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Deadline EXTENDED - FRIDAY 18 MAY

Categories

1. Best low or zero carbon initiative – entrants must demonstrate how their products, initiatives or developments are excelling and innovating in the drive to reduce and eliminate carbon emissions in new homes
 
2. Best customer satisfaction initiative – entrants must demonstrate how their firm has put the customer at the heart of the home buying process through their company culture and initiatives

3. Best regeneration project – entrants must demonstrate how they have joined forces with the public sector to facilitate and deliver a regeneration scheme

4. Best community initiative – entrants must demonstrate how they have engaged and worked with the local community to ensure new developments, or schemes associated with new developments, enhance and improve the local environment

5. Best marketing initiative – entrants will be judged on the imagination, innovation and effectiveness of a marketing initiative or campaign, whether to promote a specific scheme or to attract and facilitate first time buyers and others to a particular project

6. Best retirement scheme – entrants must demonstrate how they have catered to the ageing population in their use of design and customer care

7. Best design for three storeys or fewer – entrants must display excellence in overall design, including aesthetics, suitability for purpose and sustainability issues in new homes

8. Best design for four storeys or more – again entrants must display excellence in overall design, including aesthetics, suitability for purpose and sustainability issues in new homes

9. Best product  – entrants must demonstrate  excellence, innovation and imagination in the delivery of a product, technology or system which improves the housebuilding process in terms of meeting regulations, saving money,  tackling a particular need in the new home or enhancing the new home experience for customers

10. Sustainable housebuilder of the year – entrants must demonstrate how they have successfully improved the sustainability credentials of their company, their developments and the products employed.

(all entrants for the above categories will be entered into the Housebuilder of the year categories)

11. Housebuilder of the year – small/medium

12. Housebuilder of the year – large

How the awards work....

Judges will be looking for examples of initiative, innovation and imagination in addressing the demands of each category.  Entries are open to developers and suppliers/consultants, where appropriate.  Third party testimonials in support of entries are strongly encouraged to establish the overall reputation of a particular project or initiative.

The top ten categories are available to enter.  Our judges will select the winners of the ‘housebuilder of the year’ awards from all entries submitted in other categories. 
Entrants should show evidence of innovation and improvement over the past 18 months.  Developments/initiatives do not necessarily have to be completed, but entry must state what stage it is at.

Entrants may submit as many entries as they wish in all categories, each entry requires a separate submission and the entry form can be photocopied.

Each entry must comprise a statement of not more than 500 words on a maximum of four pages of A4 (stapled, not bound).  Images can be inserted within these four pages.  Five copies of the 500 word submission must be supplied with each entry within each category, these are sent to judges before the panel meet.

Additional material (such as photographs, DVD and third party endorsements) should also be included.  Only one copy of additional material is required and should be presented in an A4 size folder.  These will be presented to the judges at the panel.

Please supply at least one jpeg image for possible use on the awards presentation and magazine coverage.  Copyright approval must be obtained for all material submitted.

Entries must be submitted by noon on Friday 18 May (extended and final deadline)

The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to.

Winners may advertise their success in promotional literature and on stationary, stating the year in which they won.