Work on more than 100 sites has been completed during the first stages of a £175 million housing revamp.

Bradford Community Housing Trust has so far spent £88 million on more than 8,000 properties since February 2003.

The housing trust has now started work on a further 60 projects to improve more than 3,600 homes in outer districts of Bradford, including Keighley and Shipley.

And there are plans for further improvements on more of the 23,000 properties managed by the Trust.

The improvements include installing central heating and double glazing, rewiring, fitting new kitchens and bathrooms and refurbishing buildings. Geraldine Howley, Trust Group chief executive, said today: "Our investment programme aims to create strong, secure and sustainable neighbourhoods and the work shows we are playing a major part in the regeneration of the district."

Residents on Rowan Avenue, Thornbury, where 71 Trust homes are under renovation, said the work had improved the neighbourhood. "I think people take more pride. Those who own their own homes on the avenue have started to do their houses up as well," said Sandra Bullock, 57.

The Trust homes there have had an overhaul which has included the installation of new kitchens and bathrooms, rewiring the entire property and re-cladding the outside of the houses. Miss Bullock, who has lived in her home for 38 years, said: "The last time I had anything like this done was in 1981, almost 25 years ago, it has made a big difference."

Edna Guy, 76, was one of the first residents to have work done. "They asked me if I wanted the wall between the toilet and the bathroom knocking down - it was extra work but I thought I might as well have it done all at the same time and now my bathroom is lovely. I'm glad they gave me the choice."

Mrs Guy, a grandmother, had her house re-wired, and following the work she decided to spruce up other areas of her home. She also welcomed the addition of security lights on the outside of the property.

While the project has helped to boost Bradford's neighbourhoods, the work has also helped a city business employing disabled residents from across the district to smash their £10 million profit mark.

The Industrial Services Group (ISG) has so far supplied the Trust with more than 25,000 windows and 8,500 doors for the regeneration project.

And this month ISG added invoices totalling £350,000 to the £9.8 million already earned through the scheme.