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Octopus Energy and ilke Homes have entered into a world-first strategic partnership to roll out the UK’s first homes to guarantee residents zero energy bills. The tech firms are launching the partnership on a site in Essex where ilke Homes is delivering the UK’s largest zero-carbon housi

New Tolsta - a traditional, early 20th century croft house in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis – has been crowned the winner of 2022’s Scotland’s Home of the Year in the finale of the popular BBC Scotland series. Home to artist Tom Hickman, New Tolsta is a truly unique home filled wi

Kingdom Housing Association is celebrating winning three awards for the renovation of Hunter House in Kirkcaldy, a Category B listed building, at the 2022 Green Apple Environment Excellence Awards. The awards are an annual international campaign to recognise, reward and promote environmental best pr

A late 19th century mill in the Borders has been earmarked for demolition to make way for a new housing and a light industrial site.

Work is now underway to create Cala Homes’ (West) newest development in the North Lanarkshire suburb of Stepps. Earls Rise is the latest development from the homebuilder where the construction team officially broke ground on 1st June.

Applications have opened for this year’s Social Enterprise Awards Scotland as the in-person event returns for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic started. The awards, organised by Social Enterprise Scotland (SES), will celebrate the work of social enterprises in Scotland and the impact

East Renfrewshire Council has launched a consultation on the Local Housing Strategy which will help shape priorities for improving homes and the housing services provided over the next five years. The strategy applies to all housing in East Renfrewshire including owner occupiers and private rented a

Families have said their new home is “like winning the lottery” after moving into a new £3.24 million affordable housing development in Falkirk by Loretto Housing Association. The new energy-efficient homes at Tait Court in Falkirk’s Bainsford area include a mix of 21 two and

Three planning applications relating to new homes and infrastructure at Blindwells were yesterday given the green light by East Lothian Council’s planning committee. An application detailing the road and footpath network, cycle path, landscaping and drainage infrastructure for Phase Two o

The Upper Tribunal for Scotland has ordered a landlord to pay nearly £1,400 to a tenant after quashing the First-tier Tribunal’s decision that payments intended to reimburse the landlord for a council tax payment were not an illegal premium in terms of the Rent (Scotland) Act 1984.

More investment is required to ensure that people across all housing tenures are able to access equipment and adaptations when needed, CIH Scotland has outlined in its response to a consultation on revised draft guidance from the Scottish Government.

Property developer Soller Group has submitted a planning application to Glasgow City Council for 359 residential apartments for private rental, at 144 Port Dundas Road, Glasgow. Designed by Mosaic Architecture + Design, the planning application is for a landscaped courtyard development of 359 contem

A design competition uncovering independent living inventions of the future has secured a partnership with Scotland's design museum. The Blackwood Design Awards (BDA) invites budding designers, engineers and inventors from all over the world to submit their creations to help people with a disability

Funding provided by developers of new homes in north west Edinburgh has led to a route extension of the popular 41 Lothian bus service and a boost to public transport in the wider area. A new bus terminus – part of the Cammo Meadows development off Maybury Road – will promote greater use

Propertymark has published new research which it claims to reveal the clearest indication of the rate at which the private rented market is shrinking.