Fyne Homes' new business manager Alison Cowie was on hand to officially accept the new homes in Blain Terrace, part of the second phase of the Ballochgoy redevelopment project, from George Hanson's surveyor John Galbraith and acting site manager Robe
rt Jardine.
Watching on, their pride in the finished product clear for all to see, were Jane Donoghue and Michael Holliday from architects Anderson Bell Christie, who were responsible for the design of the whole of the new-look Ballochgoy.
Four of the Blain Terrace homes will be for rent and four for sale under the Homestake programme, now known as LIFT (Low-cots Initiative for First Time buyers), which sees first-time buyers pay between 60 and 80 per cent of the price of a home, with the remainder held, in this case, by Fyne Homes.
But the most exciting aspect of these new homes, as we noted when we visited the site last month, is their quite simply breathtaking outlook, with uninterrupted views across just about the whole of Rothesay and Rothesay Bay and across to Toward, the Firth of Clyde and, on a clear day, Wemyss Bay too.
Though they appear pretty small when you survey the scene from Blain Terrace itself, the three-bedroomed houses' split-level layout provides lots of room for families - and there's plenty of garden space for barbecues, sunbathing or just to allow the children to play.
The second stage of the redevelopment of Ballochgoy involves 14 houses in total and six plots for outright sale; six of the 14 homes are available through the LIFT programme, and there's a mix of two- and three-bedroomed homes for outright sale too.
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