Rātā Foundation Chair Glenn Livingstone & Marlborough Sustainable Housing Trust chair David Taylor cut the ribbon to open the homes. More than 25 people from working families will soon be living in five spacious new 4-bedroom homes developed in Blenheim’s High St by the Marlborough Sustainable Housing Trust. At the...
Five new affordable homes underway, many more needed
Five new four-bedroom affordable homes are well underway in Blenheim’s High Street and are planned to be available to working families by spring. Trustees from Marlborough’s Sustainable Housing Trust viewed progress on the homes last week, being built for the trust by local property developer Richard Anderson and his company...
Three affordable, warm homes ready for Marlborough families
Three four-bedroom homes built by the Marlborough Sustainable Housing Trust for low-income families have been welcomed by the region’s Mayor Nadine Taylor. With Trust chair Bev James, Mayor Nadine planted a tree, as part of the landscaping for the soon-to-be completed homes. Children from neighbouring Mayfield Kindergarten, who’ve been absorbed...
Roof goes on three new social housing homes
Marlborough’s Sustainable Housing Trust has brought together the building of the three four-bedroom homes in Hutcheson St, which are expected to be ready for occupation before summer. Trust chair Dr Bev James says Mike Greer Homes has made cracking progress with the builds which only got above slab level this...
Pre-dawn ceremony marks start to three-house social housing build
A pre-dawn ceremony last Thursday marked the start of the building of three four-bedroom homes by the Marlborough Sustainable Housing Trust. Chair Bev James says the Hutcheson St project which began in 2019 will see three families currently in transitional housing living in modern, energy-efficient homes by this time next...