Boost as derelict pub is converted into new homes

properties I hope to build on the land beside it.

“There’s definitely a need for housing of this type in Dundee and we are currently working with the council so that we can move ahead with our new application as quickly as possible.”

Originally built as a home for the manager of the old Claverhouse Bleach Works, the Victorian-era property has changed hands numerous times over the decades.

And as the Mains of Claverhouse pub, the building was the focus of national attention after an armed robbery by a paramilitary group in 2003.

Since shutting its doors for good as a pub, the building has been the target of multiple acts of vandalism and fireraising. In 2011, a suspicious fire completely gutted the building.

Mr Dyer says he’s hopeful the redevelopment will bring an end to such antisocial behaviour and benefit the neighbourhood.

As part of the development just completed, the derelict function suite that was added on to the original listed building was demolished.

Builders then divided the old pub into two flats comprising three bedrooms.

The grade C-listed building had lain empty for several years before Mr Dyer took on the redevelopment.

Plans for the property in the past included turning it into a restaurant.

Tom Dyer outside the redeveloped pub. Right: Before the makeover.