Innovative Ballater Housing Development to be Discussed at Scottish Parliament
The innovative development of
five new factory-made Dutch houses at Ballater - the first of their kind
in the
UK
- which was officially opened earlier this year has been discussed at the
Scottish Parliament.
A
video made of the development process was shown and discussed at a
joint meeting of the cross
party Groups on Affordable Housing, and Architecture and the Built
Environment on Wednesday 11th May.
The
£715,000 pilot project by Tenants First Housing Co-operative, with
support from Communities Scotland provides homes for five local families.
The three-bedroom
properties have been built using a well-tested, streamlined building
method, which is regularly used on the continent. The construction
technique benefits both the builder and the customer, with quicker
building times, lower building costs and more energy-efficient properties.
Using this method, affordable homes, such as these, can be built in less
than three months.
Sandy
Murray
, chief executive of Tenants First Housing Co-operative, said: “There
has been tremendous interest in the technology we used at Ballater both
from within the building industry and from providers of housing across the
UK.
We believe the project
shows a viable option for future development and are delighted that MSPs
are interested in learning in detail about it.
The pilot project has
also been taken on by the Scottish Construction Forum (SCF) as an example
of excellence. The SCF is an industry led initiative which aims to drive
forward improvements in Scotland’s construction sector and seeks to encourage best practice, improve
research and increase communication across the sector.
In the annual Power
100 ( in Prospect magazine) of the people who are making things happen
in the world of construction and development in Scotland
Sandy Murray
is listed at number 23.
Related
links:
Official
opening of Ballater homes
Pictures
of the construction of the properties
