East Whins
PET owns 2 two bedroom rental flats (care-prepared) and 2 shared-ownership houses on the East Whins site.
Since 2013, PET has been managing these 4 units. We were actively involved in setting up the East Whins Residents’ Association and continue to be engaged with this amazing social engineering experiment, whilst encouraging our tenants and co-owners to take an active role in it.
Design
EPC ratings:
- Oct 2013 house: 101m²; Energy efficiency B82 (Sco D61) and CO2 impact B83 (Sco D59)
- Mar 2014 flat: 67m²; Energy efficiency C76 (Sco D61) and CO2 impact C78 (Sco D59)
Funding
For the East Whins affordable housing units PET received over £100,000 in private donations, in addition Duneland contributed section 75’s £50,000 per house thus a total of £200,000
Allocations
Three of the four allocations went to Findhorn Foundation co-workers. The criteria for the allocations were set by the Community, agreed by Moray Council and implemented by the Community’s Land & Housing Trust committee, which consists of representatives from the NFA, the Findhorn Foundation and Ekopia.
Construction
PET aims to bring the Common Ground of the Findhorn Community to the recognised standards of Scottish landlords (Landlord Accreditation Scotland) in its Housing work.
