Press release: 19.11.202
The WhatHouse? Awards ceremony took place earlier today at London’s JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, where the winners of the 21 categories were eagerly announced. The glittering awards ceremony – dubbed the Oscars of the housebuilding industry - celebrated some of the brightest stars in the housing sector, honoured those who won their category and celebrated all of the well-deserved finalists too.
The WhatHouse? Awards, now in their 41st year, shone a light on customer-focused housebuilders and housing associations, large and small. Those who have refused to be bowed amid the unprecedented challenges of 2020 / 2021 and continued to deliver the best new homes in Britain. The calibre of entrants in each category was very high, with Britain’s housebuilding elite and the new build supply chain filling every seat in the room.
The gala luncheon was hosted by one of Britain’s greatest-ever Olympians Sir Chris Hoy and renowned sports broadcaster and presenter Clare Balding – BBC colleagues who presented the cycling from the velodrome at this year’s Tokyo Olympics.
The full list of winners is as follows:
Housebuilder of the Year Award
Hayfield
Best Large Housebuilder Award
Gold – Berkeley Group
Silver – Redrow
Bronze – Barratt Developments
Best Medium Housebuilder Award
Gold – Hayfield
Silver – Hill
Silver – Weston Homes
Bronze – Bewley Homes
Bronze – Churchill Retirement Living
Best Small Housebuilder Award
Gold – Quinn Homes
Silver – Elite NuGEN
Bronze – Gold Property Developments
Bronze – Owl Homes
Housing Association of the Year Award
Gold – Hyde Group
Silver – Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Bronze – Abri
Best Build to Rent Project Award
Gold - Box Makers Yard, Bristol (Legal & General)
Silver - Aston Place, Birmingham (Dandara Living)
Bronze - Newfoundland, Canary Wharf (Vertus)
Best Starter Home Scheme Award
Gold – Copley, W7 London (Broadway Living)
Silver – Great Glen Gardens, Inverness (Robertson Homes)
Bronze – Edinburgh Way, Harlow (Weston Homes)
Bronze – Woodgate, Pease Pottage (Thakeham Homes)
Best House Award
Gold – Davenport Villas, Oxford (Hill)
Silver – The Beddington, Hawkhurst, Kent (Millwood Designer Homes)
Bronze – Wood End, Tornagrain, Inverness (Places for People)
Best Apartment Scheme Award
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 Award
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 Award
Gold - The 1840, St George’s Gardens, London SW17 (City & Country)
Silver - Ram Quarter, London SW18 (Greenland)
Bronze - Hope House, Bath (Acorn Property Group and Galliard Homes)
Best Development Award
Gold - Ram Quarter, London SW18 (Greenland)
Silver - Merlin Rise, Calne, Wiltshire (Backhouse)
Bronze - LUMA, London N1 (Argent)
Bronze - The Quadrant, Bootham, York (Bootham Developments and Vincent & Brown)
Best Partnership Scheme Award
Gold - Park View, Woodstock, Oxfordshire (Blenheim Estate Homes and West Oxfordshire District Council)
Silver - East Wick + Sweetwater, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20 (Balfour Beatty and Places for People)
Bronze - Blackhorse View, Walthamstow, London E17 (Barratt London and L&Q)
Best Luxury Development Award
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 Award
Gold - The Fruit Market, Hull (Wykeland Beal)
Silver - Ram Quarter, Wandsworth, London SW18 (Greenland)
Bronze - Royal Arsenal Riverside, Woolwich, London SE18 (Berkeley Homes)
Best Retirement Development Award
Gold - The Landsby, Stanmore, London HA7 (Elysian Residences)
Silver - The Vincent, Bristol (Lifestory)
Silver - Greenhaven, Poole, Dorset (McCarthy Stone)
Bronze - Button House, Hackbridge, London SM6 (Brio Retirement Living and Places for People)
Bronze - Park Gardens, Banbury, Oxfordshire (Bromford)
Best Sustainable Development Award
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
Gold - Aberfeldy Village, London E14 (EcoWorld London)
Silver - Fruit Market, Queen Street, Hull (Wykeland Beal)
Bronze - Ram Quarter, London SW18 (Greenland)
Best Interior Design Award
The Fenchurch, London Dock, Wapping, E1 (St George)
Seaview Meadows, Saltdean, Sussex (Hyde New Homes)
The Hanwell, Hayfield Wood, Broad Blunsdon, Wiltshire (Hayfield)
Best Exterior Design Award
One Park Drive, Canary Wharf, London E14 (Canary Wharf Group)
Newfoundland, Canary Wharf, London E14 (Vertus)
The Quadrant, Bootham, York (Bootham Developments and Vincent & Brown)
Best Public Realm Award
Gold - Hayfield Green, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire (Hayfield)
Silver - Caddington Woods, Caddington, Bedfordshire (Redrow)
Bronze - Hendon Waterside, London NW9 (Barratt London)
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.”
The complete Judges Report can be viewed here
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The annual WhatHouse? Awards have been running for 41 years. Dubbed ‘the Oscars of the housebuilding industry’, the awards are the biggest accolades in British housebuilding and sponsored by the leading names in the new build supply chain.
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