One Year On: WhatHouse? Award-Winner Quinn Homes

The WhatHouse? Awards 2022 – the most prestigious in the UK housebuilding industry – takes place on Friday 18 November, in the run-up to it we review one of last year’s winners, Quinn Homes.

The housebuilding arm of Quinn Estates won two Awards in 2021 – Gold in the Best Small Housebuilder category, and Bronze for its Eddington Park development in Herne Bay, Kent, in the Best Apartment Scheme category.

The 2021 event was the 41st WhatHouse? Awards Gala Luncheon, which took place at the JM Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, hosted by broadcaster Clare Balding and Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy.

For their decision to give the company the top honour in the Best Small Housebuilder category, the judges stated: “Quinn Homes was born out of enterprising mixed-use specialist Quinn Estates and this Kent-based housebuilder is proving quite the progeny. Quinn does bespoke homes; it does restoration and conversion of historic buildings, but above all it is wedded to and engrained in its county community.

“The developer is not just about homes, but the wider social and environmental significance of its footprint, building parks, hospices and schools, investing in its garden of England backyard with vim and vigour. Social impact is as important to Quinn as the residential offering, with funding support for community work and assets across the region it operates in.

Eddington Park

“Design is bold and daring, technology sustainable and meaningful, while Quinn’s local immersion extends to working with Kent colleges, supporting training and creating jobs. A worthy gold.”

For the Best Apartment Scheme category, the Eddington Park development in Herne Bay won Bronze. It comprises a range of one-, two- and three-bedroom properties in a low-rise, contemporary design based on the distinctive Kent vernacular architecture. The judges admired not just the homes, but also Quinn Homes’ contribution to the area surrounding the sit, saying: “The developer is proud of the project’s legacy, which offers major social and economic benefits to the local community in the form of the Herne Bay Sports Hub, which was funded by the Quinn Group to the tune of £10million. A high-quality development at the heart of its community.”

Of the company’s Awards success, Mark Quinn, CEO and chairman of Quinn Homes, commented: “To be acknowledged for our ambition, innovation and design, as well as for supporting the communities in which we build is a huge honour. We also feel extremely proud to be awarded Bronze in the Best Apartment Scheme category in recognition of the high-quality design and legacy of our Eddington Park project. I would also like to thank the judging panel and WhatHouse? for choosing us to win these awards, it truly is an honour.”

Find out more about Eddington Park from Quinn Homes.

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Find out more about all the winners and the WhatHouse? Awards 2021.

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