In and around your home

We're making homes great across our neighbourhoods. Check out the big-money investment in your community.

Your rent money allows us to invest further in your area and neighbourhoods. We use tenant feedback to help prioritise how this money is spent. For example, tenants have told us they want more money invested in making homes warmer, drier, and cheaper to run.

Investing in your community across the south
 

Over the three-year period, we will invest around £39.1m improving homes. This will include £10.9m in Annandale, £14m in Nithsdale, £4.8m in the Stewartry and £9.4m in Wigtownshire to deliver:

  • new kitchens in 1100 homes and new bathrooms in 20 properties;
  • new pitched roof coverings in over 280 homes;
  • nearly 300 new front or back doors;
  • over 50 new or refurbished communal entry doors;
  • new or refurbished windows in nearly 40 common stairwells;
  • extra energy efficiency improvements, including 70 new electric heating systems, hot water cylinder insulation in 275 homes and over 1300 new gas boilers;
  • environmental improvement works to other common areas, such as external insulation, stairwells, upgraded paths, external painting and gutter replacements, in around 310 homes; and
  • loft or floor insulation improvements in 1600 homes.

2026
 

  • Around 260 kitchens will be installed across Dumfries, Annan and Stranraer, with a total investment of around £2 million.
  • Around 150 heating systems will be upgraded, supported by an investment of approximately £1.2 million.
  • Around 240 new windows will be installed, with investment of about £1.77 million.
  • Over 370 homes will benefit from solar PV and insulation upgrades, backed by investment of around £1.5 million.
  • Refurbishment works are being planned at Osborne Drive and the Crescent blocks, with work starting in summer 2026.
  • A further 70 kitchens will be installed in Dumfries and Castle Douglas, with investment of £515,000.
  • Window renewals will take place at 25 properties in Dumfries and Kirkcudbright, with investment of £150,000.