Energy services company Union Technical is concluding work on a £1.5 million retrofit of almost 300 homes in Dumfries. Residents of the town’s Sandside Estate will benefit from newly fitted internal wall insulation, ventilation systems and heating controls this winter, designed to improv
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A total of 50 new homes will help local people in housing need following the completion of a project involving Persimmon West Scotland and Riverside Scotland in Monkton. The much-needed affordable homes have been built on Persimmon’s Fairfields development in Monkton and include a variety of t
Glasgow-based energy services firm Union Technical has commenced work to retrofit more than 300 homes in Dumfries. Work has begun this week on a £1.5 million upgrade of the four-in-a-block sandstone flats at the town’s Sandside Estate, which were constructed in the 1930s.
Almost 300 households in Dumfries will benefit from lower energy bills after Riverside Scotland secured £1.5 million of funding to make their homes more energy efficient. The seven-figure investment will see 294 homes, which were built almost a century ago, benefit from significant energy effi
Ayrshire teenagers are now planning a future in construction after Riverside Scotland and McTaggart Construction gave them a foot on the ladder. A series of two-week placements on Riverside’s new housing development in Tarryholme has inspired young people to seek a career in the building indus
The first large-scale affordable modular housing development in Scotland has been completed within budget and one month ahead of schedule. The ground-breaking £9.8 million project was successfully delivered by Riverside Scotland and Connect Modular, part of The Wee House Group, and will provid
Riverside Scotland has announced the appointment of two new repairs contractors and another grounds maintenance contractor following successful tender exercises. Bell Group has been appointed to carry out all reactive repairs to customers’ homes and empty properties, as well as undertakin
The number of new homes built in Scotland has fallen to the lowest level for more than 70 years, according to new analysis, and Riverside Scotland has issued a call to housing associations to play their part in reducing the slide. With the impact of Covid on the housebuilding industry, the number of
Riverside Scotland has handed over the second phase of its modular housing development at Dundonald with a further nine of the 63 homes allocated to waiting list applicants. The ground-breaking £9.8 million project, with support from the Scottish Government, is being delivered by Riverside Sco
Continuing our COP26SCN showcase of the social housing sector's efforts to help tackle the climate crisis, interim managing director Morag Hutchinson details Riverside Scotland's current modular build project. We are facing a double crisis: climate change and a critical shortage of afforda
A joint project to build the largest affordable modular housing development in Scotland is on track for first families to move into new homes by the end of the year.