But just a matter of yards away residents claim they are living in a filthy dumping ground surrounded by drug addicts, used needles and rats.
And despite the new houses they say the area is getting worse, not better.
Two areas have been highlighted just this week by residents angry at the neglect by the authorities despite pleas for action.
Owner of the Football Arms, Alex Craven told The Press: "I was taking my dog out in the morning and he started pulling. When I looked he was trying to chase a dirty great rat."
Blackspot number one is the large parking area at the rear of the pub, which used to be home to several lock-up garages until the council agreed to knock them down.
But they left one in the corner of the car park after complications about its ownership.
Mr Craven added: "The problem is the garage up the back was demolished by residents because it was being used by junkies but now it's infested with all sorts and has become a dumping ground for three-piece-suites and anything else you can think of.
"It's a total health hazard. A bairn's going to be bitten by a rat or jagged with a needle.
"But nobody from the council seems to care."
And one local resident, who did not wish to be named, said she was reluctant to even let her children out to play.
She said: "This place is a nightmare. When I let the bairns out to play, even in the back garden, I have to check it first for needles."
Blackspot number two is the nearby former Alison Street Clinic, also claimed to be attracting drug addicts who discard their used needles, this time next to a children's play park.
Residents are calling for the disused building to be demolished before a child is seriously injured.
Said one mother: "There are often needles left lying around there and the kids will sometimes go across if they are at the play park.
"You can warn them every day, but it makes no difference."
After being contacted by the Fife Free Press the local authority sent workers to clean up the car park area, which is owned by Fife Council's housing services department.
But Mr Craven claimed only half the job was done.
He said: "They were told just to tidy the place up but they didn't go anywhere near the garage or the other rubbish that's been thrown over the walls into the gardens."
Links councillor Alice Soper visited the area with representatives from the newly formed Tenants and Residents' Association in the summer.
She said: "The garage is being used by all sorts of people and does need to be cleaned up. I have been aware of this for the last two years and I have raised the matter time and time again at various agendas.
"I have also written to the NHS Board asking what is happening with the clinic and was told by Professor McGoldrick that it is surplus to their requirements.
I have asked him what is happening to it as the children are going behind it and are in danger from discarded needles."
Dave Wilson, technical officer in Fife Council's environmental team, said the work to clear the garage area was currently out to tender.
But he said officers were not aware of the problems with vermin or needles.
"Our environmental warden found no evidence of needles but that's not to say it's not happening," he said.
"And the pest control operative visited the area and left test baits around the garage but also found nothing.
"Again that's not to say it's not happening. But without evidence there's no further action we can take on it."
Talking about the former clinic premises in Alison Street, a spokesman for Fife NHS Board added: "The building was damaged by fire some time ago. There has been no clinical activity in the building over the past year - the services were reorganised after the fire and are operating well in their new locations. "NHS Fife is currently going through a statutory process of identifying any other potential use for the building.
"If there is no alternative NHS Fife user, the Board will be asked to declare the building surplus and it will be offered for other public sector use before being sold on the open market."