Kessock Court South previously consisted of a dilapidated block of bed-sit accommodation. Due to the high cost of improving these small properties and their being the centre of major antisocial behaviour in the past, the block was demolished in 2006 to provide a cleared site for new development.
To facilitate the new development and as part of the general regeneration of South Kessock, (which is the Highland Council’s most deprived area) Highland Council transferred the land to Albyn Housing Society and subsequently Albyn has built 6 x 2 bed semi-detached houses and 2 x 2 bed semi detached bungalows for low cost home ownership under the shared equity scheme.
“I had been trying to purchase a property on the open market for 3 years, without success”
One of the new homeowners in Mill Court had been on the Highland Council housing waiting list for a considerable time and was unable to buy a house on the open market due to mortgage affordability and the price of houses in Inverness. He is pleased that the shared equity scheme enabled him to move from rented accommodation into his own home.
For more information about the above developments please telephone Albyn Housing Society on 01349 852978 or email office@albynhousing.org.uk