Go ahead for Invernevis refurbishment

Members of The Highland Council’s Housing and Social Work Committee have given the go ahead to plans for a £2 million refurbishment of Invernevis Home, Fort William.

The Committee is to invest £1.7 million over the next five years to upgrade the two-storey building and extend its capacity to 28-residents. This is additional to the £302,000 already committed to the home for necessary immediate refurbishment.

The refurbishment will be phased within Invernevis, to minimise disruption to residents.  NHS Highland has agreed that the adjacent Belhaven Unit can be used to provide additional capacity during the refurbishment.

The Council has already agreed to upgrade homes at Ach an Eas, Inverness, and Grant House, Grantown at a cost of £1.8 million and is also exploring how the vacant site at the former Burnside Home, in Inverness, can be best used.