The very best homes and housebuilders in the UK have been honoured today at the WhatHouse? Awards, the largest and most prestigious event in the industry.
Redrow Homes has been named Housebuilder of the Year for 2018, with judges rewarding its achievements over the last year (building nearly 6,000 homes across England and Wales, reporting record revenues of £1.92bn and record pre-tax profits of £380m, up 21% on 2017) in addition to its history of success and its recent landmark of selling its 100,000th new home – something they call “a remarkable story”.
In addition to its contribution to industry issues and debate, the judges also recognised the exceptional variety of homes the company builds: “[It does] traditional, doffing hard hats to the vernacular and period-style family homes; it does bold and modern; it does garden villages; and – in the case of Colindale Gardens in north-west London – it does brand new urban settlements.”
“A worthy winner of the biggest prize in British housebuilding,” they concluded.
Redrow was also named Best Large Housebuilder (1,000 or more new homes a year), with Hill winning Best Medium Housebuilder (100 to 1,000 units a year) and Fleur Developments taking the title of Best Small Housebuilder (up to 100 homes a year). Southern Housing Group was presented with Gold for Best Housing Association.
London Square won Gold in a host of categories – Best Apartment Scheme, Best Luxury House, Best Luxury Development, Best Mixed-Use Development and Best Interior Design – as well as a Bronze for Best Development.
Other winners include Quintain for Best Build To Rent Project at its major regeneration work in Wembley, Audley Group for Best Retirement Development, Zero C and Places For People for Best Sustainable Development and Henley Homes for Best Regeneration.
Here’s the complete list of WhatHouse? Awards 2018 winners:
Housebuilder of the Year
Redrow Homes
Best Large Housebuilder – sponsored by Heylo Housing
Gold - Redrow Homes
Silver - Avant Homes
Bronze - Places For People
Best Medium Housebuilder – sponsored by Robinson Manufacturing
Gold - Hill
Silver - Spitfire Bespoke Homes
Joint Bronze - Churchill Retirement Living
Joint Bronze - William Davis Homes
Best Small Housebuilder – sponsored by Beko/Appliance Plus+
Gold - Fleur Developments
Silver - Duchy Homes
Joint Bronze - Hayfield Homes
Joint Bronze - Vanderbilt Homes
Housing Association Of The Year – sponsored by WhatHouse?
Gold - Southern Housing Group
Silver - The Hyde Group
Bronze - A2Dominion Group
Best Build To Rent Project – sponsored by Roca
Gold - Tipi @ Wembley Park, Quintain
Silver - Porters Edge, Rotherhithe, Folio London
Best Starter Home Scheme – sponsored by New ID
Gold - Alton Court, London W7, Broadway Living
Silver - Le Bon Court, Harrow, Network Homes
Bronze - Bow River Village, Southern Housing Group
Best House – sponsored by Roca
Gold – Manchester, Urban Splash
Silver - Meaux Rise, Hull, Home Group
Joint Bronze - Woodside Sq, Muswell Hill, Hill
Joint Bronze - Cambian, Southfields, Lendlease
Best Apartment Scheme – sponsored by New Homes Law
Gold - Streatham Hill, London Square
Silver - Queens Wharf, Mount Anvil
Bronze - Blackfriars Circus, Barratt London
Best Luxury House – sponsored by Q Assure
Gold - Star & Garter, London Square
Silver - Manor Barn, Littlebourne, Quinn Estates
Bronze - Pemberley House, Altrincham, PH Property Holdings
Best Renovation – sponsored by Laufen
Gold - The Playfair, Edinburgh, City & Country Residential
Silver - Dudin Brown, Hampstead, Mount Anvil
Joint Bronze - King Edward VII, Midhurst, City & Country Residential
Joint Bronze - Eagle House, Wimbledon, Octagon
Best Development – sponsored by Investec
Gold - Clevedon Hall, Bristol, Spitfire Bespoke Homes
Joint Silver - Bayford Mews, NestEast London
Joint Silver - Muswell Hill, Hill
Bronze - Streatham Hill, London Square
Best Partnership Scheme – sponsored by N&C
Gold - Derwenthorpe, York, Barratt David Wilson Yorkshire East
Silver - Chapel Riverside, Southampton, Inland Homes
Best Luxury Development – sponsored by Haddonstone
Gold - Star & Garter, London Square
Joint Silver - Chelsea Riverside, Hutchison Property Group
Joint Silver - Hampstead Manor, Mount Anvil
Best Mixed-Use Development – sponsored by Connells
Gold - Streatham Hill, London Square
Silver - Music Box, Taylor Wimpey Central London
Bronze - Stamford Hill, Filey Group / Stockwool
Best Retirement Development – sponsored by Nolte
Gold - Audley Redwood, Audley Group
Silver - The Farthings, Beechcroft Developments
Joint Bronze - Quayside, Totnes, The Guinness Partnership
Joint Bronze - Parkland Place, Biggleswade, McCarthy & Stone
Best Sustainable Development – sponsored by WhatHouse?
Gold - Roborough Eco, Plymouth, ZeroC / Places For People
Silver – Kidbrooke, Berkeley Homes East Thames
Best Regeneration – sponsored by Show House Jobs
Gold - Barnes Village, Henley Homes
Silver – Kidbrooke, Berkeley Homes East Thames
Joint Bronze - Cofton Grange, Birmingham, St Modwen Homes
Joint Bronze - Acton Gardens, Countryside / L&Q
Best Interior Design - sponsored by Green Lighting
Gold - Star & Garter, London Square
Silver - 251 Select 10, Oakmayne Properties
Joint Bronze - Penthouse, Birchwood, Fusion Residential
Joint Bronze - Micro Apts, Croydon, Inspired Homes
Best Exterior Design – sponsored by Tobermore
Gold - Hoxton Press, Anthology
Silver - Vi Castle Lane, Sons & Co
Bronze - Carpenters Wharf, Anderson Group
Best Public Realm – sponsored by Show House Jobs
Gold - Great Kneighton, Trumpington, Cambridge, Countryside
Silver - Tadpole Garden Village, Swindon, Wiltshire, Crest Nicholson Strategic Projects
Joint Bronze - Ninewells, Cambridge, Hill
Joint Bronze - Colindale Gardens, London NW9, Redrow Homes