The very best new homes and housebuilders in Britain have been honoured today at the WhatHouse? Awards 2021, which took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane.
In a ceremony hosted by Clare Balding and Sir Chris Hoy, Hayfield was crowned Housebuilder of the Year, the most prestigious accolade in the new homes industry.
As well as winning the blue riband Housebuilder of the Year title, Hayfield won Gold for Best Medium Housebuilder and Best Public Realm categories, and Bronze for Best Interior Design at its Hayfield Wood development in Wiltshire.
Andy Morris, managing director of Hayfield, said: “We are ecstatic and immensely proud to have been awarded Housebuilder of the Year at the 41st WhatHouse? Awards! This accolade is usually awarded to a housebuilder that has been established for a lot longer than our five years. This ‘best of the best’ award is fiercely contested, so we feel very honoured to have received such glowing praise from the panel of industry judges.”
Berkeley Group was named Best Large Housebuilder and Quinn Homes Best Small Housebuilder. The Housing Association of the Year title was won by The Hyde Group. Developer Greenland received Awards in five categories for its Ram Quarter scheme in Wandsworth, south London, while other multi-Award winners include Dandara, Hill, Barratt London, Berkeley Group and Elite NuGEN.
The judges said: “It has been an absolute delight to witness such well deserving housebuilders and individuals receive their accolades at the WhatHouse? Awards today. Each winner was selected for the outstanding variety, quality, boldness, and integrity of the homes they create. Their accomplishments are even more laudable given the events of the last 18 months and the brutality of the pandemic across all lives and all businesses. We are confident that the winners will use these awards as a symbol of prestige and excellence, the ultimate sales and marketing edge over their competitors and a reassurance to buyers that they are purchasing from Britain’s very best housebuilders.”
Here is the full list of winners:
Housebuilder Of The Year
Hayfield
Best Large Housebuilder – sponsored by BT
Gold: Berkeley Group
Silver: Redrow
Bronze: Barratt Developments
Best Medium Housebuilder – sponsored by Robinsons Manufacturing Ltd
Gold: Hayfield
Silver: Hill
Silver: Weston Homes
Bronze: Churchill Retirement Living
Bronze: Bewley Homes
Best Small Housebuilder – sponsored by Nicholls & Clarke
Gold: Quinn Homes
Silver: Elite NuGEN
Bronze: Gold Property Developments
Bronze: Owl Homes
Housing Association of the Year – sponsored by Show House
Gold: Hyde Group
Silver: Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Bronze: Abri
Best Build To Rent Project – sponsored by BT
Gold: Box Makers’ Yard, Bristol, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) Real Assets
Silver: Aston Place, Birmingham, Dandara Living
Bronze: Newfoundland, Canary Wharf, London E14, Vertus
Best Starter Home Scheme – sponsored by Connells
Gold: Copley W7, Ealing, London W7, Broadway Living
Silver: Great Glen Gardens, Inverness, Robertson Homes
Bronze: Woodgate, Pease Pottage, West Sussex, Thakeham Homes
Bronze: Edinburgh Way, Harlow, Essex, Weston Homes
Best House – sponsored by Athena Worktops
Gold: Davenport Villas, Mosaics, Oxford, Hill
Silver: The Beddington, Heartenoak Meadows, Hawkhurst, Kent, Millwood Designer Homes
Bronze: Wood End, Tornagrain, Inverness, Places for People
Best Apartment Scheme – sponsored by Roca
Gold: The Playfair at Donaldson’s, Edinburgh, City & Country
Silver: London Square Bermondsey, London SE1, London Square
Silver: 1887 The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Dandara
Bronze: Ram Quarter, Wandsworth, London SW18, Greenland
Bronze: Eddington Park, Herne Bay, Kent, Quinn Homes
Best Luxury House – sponsored by Haddonstone
Gold: Hambleton Grange, Hambleton, Rutland, Grange Developments
Silver: La Rochelle, St Peter, Jersey, Dandara
Bronze: Further Meadow, Swallow Close, Kingsley, Cheshire, CB Homes
Best Renovation – sponsored by Roca
Gold: The 1840, St George’s Gardens, London SW17, City & Country
Silver: Ram Quarter, Wandsworth, London SW18, Greenland
Bronze: Hope House, Bath, Acorn Property Group and Galliard Homes
Best Development – sponsored by Premier Guarantee
Gold: Ram Quarter, Wandsworth, London SW18, Greenland
Silver: Merlin Rise, Calne, Wiltshire, Backhouse Housing
Bronze: LUMA, London N1, Argent
Bronze: The Quadrant, Bootham, York, Bootham Developments and Vincent & Brown
Best Partnership Scheme – sponsored by Omega Kitchens
Gold: Park View, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, Blenheim Estate Homes and West Oxfordshire District Council
Silver: East Wick + Sweetwater, QueenElizabeth Olympic Park, London E20, Balfour Beatty and Places for People
Bronze: Blackhorse View, Walthamstow, London E17, Barratt London and L&Q
Best Luxury Development – sponsored by Laufen
Gold: One Park Drive, Canary Wharf, London E14, Canary Wharf Group
Silver: South Quay Plaza, London E14, Berkeley Homes
Bronze: The Serpentine, Alderley Park, Cheshire, PH Homes
Best Mixed-Use Development – sponsored by heylo
Gold: The Fruit Market, Hull, Wykeland Beal
Silver: Ram Quarter, Wandsworth, London SW18, Greenland
Bronze: Royal Arsenal Riverside, Woolwich, London SE18, Berkeley
Best Retirement Development – sponsored by Hamro
Gold: The Landsby, Stanmore, London HA7, Elysian Residences
Silver: The Vincent, Bristol, Lifestory
Silver: Greenhaven, Poole, Dorset. McCarthy Stone
Bronze: Park Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire, Bromford
Bronze: Button House, Hackbridge, London SM6, Brio Retirement Living and Places for People
Best Sustainable Development – sponsored by AO
Gold: Priddy’s Hard, Gosport, Hampshire, Elite NuGEN
Silver: Knights Park, Eddington, Cambridge, Hill
Bronze: Kidbrooke Village, Greenwich, London SE3, Berkeley Homes
Best Regeneration Scheme – sponsored by Shawbrook Bank
Gold: Aberfeldy Village, London E14, EcoWorld London
Silver: Fruit Market, Queen Street, Hull, Wykeland Beal
Bronze: Ram Quarter, Wandsworth, London SW18, Greenland
Best Interior Design – sponsored by Sign Build
Gold: The Fenchurch, London Dock, Wapping, London E1, St George
Silver: Seaview Meadows, Saltdean, Sussex, Hyde New Homes
Bronze: The Hanwell, Hayfield Wood, Broad Blunsdon, Wiltshire, Hayfield
Best Exterior Design – sponsored by BPC Recruitment
Gold: One Park Drive, Canary Wharf, London E14, Canary Wharf Group
Silver: Newfoundland, Canary Wharf, London E14, Vertus
Bronze: The Quadrant, Bootham, York, Bootham Developments and Vincent & Brown
Best Public Realm – sponsored by WhatHouse?
Gold: Hayfield Green, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, Hayfield
Silver: Caddington Woods, Caddington, Bedfordshire, Redrow
Bronze: Hendon Waterside, Hendon Waterside, London NW9, Barratt London