Cumnock's Wee House Group has opened a significant additional working space in their factory.

The additional room takes their premises to a vast 120,000sq feet, an area the size of almost two full-sized football pitches.

Hall 4 is an additional area for the construction of modular homes, required to facilitate fulfilment of a burgeoning order book.

The facility is itself a repurposed entity, once home to the bustling Kingsmead Carpets factory – a major employer in Cumnock at the turn of the century.

The Wee House Group say they are immensely proud to be bringing productive activity and employment back, at scale, to the building on the Caponacre Industrial Estate.

Cumnock Chronicle: Hard at work (Image: The Wee House Company)Hard at work (Image: The Wee House Company) (Image: The Wee House Company)

Now employing over 60 people, the majority of whom are local to Ayrshire, the workforce is back in region of that employed by Kingsmead just over 20 years ago.

Breathing new life into this enormous, historic building has been an outstanding achievement for The Wee House Group, especially in the short time since the company was formed, and the production of sustainable, modular housing, using modern techniques continues to provide a real boost to the local economy.

The Wee House Group use a unique process of building 90 per cent of a house from their factory, before moving it on-site for the final 10 per cent of work to be completed.

One of the notable advantages of this modern construction method is its environmental sustainability.

In comparison to an equivalent, traditionally built project, up to a staggering 67 per cent less energy is required to produce a modular building. In addition, construction waste is considerably reduced through stringent factory recycling and the proper storage and protection of materials.

Jennifer Higgins, Managing Director at The Wee House Group was delighted with the new addition.

She said: “We’re absolutely thrilled to have expanded our manufacturing facility to cope with the growing pipeline of work.

"It’s wonderful to see the volume of houses increasing in the factory week on week and great that we have the space to maximise production”.