A £3.6 million housing scheme in Irvine has reached the final stage of development.

The 24-unit development at Dickson Drive is expected to be complete and ready for new residents by the end of this year.

In a landmark move, North Ayrshire Council's tradesmen will deliver final stage works - including wiring, decorating etc  – on five of the properties.

Councillor Jim Montgomerie, Cabinet Member for Place, said: "This is a very exciting step forward for the Council and our Building Services team will shadow and work closely with the contractors Ashleigh to learn how best to carry out this sort of work. They will then complete the works on the five houses.

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"This will provide our officers with the skills and insight to enable more of this work to be carried out by the Council in the future."

Alongside general needs homes, wheelchair properties and amenity bungalows, the Dickson Drive site will also include two unique 'sustainable demonstrator homes'. These homes will showcase the latest sustainable design and technology.

The two homes will benefit from features such as integrated solar thermal heating, battery storage and voice control technology. The Council will learn from the demonstrator houses and explore the potential of using the technologies in future developments.

This project forms part of one of North Ayrshire Council's most ambitious housing projects to deliver 1,375 homes by 2024.

(CM/JG)