A fantastic opportunity to help first-time buyers to get on the property ladder has been launched by Keelman Homes, a subsidiary of The Gateshead Housing Company. 13 two- to five-bed homes will soon be available for ‘shared ownership’ in the south Gateshead estate of Kibblesworth. Shared ownership is a government funded part-buy/part-rent scheme to help… Read the full article →
[ssba]Residents of a Gateshead village undergoing a £14m transformation turned out to see plans for play areas and the new public art around the new homes. The Kibblesworth Community Day gave residents the opportunity to see progress on play areas and art projects they have been involved in across the village, whilst the children enjoyed… Read the full article →
[ssba]A unique project to save some of Kibblesworth’s post-war Airey homes for posterity has begun with the help of The Gateshead Housing Company. A block of four houses is being painstakingly deconstructed, loaded on to pallets and transported to Beamish Museum in Durham. Here they will be carefully stored until work begins on a new 1950s area, when they will be rebuilt as part of a typical north eastern postwar urban development. The… Read the full article →
[ssba]The Gateshead Housing Company and its subsidiary Keelman Homes have reached the finals of a prestigious award scheme for their work to regenerate Kibblesworth. The company has been shortlisted from more than 240 entries for the ‘Excellence in Housing Finance and Development’ award in the 2011 UK Housing Awards. Stuart Macdonald, editor of Inside Housing, said: “The quality of the award entries… Read the full article →
[ssba]Hundreds of residents from a south Gateshead village recently got involved in a celebration of their area’s history, whilst looking forward to a new chapter in its future. The Kibblesworth Festival was organised to allow people to remember the rural village’s past, as well as its bright £14m future that will eventually see over 140… Read the full article →
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