Housebuilder Avant Homes is delivering 52 new homes for East Lothian Housing Association (ELHA) at Blindwells, near Tranent in East Lothian, after agreeing a £10.6m deal with the affordable housing provider.

The social rented homes will form part of the housebuilder’s £48m, 174-home Althamer View development which features a range of three-, four- and five-bedroom properties. It is located one mile off the A1, and is less than a 30-minute drive from the heart of Edinburgh.

The partnerships deal is the first between the two organisations and is a further example of the housebuilder’s multi-tenure strategy which seeks to maximise housing supply.

This has seen Avant Homes, which has its Scotland head office in Edinburgh, deliver its energy efficient, quality new homes for a range of affordable housing and private rented sector (PRS) providers.

All the homes typically have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of B or above, which is considered excellent for energy efficiency.

Work is already underway on the 52 one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom homes which comprise bungalow, apartments, terraced and semi-detached house types. The first residents are scheduled to move in to the properties at the end of October.

Avant Homes partnerships director, Colin Connell, said: “This is an excellent first deal for us to secure with ELHA.

“It will increase the supply of energy efficient, socially rented housing within Blindwells and help further establish the new residential community being delivered there as part of the masterplan for the area.

“We have established a strong working relationship with ELHA and have every intention of partnering with them again in the future. Doing so will allow the further successful delivery of our multi-tenure strategy in Scotland and give more people access to our quality, energy efficient new homes.”

Avant Homes also operates in the north of England and Midlands. Across its operating regions, the housebuilder has secured a near term pipeline of more than 900 additionality affordable homes to be delivered across 15 developments.

Avant Homes is also responsible for the delivery of a further 550 Section 106 affordable homes which are currently under construction.

Headquartered in Barlborough, near Chesterfield, Avant Homes’ ambition is to grow its multi-tenure business further across its existing regions and beyond