In 2007, hundreds of householders in the area received substantial council tax refunds after it was found that their homes had been incorrectly placed in too high a 'band' for the size and standard of property since the system was introduced 14 years earlier.

[10] Among the few exceptions to the predominant housing style are a pair of sandstone workers' cottages located at the southern edge of the King's Park on Croftpark Avenue, dating from the mid-19th century when it was a rural estate.

The boundary with Simshill at Carmunnock Road also includes a cluster of shops, a United Free church[12] and Croftfoot Bowling Club (founded in 1954).

[13] There is one further church, of the Baptist denomination, on Castlemilk Road near Spittal,[14] sited next to a petrol station and another group of shops, as well as The Croft, the only public house (and restaurant) in the area.

[15][16] In 2016, the area's recreation fields south of the railway tracks – which had been bequeathed to the community 'in perpituity' in the 1930s but had been allowed to become overgrown over a number of years – were subject to planning applications for new housing.