New homes in Inverclyde and Renfrewshire

Builder: Kier Homes/Burrell Company
Location: Paisley
Development: Hawkhead Village
Summary: Refurbishment of the hospital site
Contact: 0141 880 1111
   
Overview:As Buddies will know, this is a redevelopment of the famous old 1936 hospital, a landmark architectural project penned by Thomas Smith Tait. A joint venture between is breathing new life into it, creating 326 apartments, duplexes, cottages, townhouses and detached villas, all spread between conversions of the established buildings and completely new constructions. The heavily landscaped garden grounds will be retained, forming an aesthetically pleasing edge, and despite considerable neglect, Burrell Company will craft 131 individual homes out of the old Art Deco buildings, while Kier will add 195 sympathetically-designed new properties.
   



Builder: Sovereign House Fairbriar Homes
Location: Renfrew
Development: Ferry Village
Summary: Townhouses included alongside apartments
Contact: 0141 886 2919

Overview: Of the 13 townhouses being built here, each is easily spotted thanks to the dramatic contrast of cladding materials and colours, each townhouse has private front and rear gardens, a brace of parking spaces, and a landscaped play area directly opposite. At the entrance level, the dining kitchen and separate dining room can be found, both served by a ground floor cloakroom. Ascend one storey and you reach the balconied lounge, designed along Victorian principles, and in this case sharing floor space with two double bedrooms and another cloakroom. Finally, the top level includes a master apartment with a west-facing terrace and luxurious en-suite.
   



Builder: Dawn Homes
Location: Johnstone
Development: Linenmill Court
Summary: Substantial apartment development in the heart of town
Contact: 01505 331520
   
Overview: The three remaining apartments are each two bedroom properties, offering en-suites, landscaped communal gardens and contemporary furnishings. Standing on a site formerly occupied by the Barbush Linen Mill means the development is in close proximity to the town’s river, with waterfront views from some of the apartments. There’s no mistaking the development from the road, thanks to wooden cladding at the top of each three and four-storey block, wraparound windows extending the full height of some corners, and angled gables breaking up the roofline. Central Glasgow stands fourteen miles away from Johnstone.
   



Builder: George Wimpey
Location: Port Glasgow
Development: Kingston Dock
Summary: The changing face of Inverclyde
Contact: 07867 877019

Overview: As you might expect, Kingston Dock stands on the waterfront, with panoramic views across to Cardross and Dumbarton. To reinforce those family-friendly credentials, every street bar the main thoroughfare is a no through road, with detached villas lining the streets and terraced townhouses at the end of each cul-de-sac. These latter designs have adopted an uncomplicated layout, placing the lounge and kitchen on the ground floor and two bedrooms on the intermediate level. Of the six detached villa styles, meanwhile, all offer four bedrooms, with formal dining rooms and at least three bathrooms among the layouts.
   



Builder: Walker
Location: Elderslie
Development: Mill Park
Summary: Family values brought to bear in Elderslie
Contact: 01505 336406
   
Overview:The four and five bedroom villas at Mill Park are laid out in a series of right-angled avenues and cul-de-sacs. The Ness is the most common design with some memorable features such as the box bay window and integrated storage in the formal lounge. Both the dining room and dining kitchen have two-sided bay windows, with a French doored family room and utility beside the double garage. Upstairs, two of the five double bedrooms have en-suites. Alternatively, buyers can consider the four-bed Elliot, where three public rooms stand alongside the dogleg dining kitchen, and even the smallest bedroom is over ten feet by nine.
   



Builder: Consort Homes
Location: Skelmorlie
Development: Chaseley
Summary: Stunning views across towards Bute and Arran
Contact: 01475 529827

Overview: With a broad mixture of apartment and penthouse designs incorporated into the development, designs include full height Scandinavian-style windows, many opening onto terraced balconies from where the westerly aspects can be fully appreciated. Once the doors are closed, each apartment has plenty of appeal too, with designer kitchens including everything from stainless steel oven, hob and hood through to an integrated dishwasher and washer dryer. Chrome is the dominant metal and every property has off-street parking and security entry. The A78 links to Glasgow and train services run from neighbouring Wemyss Bay.
   




Builder: Redrow
Location: Braehead
Development: Ferry Village
Summary: Still at an early stage of development
Contact: 0845 676 0422

Overview: While most builders at Ferry Village are concentrating their preliminary efforts on apartment blocks, Redrow have opted to begin with a selection of family villas. Christened Riverside Point, this part of Ferry Village will ultimately contain 342 new homes, and to encourage the creation of a genuinely mixed community atmosphere, everything from apartments to terraced, semi and detached villas will be created. Drawn from Redrow’s existing portfolio of home designs, the buildings will nevertheless have different exteriors, reflecting the unique nature of this particular development, close to Braehead shopping centre and the Xscape leisure centre.

Website: www.redrow.co.uk/regions/map/scotland
   



Builder: Best
Location: Renfrew
Development: Ferry Village
Summary: A collaboration between Gladedale and Strathclyde Homes
Contact: 0141 886 3882

Overview: Renfrew’s regeneration is mirroring similar projects to the east, taking advantage of redundant Clydeside land to create whole new suburbs of waterfront properties. Ferry Village has one major advantage in that Braehead and its surrounding amenities are quite literally at the end of the street, and Best’s properties will include apartments, mews homes and townhouses. Of the mews homes, the Ballantyne places a double bedroom and cloakroom on the ground floor, the former with an entire wall of wardrobes and French doors. Upstairs, a 22 foot lounge and dining room are open plan to a Velux windowed kitchen, with a pentagonal master bedroom.

Builder: Robertson Homes
Location: Paisley
Development: Gleniffer View
Summary: Has attracted overnight queues prior to each phase of release
Contact: 0845 890 9447
   
Overview: The development can be neatly summarised as a collection of four bedroom detached villas, situated across a T-shaped estate directly off Glenfield Road, the latter recently immortalised in a song by Paolo Nutini. As for Gleniffer View itself, the four property types being built include the quirky Miami. A 21 foot bay windowed lounge opens into a dining room, with a sweeping L-shaped apartment forming an open plan family room and kitchen. There’s a utility area inside the garage, the master bedroom is a dormer apartment almost twice as long as it is wide, bedroom two has a pentagonal en-suite and even the third bedroom is 14 feet in length.
   




Builder: Miller Homes (Scotland West)
Location: Renfrew
Development: Ferry Village
Summary: The latest builder to announce their plans
Contact: 0141 886 4559

Overview: Ferry Village in Renfrew is set to be every bit as seismic as its more established rivals to the east, part of a £245 million investment in Renfrewshire’s eponymous capital. Miller’s contribution will focus on strikingly designed one, two and three bedroom apartments, one of which is now available for inspection as a show property, following the launch of the first phase sales. Each building is positioned around a landscaped courtyard, while ground floor apartments additionally enjoy their own terraces. Double aspect French windows pop up in corner-positioned upper flats, and flagship three-bed duplex properties offer a dedicated studio room.

Website: www.millerhomes.co.uk/explore/scotlandwest