Posts by Stuart Butler
It was hard going but we got there! – Reflections on my experience of renovating an empty home
Debbie Guild Having just purchased an empty house at auction for the first time I found myself standing outside with the keys. There was something about this abandoned empty home that called to me and pulled on my heartstrings. Due to its condition, it was considered unsafe to view prior to auction and so I…
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Opportunity to join our team as an Empty Homes Adviser
Do you have a passion for dealing with people and want to play a role in bringing empty homes back into use? An opportunity has become available to join our team as an Empty Homes Adviser with applications closing on 23rd July. Further information on the role and details of how to apply are…
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BLOG: Empty Homes can help achieve Scotland’s 20 minute neighbourhood ambition
By Paul Stewart, Partnership Officer The concept of 20 minute neighbourhoods – the idea that it should be easy for people to meet most of their everyday needs within a 20 minute return walk or cycle – has recently risen to prominence as a strategic priority in planning. The concept is a multi-disciplinary approach to…
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Scottish Empty Homes awards winners announced
Aberdeen City Council, an Inverness-based building company, a community housing project in Dumfries & Galloway and a Fife Council officer were the winners in the 10th Scottish Empty Homes awards sponsored by Fraser & Fraser Genealogists and International Probate Researchers. The winners, announced yesterday at the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership annual conference, recognised the efforts…
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“Act now to ensure empty homes are not legacy of Covid crisis”
Crumbling bricks, broken windows and overgrown gardens of empty homes across Scotland could be a visual legacy of the economic crisis caused by the Covid pandemic if action is not taken to bring more properties back in to use, according to the leader of a project working with local authorities across the country. Shaheena Din,…
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