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WhatHouse? Awards 2016 winners – Spitfire Bespoke Homes, Best Small Housebuilder

Posted 5 December 2016 by Keith Osborne

This growing housebuilder upgraded last year's Silver in this category to Gold at the UK's most prestigious new homes awards event...

Warwickshire-based Spitfire Bespoke Homes went one better than last year at the WhatHouse? Awards 2016, converting their Silver from 12 months ago into Gold in the Best Small Housebuilder category.

The Spitfire team received their award from guest host, Lord (William) Hague in front of 1,700 industry figures at biggest event in UK housebuilding, at the 35th WhatHouse? Awards Gala Luncheon, held in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane.

WhatHouse? Awards 2016 judges' reportWith a newly opened office in Maidenhead to lead its expansion from its Midlands roots into the South East and beyond, it’s clear that the housebuilder is full of ambition, approaching the 100 homes a year mark that would see them into the Medium Housebuilder category.

David Jervis, managing director of Spitfire says: “We are absolutely thrilled to have been won the Gold award in the Best Small Housebuilder category at the WhatHouse? Awards.

After winning silver in 2015, this is a strong endorsement of our continued approach to development. We always aim to build beautiful, bespoke homes in outstanding locations, designed to create vibrant places which residents can enjoy for many years to come.”

The WhatHouse? judging panel said this of the housebuilder: “You can always tell a developer with design in its soul and part of its ethos. That is the case with Spitfire.

“Spitfire currently builds around 90 homes a year and its turnover in the last year increased by a huge 170% – testament to the rapid growth of a company only born six years ago. It has plenty of property pedigree and clout as part of IM Properties – a compelling story in its own right as part of the IM Group, best known in the world of motors.

“Spitfire chooses its materials with great care, appropriate to location and vernacular but with an overarching design flair to ensure its homes really are bespoke. Sustainability and customer care are also core beliefs and strengths, as is the company’s development and training of its staff.”

Find out more about the WhatHouse? Awards 2016 here. 


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