A big build-up

TAYWOOD Homes are helping to keep Scottish children ''as safe as houses'' by naming Children First as their chosen charity. The company will be helping this RSSPCC charity by donating #1 for every first-time visitor who signs in at a Taywood showhome. You can help kids and househunt at the same time at Taywood's Millgait development in Airdrie where the Bute two-bedroom cottage flat is priced at #44,450, including curtains and carpets. There is also a three-bedroom villa for #75,950. At the company's Burnside Park site in Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, special summer packages, including free carpets or free legal fees up to #400 or 5% deposit paid, are available on selected properties until the end of June with prices for three-bedroom end terraced and detached homes and some new styles ranging from #59,450 to #80,225.

Make your pitch

In Kilmarnock, there are only seven properties left at the company's Rowallan Gardens development - within easy driving distance of Glasgow and Ayrshire's scenic coastline and golf courses. Still available are detached homes costing from #76,950 to #107,500. And if your idea of heaven is living next door to a football star, run out to Houston, in Renfrewshire, and reserve one of just seven very attractive properties that Taywood is building at their Earlsgate site. Rangers midfielder Derek McInnes and his wife, Nicola, an air stewardess, have already bought one - an L-shape design with the space they need for entertaining - but a few are still available priced from #143,950.

Hit the Deco

THE stunning 1930-style showhome at the Tilbury Douglas Castle Park development in Irvine is open. The showhome is the first of 12 existing three-bedroom bungalows to be refurbished by the company in the exclusive development which will also include 14 new build two-bedroom bungalows. In keeping with the stylish architecture outside, interior designer Brian Swinton has recreated the look of 1930s modernism. Situated adjacent to Irvine Hospital, Castle Park is within easy reach of the town centre and major road networks. Prices start from #58,495. Tilbury Douglas will shortly be opening their third development in Cumbernauld. Loch View in Broadwood will comprise 81 brick built homes in nine styles, including two and three-bedroom, terraced and semi-detached homes and three and four-bedroom detached properties. Lots of storage space and high ceilings are specified and many of the larger properties

will have downstairs cloakrooms and en suite bathrooms with prices from around #54,000. Construction at Loch View has already begun and two show homes are due to open soon.

Rich harvest

BELLWAY Homes newest development, Grayslands at Denny Loanhead, was officially opened recently by Janet Gray, 84. Grayslands, where two showhomes are on view, occupies part of what was once Mrs Gray's dairy farm and the site has been named after her. Iain Davidson, sales manager for Bellway, said: ''When Grayslands is completed there will be 107 homes offering a choice of two, three or four bedrooms in either semi-detached or detached styles with prices ranging from #58,995 to #92,500.''

Four of the first 10 homes on release have already been sold. At Bellway's flagship development, Orchard Park, at Robroyston Fields near Glasgow, three new show homes will soon open, among them is the brand new Strathyre. The three-bedroom detached property offers a new interior layout providing an en suite bathroom for the master bedroom and a bright, open plan living room/dining room. For househunters in a position to buy before July 31, 1998, Bellway is offering a number of incentives on particular plots including fully fitted carpets, a turfed back garden and, as with all other homes at the site, a cash-back offer which may be used as a deposit or taken as cash. Prices at Orchard Park range from #72,500 to #107,500.

Room for a view

TWO show homes have opened on a new development by Bryant homes at Hayford Park, Cambusbarron, five minutes drive from the centre of Stirling. When complete, Hayford Park will comprise 69, three and four-bedroom houses in a mix of eight designs with prices ranging from #97,000 to #144,000. Hayford Park is in a semi-rural situation, enjoying views across fields. The show homes are both four-bedroom style and have been chosen to reflect flexible living space. There are three showhomes at another new Bryant development of three and four-bedroom houses at Southcraigs Meadow, Kilmarnock where prices range from #83,000 to #102,000. The company is introducing a mix of 10, four and five-bedroom designs at their Meadowside development in Strathaven. Fifty-five houses will be built on the side where two showhomes have just opened, both of them four-bedroom designs. One is the Stirling, available for

public inspection for the first time in Scotland.

Golden gateway

EIGHTEEN houses in the first phase of Wilson Home Builder's Adamson Gate development in Mossend, Lanarkshire, have been sold, just over a month after the showhomes opened. The showhomes are the Belmont villa and the Aston II, a new version of an already popular design which now features a downstairs cloakroom, en suite master bedroom and garage. Prices range from #64,950 to #79,950. Wilson are building a comprehensive range of three and four-bedroom homes at five other developments throughout Lanarkshire - at Cambuslang, Hamilton, Gartcosh, Newarkhill, and Motherwell. The first new owners have moved in at the Woodlands Gate development within Drumsagard village in Cambuslang. As well as viewing three showhomes, househunters can choose from a range of eight three and four-bedroom detached villas, five of which are newly designed styles. All homes feature an en suite master bedroom and garage

and, in addition to introducing larger hallways and downstairs cloakrooms, some of the new layouts also have lounges overlooking rear gardens. The company's Lochview development in Gartcosh offers one of the most advantageous locations in the central belt, there are eight house styles available with prices from #68,950. The Avon Grove development in Hamilton features a range of attractive three and four-bedroom family homes, priced from #77,950 to #104,950. Richmond Grove in Newarkhill has an excellent range of quality three and four-bedroom semi-detached and detached villas with prices from #63,950. Calder View in Motherwell is now approaching the final phase and the range of three and four-bedroom houses is priced from #64,450.

Dawn chorus

WITH the arrival of the good weather, there has never been a better time to visit the Dawn Homes Lochside View development in Irvine. Buyers can choose from a range of attractive homes, all with patio doors, including a two-bedroom semi-detached at #57,950, a three-bedroom semi-detached at #66,500 and a luxury three-bedroom detached property with en suite facilities and integral garage at #81,250. Exteriors feature Dutch-style hip roofs, porches and decorative stonework. At Burnside Gardens in Barrhead, Dawn has created four new house styles which homebuyers can view for themselves when the showhomes open on Saturday. The development comprises two and three-bedroom semi-detached villas and three and four-bedroom detached villas priced from #59,500. Work will start soon at the company's Birchwood Park site in residential Broomhouse where there will be a range of two and three-bedroom semi-detached

villas, three-bedroom bungalows and three and four-bedroom detached villas. Plans are also underway for Dawn's new development in Troon which will comprise two-bedroom flats, three and four-bedroom detached villas and three-bedroom bungalows.

First with the new

EDINBURGH-BASED housebuilder Morrison Homes is currently very active in Lanarkshire where it has a full range of house types spread between its developments at Airdrie and neighbouring Coatbridge. At the Clifton Park development in Coatbridge's Albion Street, all but four of the 36 two-bedroom flats have been sold. Designed for the first-time buyer, kitchens fitted with oven, hob, hood and washer-dryer plus free carpeting throughout are included in the price of #41,250. A couple of miles away at the company's Tower Grove development in Airdrie, a new release of four-bedroom detached houses from #89,995 is available as is the former three-bedroom detached showhouse at #72,500. This development also has a newly designed four-bedroom detached Clyde home at #95,500 and two-bedroom mid-terrace villas from #51,450 and three-bedroom end terrace villas at #61,950. Incentives on certain properties

include a #2000 cashback offer. Prices include integrated oven, hob and cookerhood, washer-dryer and fridge-freezer.