Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership are cooking up success this week as they have just completed work on their 9000th new kitchen installation in their ongoing investment programme across the region.

The kitchen, in Waterloo Place in New Abbey, is the 500th by current contractors, Connaught.

The installation marks a major milestone in the ongoing project, which has seen homes being transformed across Dumfries and Galloway.

The work has been carried out, alongside contractors Connaught, as part of DGHP's investment and regeneration programme, which will see a further 1300 new kitchens fitted in homes across the region.


Joe Byers received the kitchen recently and he said he was delighted with the work carried out.

He said: "The work has been excellent. I am really pleased with my new

kitchen, it has made such a difference."

Alan Hill, Partnership Manager with Connaught, said: "We have had a fantastic response from DGHP tenants to the kitchen upgrades and are delighted that it has made such a difference to Mr Byers.

"Connaught is continuing to work with DGHP to upgrade kitchens and bathrooms across the properties and we are delighted with the customer satisfaction reports."

By 2013 DGHP will have fitted a further 4,500 bathrooms, 1,300 kitchens and a further 3,000 central heating systems.

(CD)