East Renfrewshire Council has recently celebrated the completion of new council homes in Barrhead’s Balgraystone Road with an official opening event, marking its largest housing development to date.
The 47-home development was delivered in partnership with Glasgow-based contractor CCG (Scotland), with more than £3million in Scottish Government funding, and consists of 6 one-and-two-bedroom wheelchair adaptable flats, 12 two-bedroom flats and 26 three-and-four-bedroom terraced houses designed by MAST Architects. Works began in October 2020 and keys are now being handed over to more than 200 new tenants.
All of these homes have been constructed using CCG’s enhanced ‘iQ’ Timber System, a structural timber frame solution that combines with modern construction methods to create dwellings that have improved airtightness and thermal performance characteristics. This results in a vast reduction in heat loss with lower energy demand contributing to lowering carbon emissions and generating annual savings on energy bills.
