Robertson Partnership Homes is continuing to work on a £2.7 million housing development in Fife.

The contractor is delivering 23 new homes for Kingdom Housing Association (HA) at Methil Brae in Fife.

Designed by Sinclair Watt Architects, the first phase of completions are scheduled before the end of April 2017. The units will then be transferred into the ownership of Glen HA, which will have responsibility for their allocation, management and maintenance.

A large number of properties are being built to meet particular needs, with 16 houses designed to full wheelchair standard.


The development is part funded by the Scottish Government, which provided £1.8m in grant subsidy.

Anne Dickie, Director with Glen HA, said: "Almost 80% of the properties are designed to meet the needs of older people or people who require wheelchair accessible housing and this is reflective of the needs in the area, where there is a shortage of specially designed homes.

"Glen is a relatively small housing association and, whilst we have the capacity to raise private funding for new projects, we do not employ our own development staff.

"The arrangement we have with Kingdom has worked very well for many years and meets our mutual objectives to help address housing needs in the area."

Bill Banks, Kingdom's Chief Executive, added: "The Methil project is another successful example of how housing associations can work collaboratively to meet the housing needs in their areas of operation.

"The 50,000 target for new affordable homes set by the Scottish Government will be challenging, however if housing associations pool resources and work together in partnership, we should be able to make a significant contribution to achieving the aims of the programme."

(LM)