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Accessible Saltcoats housing complex completes

March 21 2019

Accessible Saltcoats housing complex completes

North Ayrshire Council has taken ownership of a £6.4m housing development in the town of Saltcoats following delivery of the courtyard complex by Hub South West and Ashleigh Construction.

Canal Court was created by the council’s own in-house design team to meet the needs of older occupiers the development and includes its own private courtyard and social services hub.

Councilor Jim Montgomerie said: “This is an amazing facility which will allow our residents to live in high quality, sustainable and fully accessible homes.

"Our ambitious council Housing programme has already delivered hundreds of modern, energy-efficient homes across North Ayrshire and we are well on track to build more than 1300 new council homes by 2024.”

Residents have already moved into the 36-home block, located just yards from the town’s harbour.

Communal areas include a lounge and dining room
Communal areas include a lounge and dining room
Residents will have access to a shared private courtyard and social hub
Residents will have access to a shared private courtyard and social hub

5 Comments

Elmo
#1 Posted by Elmo on 21 Mar 2019 at 13:57 PM
It seems Heavens Waiting Room is a plain, magnolia box!!
CM
#2 Posted by CM on 21 Mar 2019 at 14:09 PM
Shocking stuff
Trombe Wall
#3 Posted by Trombe Wall on 21 Mar 2019 at 16:01 PM
Banal Court
Edward Harkins
#4 Posted by Edward Harkins on 21 Mar 2019 at 17:20 PM
Some of the comments here are unfair. I like the way that the prison bars on the windows in this institution are so discreetly disguised.
Landschafter
#5 Posted by Landschafter on 22 Mar 2019 at 13:41 PM
And now it becomes abundantly clear that the Hub system, and the local authorities that use it, give absolutely zero F's about landscape design (or architecture).

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