At a ceremony hosted by former Leader of the Conservative Party William Hague and England Rugby World Cup winner and broadcaster Maggie Alphonsi, Berkeley Group was crowned Housebuilder of the Year at the 2022 What House? Awards.
Berkeley Group, whose brands include Berkeley Homes, St George, St James, St Edward, St William and St Joseph, also won Gold in four categories: Best Large Housebuilder, Best Development, Best Regeneration Scheme and Best Public Realm.
The Best Medium Housebuilder title went to Weston Homes, with Kebbell triumphing in the Small Housebuilder category. Orbit Group was crowned Housing Association of the Year.
There was notable success too for a number of multiple winners: City & Country, Places for People, The Hill Group, Barratt Developments, Countryside, Battersea Power Station, Springfield Properties and London Square.
“With over 1,500 industry professionals and guests in the room, the What House? Awards was a celebration of the best new homes in Britain and those who created them – the people, the products and the services,” said Rupert Bates, editorial director of Whathouse.com and Show House magazine.
Here is the full list of winners of the WhatHouse? Awards 2022, and you can read the Judges Report here:
Housebuilder Of The Year
Berkeley Group
Best Large Housebuilder – sponsored by heylo
Gold: Berkeley Group
Silver: Redrow
Silver: Places for People
Bronze: Barratt Developments
Bronze: Gleeson Homes
Best Medium Housebuilder – sponsored by Robinson Manufacturing Limited
Gold: Weston Homes
Silver:Hayfield
Silver: Bewley Homes
Bronze: Castle Green Homes
Bronze: Hill
Best Small Housebuilder – sponsored by Nicholls & Clarke
Gold: Kebbell
Silver: Springbourne Homes
Bronze: Antler Homes
Bronze: Burrington Estates
Housing Association of the Year – sponsored by Reach
Gold: Orbit Homes
Best Build To Rent Project – sponsored by BT
Gold: Chapel Wharf, Salford, Dandara Living
Silver: Barking Wharf Square, Barking, EcoWorld London and Apo Group Ltd
Bronze: Royal Winchester House, Bracknell, Berkshire, Comer Homes
Best Starter Home Scheme – sponsored by Connells Group
Gold: Factory No.1, Bedminster, Bristol, City & Country
Silver: Victoria Central, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, Weston Homes
Silver: Southmere, Thamesmead, Bexley, Peabody
Bronze: Tornagrain, Inverness, Places for People Scotland
Best House – sponsored by Athena Surfaces
Gold: ‘The Cavendish’, Knights Park, Eddington, Cambridge, Hill
Silver: ‘Villas on the Green’, Woodgate, Pease Pottage, West Sussex, Thakeham
Bronze: ‘The Stewart Garden Room’, Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Robertson Homes
Best Apartment Scheme – sponsored by Roca
Gold: Forest Gate House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Reigate Land
Silver: Hayes Village, Hayes, London, Barratt London
Bronze: Sandgate Pavilions, Sandgate, Kent, Sunningdale House Developments
Bronze: Oxygen, Manchester, Property Alliance Group
Best Luxury House – sponsored by Haddonstone
Gold: ‘Rycroft House’, Knutsford, Cheshire, Brighouse Homes
Silver: ‘Rosefinch House’, Richmond Riverside, London, Nomad Property
Bronze: ‘The Berkhamsted’, Kings Croft, Killinghall, Harrogate, Harron Homes
Best Renovation – sponsored by What House Digital
Gold: Battersea Power Station, London, Battersea Power Station
Silver: The Playfair at Donaldson's, Edinburgh, City & Country
Silver: The Pickle Factory, Bermondsey, London, London Square
Bronze: King Edward VII Estate, Midhurst, West Sussex, City & Country
Best Development – sponsored by Premier Guarantee
Gold: Chelsea Creek, London, St George
Silver: Mulberry Park, Bath, Curo
Bronze: Chapelton, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Places for People Scotland
Bronze: The 1840, St George's Gardens, London, City & Country
Best Partnership Scheme – sponsored by Omega
Gold: Royal Hill Park, Redhill, Surrey, Countryside and Royal Institute of Blind People
Silver: Ironworks, Cambridge, The Hill Group and Cambridge City Council
Bronze: Westwood Acres, Broadstairs, Kent, Legal & General Modular Homes
Best Luxury Development – sponsored by Smeg
Gold: Goodluck Hope, Docklands, London, Ballymore
Silver: One, St Johns Wood, London, Regal London
Bronze: Belvedere Gardens, Southbank, London, Braeburn Estates
Best Mixed-Use Development – sponsored by TriConnex
Gold: Battersea Power Station, London, Battersea Power Station
Silver: High Street Quarter, Hounslow, London, Barratt London
Bronze: East Wick + Sweetwater, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Places for People and Balfour Beatty Investments
Best Retirement Development – sponsored by Spring
Gold: Riverstone Kensington, London, Riverstone
Silver: Campbell House, Weybridge, Surrey, McCarthy Stone
Bronze: Riverain Lodge, Taunton, Somerset, Churchill Retirement Living
Best Sustainable Development – sponsored by myenergi
Gold: Bertha Park, Perth, Springfield Properties
Silver: Aspen Grove, Rumney, Cardiff, Wates Residential
Bronze: Hayfield Walk, Hanslope, Buckinghamshire, Hayfield
Bronze: Kingsbrook, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, Barratt Developments
Best Regeneration Scheme – sponsored by Laufen
Gold: White City Living, West London, St James
Silver: East Wick + Sweetwater, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, Places for People and Balfour Beatty Investments
Bronze: Prince Philip Park, Whitehill & Bordon, Hampshire, Whitehill & Bordon Regeneration Company
Best Interior Design – sponsored by Signtouch
Gold: Nightingale House, Gun Hill Park, Aldershot, Hampshire, Weston Homes
Silver: Apartment 72, The Pickle Factory, Bermondsey, London, London Square
Bronze: Beaufort, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Spitfire Homes
Best Exterior Design – sponsored by VELUX
Gold: Knights Park, Eddington, Cambridge, Hill
Silver: Rochester Riverside, Rochester, Kent, Countryside Partnerships
Bronze: Chilmington Lakes, Ashford, Kent, Hodson Developments
Best Public Realm – sponsored by BPC Recruitment
Gold: Hartland Village, Fleet, Hampshire, St Edward
Silver: Dykes of Gray, Dundee, Springfield Properties
Silver: Wembley Park, London, Quintain
Bronze: Chelsea Creek, London, St George
Bronze: Saxon Brook, Pinhoe, Exeter, Redrow
You can read the Judges Report in full here.