Amenity Housing for Elderly Residents Take Shape in Old Kilpatrick

Work on a 19-unit development of specialist Council homes for elderly residents in Old Kilpatrick is progressing.

CCG (Scotland) began construction on the site at Mount Pleasant for West Dunbartonshire Council earlier this year with some of the properties already taking shape.

Located on the site of the former West Dunbartonshire Council care home, just off Dumbarton Road,  the development comprises a mix of one and two-bedroom homes including flats and terraced bungalows.

The homes have been constructed using CCG’s enhanced closed panel ‘iQ’ Timber System and will each be low carbon thanks to the adoption of zero-emissions heating systems with an individual air-source heat pump for each house and an innovative exhaust air-source heat pump for each flat.

Convener of Housing and Communities, Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal, said: “I am delighted that this development is being built specifically with the older members of our community in mind.

“This will be a welcome and vibrant area, in close proximity to good transport links, which will help people stay active in the community.”

Vice Convener of Housing and Communities, Councillor Hazel Sorrell, added: “It’s incredible to see the progress of this important development already and I am looking forward to hearing about the positive experiences that the new residents will have once they move in.”

Alongside the delivery of the new homes, CCG will undertake various community benefit obligations during the course of the construction programme including 2 new, full-time jobs, 8 work placements, and 8 career-based activities with local schools.

Pictured: Representatives from CCG (Scotland) – director, Calum Murray – and architects, Anderson Bell + Christie, alongside Convener of Housing and Communities, Councillor Gurpreet Singh Johal, Vice Convenor, Councillor Hazel Sorrell, and Housing Development Officer, Dawn Conner.