Upper Scalloway News Today

Representatives of Shetland’s construction industry are being invited to an event next month, to explore business opportunities for future housing developments

HJALTLAND Housing Association says a further eight units are nearing completion at its new Berryview scheme in Scalloway. Phase two of the Upper Scalloway development supplements the 32 affordable homes launched last year, and will again see opportunities for first time buyers....

The biggest housing development of the decade is finally set to start following a £20 million funding announcement.

A NEW housing scheme in Scalloway which will offer 32 houses for rent and sale is nearing completion. Six of the units at the Upper Scalloway scheme - at 'Berryview' - have been earmarked for sale under the Scottish Government's shared equity scheme, which allows people to buy...

THE GROUP aiming to save the historic kirk at Lunna and preserve it for future generations has so far raised more than £10,000 as part of its bid to buy the building from the Church of Scotland. The Lunna Kirk Preservation Group said it believes between £25,000 and £30,000 is...

EIGHT more homes could be built at the housing site under construction at Upper Scalloway - bringing the potential total number to 40. Work is already well underway on 32 units, but contractor E&H is proposing another eight. The homes currently being built are for Hjaltland...

THE FORMER Moorfield Hotel site in Brae could get a new lease of life as a site for housing after being bought by a local construction firm. The site has been vacant since the hotel burned down in 2020. But the land is now under the ownership of E&H Building Contractors Ltd...

A SECOND crowdfunding campaign has been launched to expand archaeological investigations into a site in Scalloway described as being of “huge significance” to Shetland’s history.  In 2020 a total of 26 human remains, some structures thought to be from the Pictish era and...

ANYONE casting a glance over the north side of Scalloway may have noticed the colourful red, blues and greens of the large housing scheme being built in the village. Contractor E&H already has a number of blocks of houses up on site for a development which will ultimately...

http://shet.news/48c1t Copied! A CROWDFUNDING campaign has been launched to raise cash for a two-week archaeological excavation in a field in Scalloway adjacent to where human remains and artefacts were discovered last year. Kristian Leith aims to raise a total of £19,425 to carry out the dig in the summer to see if more can be found as traditional funding routes appear to be a non-starter at this stage. 2 of 14Adverts It followed on from a discovery of structures and human remains in...