Aberdeen on the Picturesque River Ugie

Issue 01

A UNIQUE CHOICE OF SELF-CONTAINED APARTMENTS AND HOUSES

CREATING GREAT PLACES TO LIVE

Scotia’s Collieburn development brings something different to Peterhead.

Introducing a wide mix of affordable and sustainable housing, Collieburn has been shaped by the needs of the local community to provide homes that fit ideally into modern lives. the story so far...

As Peterhead evolves, so do the town’s property needs. Local feedback on new-build properties in the area showed a demand for a wider range of properties than the market had to offer. Collieburn is designed to deliver exactly that.

Lying adjacent to Scotia’s Inverugie Meadows development, Collieburn draws on the same principles of quality, convenience and sustainability for which Scotia is renowned. Yet this time, we’ve turned to contemporary influences to create a modern development for modern lives.

With plans drafted, we hosted a public session to give local residents the chance to have their say. The session ran throughout an afternoon and evening to make it accessible to as many people as possible. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive, with only a few suggestions for minor improvements made.

As the development continues, Imagine a place where you’ll always feel at home. That’s Collieburn. let us guide you through what we’re creating – together. Our goal for Collieburn is to deliver something new and different for Peterhead.

Scotia’s approach to planning and design, improved, while vehicular and public the individuality of our homes and the transport will be carefully managed to shape of the existing landscape all come balance convenience and tranquillity. together to create a space as pleasant to At Collieburn, we’re not just building live in as it is to visit. Collieburn will great homes, we’re striving to create a have its own distinct character, with strong community. We’ve positioned a blend of homes bringing together a properties around a central green space, mixture of people. linking this to the surrounding area via We’ve paid close attention to the detail a network of footpaths. This recreational of how people in Peterhead live, and area has properties fronting directly on how they use their local area. Pedestrian to it to create a safe, open and attractive and cycle paths will be integrated and community focal point. Imagine a place where you’ll always feel at home. That’s Collieburn.

Our goal for Collieburn is to deliver something new and different for Peterhead.

We’re using carefully selected materials to create sharp, modern house styles and integrate visual variety. Of course, these houses will also blend seamlessly into the existing landscape, so designs, architecture, materials and layouts COLLIEBURN will also reflect the best aspects of the :PETERHEAD existing area. This is a location you’ll fall in love with as soon as you see it. : PETERHEAD COLLIEBURN N

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Collieburn Inverugie Meadows Site Plan BRINGING SPACES TO LIFE

At Scotia, we strive to build the type of homes you Open spaces where nature and community thrive want to live in, in the type of places you want to live. We use the best parts of the site to create interesting We refer to the following principles to create gathering places and public spaces, forming focal attractive, sustainable developments: points that allow people to mix and relax.

Places developed in consultation with local Modern homes built with character experts. You We include a balanced range of properties for a wide We ask local people what they think and use this to range of people, uses and budgets, and give residents inform our design. Add to this our expertise in creating an opportunity to personalise their new home. neighbourhoods with built-in sustainability, and the Places you can live for a lifetime results speak for themselves. The homes we build reflect the character of the area, Neighbourhoods centred around convenience and are built with sustainability and energy-efficiency We use intelligent street design to ensure you can firmly in mind. We use materials that stand the test enjoy your new environment as much as you enjoy of time. your new home. At Scotia, we don’t just build houses, we create great places to live.

HOMEZONES

Raised table – lock block Incorporated at strategic locations within the site, Homezones will redefine the relationship between cars and pedestrians at Collieburn.

Trees planted at strategic points will not only add welcome greenery to street areas, but also create a more natural distinction between different road sections. Roadway grilles, and changes in road widths and

Landscaped Traffic Island surfaces will encourage reduced traffic speeds and inspire more people to move around on foot.

Giving equal consideration to all road users, these shared surfaces will make your neighbourhood a safer, more enjoyable place to live. Pedestrian Crossing

Single-lane traffic calming measure Duthie Gardens

‘People’ friendly landscaped buffers throughout

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Site Plan Variety and Choice

Collieburn’s design introduces a sympathetic blend of visual variety and charm to ensure that it sits comfortably within the surrounding settlements of Peterhead and the North East.

DESIGNED TO FIT A wide variety of property sizes and styles are available at Collieburn, from two-bedroom self-contained and duplex apartments to two, three and four-bedroom semi-detached houses. We’ve used the same high-quality materials, but have combined them in new ways to create a more contemporary feel, providing an effective mix to give you the option of living in Collieburn for a lifetime.

Streets are designed to be attractive as well as functional, At Collieburn, smaller pockets of less-usable spaces have been including specially designed corner properties that better drawn together to create a larger, more functional open space in establish road layouts and eliminate uninviting road-facing the heart of the development, giving residents and visitors alike gables. This creates a friendly and more sociable feel which a space for fun, exercise and relaxation. encourages the creation of a community. We aim to create beautiful streetscapes, therefore allowing Public Places and Green Spaces for more interesting and attractive landscaping opportunities throughout the development, which again enhances the We understand that open spaces and good landscaping are local area. vitally important, not only because of their aesthetic benefits but also for your health and well-being.

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Streetscape Quality homes that can be designed for you

The interior specification has been thoughtfully and carefully considered to ensure a high standard is achieved throughout. Our designers and architects have worked together to deliver the very best in terms of both style and functionality.

House Types have been carefully developed to respond to born finish on all front entrance doors with chrome ironmongery, 21st-century needs. The high-quality specification incorporates ensuring a peaceful and comfortable new home. Our selection many up-to-date design features, with utility appliances, such of bathrooms, cloakrooms and en suites come from a clean and as built-in stainless steel electric ovens, electric hobs and slimline contemporary range and if you want to personalise your home extractor hoods fitted as standard. Alternatives are also offered further, we have an array of hand-picked upgrades to choose from. to let you create an interior unique to you, for example, most These include a choice of coving and cornicing, interior doors, of our house styles offer a choice of bespoke kitchen cabinets, lighting options and more. work surfaces and tiles. We are there to guide you through each of the available options, All windows are double-glazed to ensure maximum insulation and and to help you create your dream home. soundproofing, and we have opted for a more modern grained

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Energy efficiency is considered at every stage of the development, from design and construction to the installation of heating and hot-water systems that reduce your carbon footprint and minimise your energy bills.

The materials used in the construction, the design of each home, layout of the development, and energy efficiencies of the heating and hot-water systems, all contribute to helping lower your energy bills and the carbon footprint of the development now and in the future.

Estimated Energy Use for a 3 bedroom house

Key Benefits: New Scotia Potential Saving Potential Saving 1900s 1960s Home Per Annum Per Month > Highly insulated floors, walls and roof space minimise heat loss Heating £1,425 £486 £233 £1,192 £100 Hot Water £217 £200 £81 £136 £11.50 > Modern condensing boilers reduce costs and produce lower emissions Lighting £98 £59 £57 £41 £3.50 Total Energy £1,740 £745 £371 £1,369 £115 > Energy Performance Certificates detail potential running costs Energy Use 465 kWh/m2 291 kWh/m2 73 kWh/m2 392 kWh/m2 N/A > Energy monitors help to keep an CO2 Emissions 9.3 tonnes 3.5 tonnes 1.3 tonnes 8.0 tonnes N/A eye on your energy usage The figures in the table are taken from current EPCs for typical houses of that period. The Scotia home is from an HT5 Vernacular 3 bedroom terraced house. These figures are for representative purposes only and the Energy Saving methods used by Scotia are not all available at all developments. Full details available from Scotia. Please ask a sales adviser. Our homes give you the reassurance that you are taking a step towards greener living

REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT The Building Regulations set national and local authority standards for carbon dioxide emissions from new homes. Our new homes have been designed to meet these levels, as we know that CO2 reduction is a concern for many of today’s home buyers. Keeping your home warm and providing Energy Performance hot water is arguably the largest single Certificates consumer of energy in any home. So it’s When you buy a new Scotia home, we’ll provide an energy performance important that this function is as energy- certificate. This tells you about the energy- efficient as possible. Our homes generally efficiency of the building, its likely carbon dioxide emissions and the likely costs of heating and lighting use condensing boilers with GasSaver your new home. systems; there may also be a ‘thermal store’ to assist with greater hot-water needs.

BOILERS INSULATION Condensing combination boilers Heat is lost through the floor, walls and We install ‘A’-rated gas boilers which roof, and particularly doors and windows. provide a combination of central Without careful design, ‘thermal bridging’ heating and hot water. This is a very lets heat escape easily, and wastes efficient option for most homes. energy in heat generation. For larger homes that need more hot Floors, walls, ceilings and roof water, we may supplement this with Where possible, these areas of your a FlowSmart system which improves new Scotia home provide uninterrupted boiler performance and avoids the layers of insulation in addition to need for storing hot water in tanks. standard cavity walls, with particular GasSaver attention to airtightness. The GasSaver unit extracts heat from the waste gases that are expelled WINDOWS through the flue. This is then used to Modern ‘A’-rated double-glazing is pre-heat the cold mains water before it used, generally with solar/thermal enters the boiler. This means the boiler glass, gas-filled cavities and warm edge uses less gas to produce heat and hot insulated spacer bars. This reduces heat water – saving on energy bills and loss and maximises ‘solar gain’. Measuring reducing emissions. The frames are compartmented to reduce heat loss, and weather-seals Energy Efficiency Thermal store provide full protection from SAP energy ratings The thermal store, in larger homes using the elements. the GasSaver unit, further pre-heats and SAP (Standard Assessment Procedure) is the UK Government’s recommended stores water, so the boiler works less DOORS method of measuring a property’s to produce consistently hot water for a External doors are of composite overall efficiency. It provides an longer period. construction with internal insulation and energy rating on an individual property basis. Air-source heat pumps draught-proofing to minimise heat loss In some situations, we use an air-source when closed. Glazed doors have similar Energy-saving meters heat pump system. This uses heat thermal properties to windows. An energy-saving meter or monitor exchange with the ambient air to will provide homeowners with provide heating and hot water with WATER EFFICIENCY information to help them keep an eye on the cost of running the home. no direct fossil-fuel consumption and Reducing water consumption, minimal electricity use. through devices such as dual-flush More on U Values toilets and water aerators and restrictors A U value (sometimes called the HEAT DELIVERY on outlets, helps towards environmental overall heat transfer coefficient) Radiators responsibility. These devices can measures the rate of transfer through also reduce energy consumption in part of a building, such as a wall, The position and size of radiators producing hot water. So you can have floor or ceiling. is carefully planned around room the same comfortable showers, sizes and heat requirements, and The U values for new Scotia homes with a potential cost and energy- at Collieburn are well within the complements the capacity of the boiler saving through using less hot water. minimum regulation values. or heat source. Panels are designed to give the maximum heat output for the minimum surface area. where’s it happening? Fraserburgh

Peterhead lies 16 miles north of Aberdeen on the picturesque River Ugie. COLLIEBURN:PETERHEAD Peterhead The development lies between Waterside Road and the Collie Burn. Ellon Inverurie To the north of the site lies Scotia’s Inverugie Meadows development. Aberdeen

The site benefits from great pedestrian and vehicular connections to the wider Banchory Stonehaven surroundings. A network of footpaths allow pedestrians to get around the site with ease, while bus-stops along Waterside Road link Collieburn to the wider Laurencekirk town centre and beyond.

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Peterhead Golf Club

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Clever Tots The Queen Street Nursery Asda Peterhead Dental Centre Academy Post Office A950 First Class Nursery Stepping Stones Nursery Peterhead Baptist Church St Mary’s Church Stevensons Dental Surgery

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Peterhead History

Now Aberdeenshire’s largest settlement, Peterhead began life as a modest fishing town. The completion of the nearby St Fergus gas terminal in the 1970s formed part of a wider transformation of the town into a major oil and gas industry service centre.

Peterhead has evolved to boast a diverse economy, including food processing, textiles, service industries and of course, fishing. Exploring Peterhead Today, the Peterhead Project initiative brings together Aberdeenshire Council, Scottish Enterprise Grampian Within easy reach of Aberdeen, and just a short and Communities Scotland with a drive from the sea, the picturesque town of range of commerce and community representatives in promoting Peterhead remains a popular settlement from business diversification and town- which families and employees live. centre development. Meanwhile the Peterhead Port Authority continues There is always something to do in North East of Scotland. If sailing isn’t to extend the harbour breakwater Peterhead, yet the peace and serenity your thing, Peterhead also offers as a stimulus to the town’s continued economic development. of the nearby beaches is ideal for good facilities for rugby, football, getting away from it all. As well as boxing and golf. providing a popular location for water The town has six primary schools and sports, Peterhead offers you the chance one secondary school, as well as two to observe birds, seals, dolphins and whales. Just outside the town, Bullers of specialist schools for children with Buchan, a collapsed sea cave, provides additional learning needs. It is also some of the most stunning natural home to Scotland’s largest teaching scenery in the region. establishment, Peterhead Academy.

Peterhead Marina offers excellent Peterhead is a town that delivers the facilities for boat owners in the area. ideal balance of the historic and the Comprising more than 100 berths, it has modern. Collieburn has been designed been recognised as one of the best- to blend perfectly with this wonderful equipped leisure harbours in the corner of Scotland. Aberdeen – Scotland’s granite gem

Aberdeen is a vibrant, historic city with a modern twist. There are over 50 primary schools and 12 secondary schools in the city. In addition, Close to Scotland’s largest national park, it has a dramatic there are a number of private schools. coastline, striking granite architecture and excellent Aberdeen is also home to two universities: the ancient University of Aberdeen, the road, rail and air links. Buying a home around Aberdeen fifth-oldest university in the English- represents a great step on the property ladder. speaking world, and The Robert Gordon University, which includes Gray’s School of Art, one of the oldest-established The sparkling granite community nestled reaps vast benefits from connections art colleges. in between the River Dee and the River to the fishing and energy industries. Sitting on the edge of Cairngorms Don dates back over 8,000 years. Widely known as the oil capital of National Park, Aberdeen is ideal for Today, with a population of 220,000, Europe, initiatives are already under those who enjoy getting back to nature. Aberdeen is Scotland’s third-largest city way to extend this recognition to the In winter, the adventurous can visit and was named in a 2012 study as the renewable-energy market. Glenshee, home to Britain’s largest ski-lift fourth most liveable city in the UK. Such high levels of trade mean excellent system. For all-season outdoor pursuits, Aberdeen Harbour lies at the heart of employment rates and a consistently high the Lecht provides skiing when there is the city in more ways than one. Among standard of living. There’s no shortage of snow, or mountain biking and downhill the busiest trust ports in Britain, the city education facilities in Aberdeen. karting when there is not. Aberdeen Did you know?

We all know that Aberdeen is famous for its oil, but here are a few things you might not know about the city and the surrounding area.

> Granite City It’s also called the Grey City and the Silver City with the Golden Sands. The granite used in many of Aberdeen’s buildings contains mica which can sparkle like silver.

> The Press and Journal Aberdeen’s daily paper was established in 1747, making it the world’s third-oldest English-language newspaper.

> Inspiring castles Craigievar Castle, near Alford, was the inspiration behind Walt Disney’s fairytale castles. Slains Castle at Cruden Bay inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

> Aberdeen in bloom Aberdeen has won the Britain in Bloom competition ten times – Urban spirits will enjoy Aberdeen’s a feat that no other city can match. historic Union Street, amid the grand > For golf lovers granite architecture that Aberdeen If you like golf you could play a has become famous for. All major high-street stores can be found within round at a different course in and the city-centre’s many shopping centres, around Aberdeen every week, along with everything you need for for a year. a cosmopolitan shopping, dining > Bon Accord and cinema experience. If you fancy Aberdeen’s motto, translated from something a little more out of the French, means ‘good agreement’. ordinary, take a trip to the boutiques and designer shops in the city’s It’s thought to have been used by West End or one of the street markets Robert the Bruce as a password. that regularly visit the city through > Granite goliath the year. Marischal College, the home of Aberdeen City Council, is the world’s Designer Shopping second-largest granite structure. Variety of Eateries SCOTIA BUILDING THE HOMES YOU WANT

Scotia has been building homes in the north-east of Scotland for over 20 years. We focus on quality and style, building the type of homes, in the type of places you want to live. We shape your homes so that thereafter, they may shape you.

At Scotia, our goal is to build communities as well as homes, so we create a rich interplay of streets, public spaces and architecture. This provides beautiful settings for a wide range of daily activities that you can love and be proud to call home.

Scotia homes are built to the highest standards and we have gained an enviable reputation for both style and functionality. All our properties are supported by the Scotia Charter. This is our commitment to what you can expect, how we’ll communicate with you and how we’ll guide you through the various stages of buying and settling into your new home.

Above is a selection of completed developments within Scotland

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