Building New Homes Development Dispatches
Work has been progressing well on the Ormlie Allotment Ground site. The 3 and 4 bed houses have been constructed and are being fitted out internally at present. The 2 bed wheelchair accessible bungalows have been made wind and watertight with the 2 bed semis now having the foundations excavated and poured. The site is really beginning to take shape and the majority of the complex ground works and drainage has now been completed. There will be Shared Equity opportunities on the site with 4 properties out of the 22 available for sale through the LIFT scheme formally known as Homestake.

High Ormlie Development
Our new development near the High Ormlie estate in Thurso is going great guns. The site is being built in phases but will be handed over to the Association in December 2008.

The houses have been designed to capture as much sunlight as possible and include solar panels to help reduce energy bills. Linked to this is the high level of insulation to help reduce residents energy costs even more.  The Association has also been speaking to the Caithness Biodiversity Forum to advise us on the most appropriate plants to plant on the estate to help sustain wildlife.

The completed development will consist of 22 properties, made up of 2 x 2 bedroom wheelchair bungalows, 8 x 2 bedroom, 6 x 3 bedroom and 6 x 4 bedroom houses and will include 4 houses for Homestake sale.

Saltoun Street / Miller Street, Wick
Works are now full steam ahead for this exciting refurbishment of the derelict buildings on the corner of Miller Street. From the existing building we are creating office space, one bed flat on the ground floors with large 2 and 3 bed flats upstairs.

The large flats are to be offered as Homestake and are an excellent opportunity to buy spacious flats in the centre of this regeneration area. Sales Leaflet - Saltoun Street

Homestake - A Shared Equity Scheme

These properties are for sale under the Homestake scheme. This means that we will keep a financial stake in the property so you do not have to fund it all, with no rent to be paid on the stake we hold.

You will pay between 60% and 80% of the full sales price and have the option later to increase your stake and own your home outright.

Association Membership

Pentland Housing Association wants to ensure that all of their tenants and the community in general have a say in how they do things.

Therefore an invitation is extended to all tenants, individuals and organisations to become members of the Association. This will enable you to vote on all the things the Association does that are important to you and to the community. It will also enable you to become a Committee Member, if you wish.

It only costs £1 to join and no other costs are involved. You can obtain membership forms by contacting our offices Monday to Friday between 9 and 5 or e:mail us anytime.

‘’It’s your Association. Please help develop the kind of organization you want’’

• Have a say on important issues.
• Get regular updates on the Association’s progress.
• Stand for election to the Management Committee.

Pentland Housing Association Ltd, 37—39 Traill Street, THURSO. KW14 8EG Tel 01847 892507
E:mail pha@pentlandhousing.co.uk

Online Rent Payment

Do you use an online banking service?  If so, you may wish to set up a payment facility for your House or Garage rent.

For further details, please contact sharon@pentlandhousing.co.uk.

Further Development From Pentland Housing Association

Ormlie Allotments, Thor House Development

Pentland Housing Association are pleased to announce that the housing development at Ormlie Allotments, Thurso is now underway.  The work is being carried out with funding from Communities Scotland with architects Pentarq and local builders O’Brien Construction Ltd.
 
With this scheme it is hoped to meet the varied demands of social rented requirements and low cost home ownership aspirations potentially could be met by providing four of the houses for LCHO Options. In addition the development will provide a link road for the adjacent industrial estate so that HGV will no longer have to reverse onto the main road.

The completed development will consist of 22 properties, made up of 2 x 2 bedroom wheelchair bungalows, 8 x 2 bedroom, 6 x 3 bedroom and 6 x 4 bedroom houses. 

The site has been designed to capture as much solar gain as possible with spacious open planned houses situated in a generously sized scheme to allow for space between properties. They will be highly insulated, south facing, timber framed, ½ timber clad properties with solar collectors for hot water with electric heating as back up. Sustainable drainage also minimizes the risk of flooding and controls water flow into the existing drainage system.

Saltoun And Miller Street Wick

Continuing Pentland Housing Association’s commitment to the regeneration of the historic but run down Lower Pulteneytown area where we completed 6 Flats and 10 houses in April 2005 in Telford Street we now intend to finish this housing development with a further conservation and conversion on the corner site of Saltoun and Miller Street. The current derelict properties are to be refurbished to modern standards with high performance double glazed timber windows with electric heating. Extra funding has been accessed to enhance the existing period details such as the stone façade, windows, slate roof and dormer windows. The funding has been provided by Communities Scotland, The Highland Council, Heritage Lottery and Caithness and Sutherland Enterprise.

This scheme is to be carried out with the same Developer as was the Telford Street scheme, MM Miller (Wick) Ltd.  The Miller Street part of the site was formerly the offices of the North of Scotland Water Authority, both this and the rest of the site have previously been unused for years and have only recently been purchased by the developer. The development will consist of 1 x 1 bed flat, 1 x 2 bed flat, 1 x 3 flat with a split of rented and shared equity, with 2 flats being marketed as shared equity. The rest of the ground floor is to be converted into office space.