Parliamentary Motion recognises Goathill Housing and Care Home Project 5/10/2023Robert Potter and PartnersA motion has been submitted to the Scottish Parliament welcoming the positive impact of the Goathill housing and care project.
Parliamentary Motion S6M-10761 has welcomed the positive impact the project will have on the Western Isles’ care capacity and availability of housing.
The motion was submitted by Alasdair Allan MSP and the full text is:
“That the Parliament congratulates Goathill Housing and Care Home Project on being shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration category of the prestigious 2023 SURF Awards for Best Practice in Community Regeneration, which identifies and celebrates best practice, innovation and achievement in interventions that improve Scottish communities; understands that this is the first housing and extra care housing project of its kind in the Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency; further understands that the development comprises Taigh Shiphoirt (Seaforth House), which is a 52-bed residential care home with four wings to facilitate small group living, Bremner Court, which has 50 units of extra care housing with 24-hour staffing provision to support the residents, and Sinclair Avenue, which includes 58 homes for social rent and 16 homes for sale through a shared equity scheme; notes that the project was delivered by Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, in partnership with the Western Isles Integration Joint Board and the Hebridean Housing Partnership, with the care home and extra care housing constructed by McLaughlin & Harvey, and the home constructed by local firm O’Mac Construction; welcomes what it sees as the positive impact that the project will have on the islands’ care capacity and availability of housing; pays tribute to the hard work and determination of all involved in the project, and wishes them well for the 2023 SURF Awards.”
Supported by: Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Stephanie Callaghan, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Stuart McMillan, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, John Swinney, David Torrance, Sue Webber, Tess White
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Goathill Campus Shortlisted in the SURF Awards 2023 28/9/2023Douglas BodellPioneering Care Campus development on Isle of Lewis shortlisted in the Housing and Regeneration Category in Scotland’s Regeneration Forum Awards.
We are delighted to announce that Goathill care campus on the Isle of Lewis has been shortlisted in the ‘Housing and Regeneration’ Category in the SURF Scotland’s Regeneration Forum Awards!
This community development was delivered for a multi-partner agency bringing together Hebridean Housing Partnership , Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Lewis Council) and Western Isles Integrated Joint Board.
The realised masterplan developed to provide affordable housing to meet the needs of the island’s elderly population and to fulfil wider strategic housing objectives.
The campus includes 74 affordable houses for Hebridean Housing Partnership, a 52 place Residential Care Home and 50 place Extra Care residential development.
Shared care services accommodated include Community Mental Health Team, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Occupational Therapy, and the START Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team. The Care Home also provides the Community Alarm Centre and a Daycare centre for Solas (Alzheimer Scotland).
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Longmeadow House Completed for Loreburn 25/9/2023Douglas BodellWorks were recently completed the adaptive reuse of a derelict Category C Listed Building, Longmeadow House.
Works were recently completed the adaptive reuse of a derelict Category C Listed Building, Longmeadow House which was convert into 3 affordable homes for Loreburn Housing Association as part of a wider masterplanned site in Annan.
The works included the removal of an overdominant extension, repairs to the external building fabric whilst also creating modest modern extensions at ground floor level to act as separate apartment entrances, service cupboard and bathrooms to each of the 3 homes to minimise disturbance of historic fabric as part of the adaptations and alterations to the main house.
A former outbuilding and link wall creates a separate home with new openings formed within the stone walls.
Great to see this listed building saved, restored and reused!
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Dumfries and Galloway Council Design Awards Commendation 18/9/2023Douglas BodellOur affordable housing development at Lincluden Stables receives a Commendation in the Dumfries & Galloway Design Awards.
We are pleased to announce our affordable housing development at Lincluden Stables, Dumfries for our client Wheatley Group received a Commendation in the Dumfries and Galloway Council Design Awards 2023.
This development on a brownfield site located in Dumfries provided twenty-six new-build dwellings and included adaptive reuse of a derelict Category B Listed stable to provide a further six dwellings.
The panel welcomed the bringing back into use of the former Category B stables for residential use and the associated enabling development of new social housing, with use of glazed brick to unify the scheme.
Three of our other projects were shortlisted in the Design Awards including Clifftop House, Portpatrick which featured on Grand Designs, our Passive House Certified Affordable Housing Development at Forsyth Street, Dumfries and our 75-dwelling Affordable Housing Development at former College, Herries Avenue, Dumfries.
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New Certified Passive House Designer 30/8/2023Douglas BodellDouglas Bodell, Director based in our Dumfries Office, has qualified as a Certified European Passive House Designer certified by the Passivhaus Institut.
We are pleased to announce Douglas Bodell has qualified as a Certified European Passive House Designer certified by the Passivhaus Institut.
This qualification follows training at University of Strathclyde and formal examination from the Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt and adds to our established in-house expertise in Passive House and low-energy design.
Robert Potter and Partners are committed to upskilling and training of staff in areas that prioritise sustainability and energy efficiency, such as Passive House and Retrofit Design. We now have 3 in house Certified European Passive House Designers / Consultants.
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Dalbeattie Passive House Development Completed for Loreburn 15/8/2023Douglas BodellOur Passive House affordable housing development at Station Road, Dalbeattie has been handed over.
Our affordable housing development at Station Road, Dalbeattie has been completed and handed over to Loreburn Housing Association.
The development regenerates a derelict brownfield site and provides 16 affordable homes, providing a mixture of general needs and amenity homes, all designed and constructed to Passive House standards.
Each of the new Passive Houses incorporates high performing and low-energy design principles including:
– Super insulated thermal and airtight envelope.
– High performance airtight triple-glazed windows and doors; maximising solar gains, for thermal retention and reduction of outside noise.
– Continuously running mechanical ventilation system with heat recovery capable of retaining 92% from the extracted heat, providing a fresh, filtered air supply.
– Minimal thermal bridging.
– Solar photovoltaic panels to reduce daytime electrical energy costs.
– Air source heat pump providing heating and hot water.
– Rainwater harvesting and rainwater SuDS planters.
– Electrical vehicle charging point.
– Automatic fire suppression system.
The development is located adjacent affordable housing development we previously designed for Loreburn Housing Association.
This new development was our third Passive House development completed for Loreburn Housing Association in Dumfries & Galloway.
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Minister for Housing Visits Innovative Modular Homes in Kilmarnock 4/8/2023Douglas BodellMinister for Housing Visits Handover of the First Innovative Modular Homes in Kilmarnock
Connect Modular and Cunninghame Housing Association (CHA) hosted Scottish Government Minister for Housing, Paul McLennan MSP along with Provost Jim Todd to welcome CHA’s first residents to their first volumetric-modular, affordable housing development at Shortlees, Kilmarnock.
The volumetric-modular construction process provides significant improvements in waste reduction, environmental outcomes, and programme certainty.
Robert Potter and Partners were responsible for successfully obtaining the Statutory Consents for this innovative affordable housing development.
The site when completed will deliver 101 affordable homes.
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Goathill Care Campus Completed 21/7/2023Robert Potter and Partners52 place dementia-friendly Care Home and 50 place Housing with Extra Care completed in Stornoway.
The Goathill development has been completed for a multi-partner agency bringing together Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Lewis Council), Western Isles Integrated Joint Board, and Hebridean Housing Partnership.
It has created a dementia-friendly “care campus” which includes a 52 place Care Home named Taigh Shìphoirt (Seaforth House), Bremner Court which accommodates 50 Housing with Extra Care flats, 74 houses for Hebridean Housing Partnership, and shared care services including Community Mental Health Team, Specialist Dementia Nurses, Occupational Therapy, and the START Short Term Assessment and Reablement Team. The Care Home also provides the Community Alarm Centre and a Daycare centre for Solas (Alzheimer Scotland).
Taigh Shìphoirt accommodates 52 residents with dementia. A key strategy was planning for small group living, with 13 residents in 4 individual clusters, arranged around safe courtyard spaces. This maximises daylight and provides human scale and a homely environment.
Routes to the clusters are arranged around a central garden, assisting orientation for people moving through the building. The garden also adjoins the Daycare facility and Training suite. External finishes are durable including the use of local Gneiss stone from Harris quarry.
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Guernsey Crematorium Completed 15/7/2023Robert Potter and PartnersThe New Crematory at Le Foulon Guernsey has received its Completion Certificate.
Guernsey Crematorium has been completed. The project assessed the potential of sites across the island, exploring potential for new-build in various locations or expansion at the existing 1929 crematory. The selected option was a new-build crematory adjacent to the historic chapel at Le Foulon, securing the building’s use for future generations.
The crematory has a pitched copper roof and proportions in keeping with the existing chapel, and the work included refurbishment of the chapel interior with new insulation, breaking out and replacement of existing thin concrete floor to provide an insulated underfloor heating system with timber-effect ceramic flooring, renovation plaster and mineral paint to overcome historic problems with moisture ingress and efflorescence, new lighting and sound system, new staff facilities and toilet facilities, and new incoming services.
External works included a new car park for mourners, widening of the historic gates, alterations to the internal road network to widen this for cars and hearses, and improvements to the steep path leading to the chapel by changing the steep slope to become a shallower stepped route.
We engaged local architects Turnstone as our sub-consultant, and worked with project manager Rose Project Management, engineer Dorey Lyle & Ashman, and M&E consultant Hoare Lea. The main contractor was JW Rihoy and Sons, and the project was funded by States of Guernsey.
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