of up to £5 million will see a mix of 30 houses and cottage flats for the affordable rental sector, managed by Angus Housing Association, as
A new pilot project is set to reduce the amount of applications social housing applicants have to fill out in the Glasgow area. Eventually encompassing all housing organisations in the city, the Glasgow Housing Register (GHR) has initially started as a pilot in the north west of Glasgow with 13 hous
Di Alexander As the Scottish Government prepares to begin a consultation in to fuel poverty, a new strategy has been drafted which could be adopted by the Rural & Islands Housing Associations Forum (RIHAF) and the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA).
A report into housing affordability for key workers across the UK has found that the situation has deteriorated over the last five years. The Halifax Key Worker Housing Review tracks housing affordability for buyers for five groups of public sector workers - nurses, teachers, police officers, firefi