Families settling in new homes

Pleased Amanda Bicknell is says she couldn't dream of anywhere better for her kids

- STAFF REPORTER

Families have begun to settle into their new council homes with two mums highlighting how much the properties will enhance the lives of their families.

Amanda Bicknell along with her two children are just one of the families to have recently moved into a new housing development in Pappert, Bonhill.

Elected members, representatives from the council's housing section and the Scottish Government visited the site recently to witness its and see inside some of the properties.

Amanda, along with her son Sean, aged three, and one-year-old Bonnie recently moved into a mid-terrace property in Lavender Gardens having previously stayed at West Bridgend.

She said: "We were staying in the high flats in Dumbarton for about three and a half years.

"Sean is autistic and he is non-verbal.

"We have now got our own garden and the kids have got their own bedrooms.

"They have put me in the middle. The two other gardens have gates but mine doesn’t which is perfect because, otherwise, Sean would just get out all the time. I know it is safe for him. I couldn’t dream of anything better for the kids."