The Highland Council has completed six new council homes in Lochcarron.

The properties are part of a wider 688-house project for the Highlands, which has been supported by the Scottish Government.

The six homes, located in Kirkton Gardens, consists of four flats and two bungalows and are being rented to either existing council tenants who are moving to a new home, or who are applicants from the Highland Housing Register. The Highland Council has said it will continue to own and manage the properties.

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The homes were constructed by local contractor O'Brien Properties, while Reynolds Architecture designed the development. The six homes cost £800,000, with £276,000 grant funding from the Scottish Government. The four flats are being heated by electric storage units, while the two bungalows are being heated by wood burning stoves and air source heat pumps.

Councillor Graham Mackenzie, Chairman of the Community Services Committee, said: "The houses are built to high standards, are low maintenance and are energy efficient. Finding good quality affordable housing can be difficult, especially in more rural areas and it's great to have such a large and varied build programme across the Highlands in constrained economic times."

(JP/IT)