Housebuilder Awards 2015

Crest is Housebuilder of the Year

Crest Nicholson has been crowned large Housebuilder of the Year for the second year running at the 2015 Housebuilder Awards at a packed ceremony in London.

A2Dominion won medium sized Housebuilder of the Year, while small Housebuilder of the Year was handed to Larkfleet.

The best housebuilder accolades were the culmination of a night of celebration hosted by comedian Tim Vine, in which Barratt scooped the Sustainable housebuilder of the Year gong.

The Housebuilder Awards are organised by Housebuilder magazine and supported by NHBC and HBF. They reward excellence across the housebuilding disciplines.

Crest won the Best community initiative award and also picked up the award for Best design (four storeys or more) for its Townhouse Collection at Bath Riverside. Fabrica by A2Dominion won Best low or zero carbon initiative for Elmsbrook at NW Bicester.

Other winners included Taylor Wimpey, for Best marketing initiative, Keepmoat for Best regeneration initiative while Beal Developments won the Best customer satisfaction award.

Ortus Homes, from McCarthy & Stone, took the Best retirement scheme award for Scarlet Oak in Solihull. Best design (three storeys or fewer) went to Countryside for the Hemingway at Aura in Cambridge, while Hopkins Homes won the new Best refurbishment award.

In the Best product category Donaldson Timber Engineering’s SafeStep led the way while Oregon Timber Frame secured Subcontractor of the Year.

Award categories

Best low or zero carbon initiative

Fabrica by A2Dominion - Elmsbrook at NW Bicester (Winner)
Linden Homes - Home @ Heartlands, Redruth (Commended)
Morris Homes – Vista, Peterborough (Commended)
Taylor Wimpey, L+Q and LLDC - Chobham Manor, London

Best customer satisfaction initiative

Beal Developments - Giving buyers the freedom (Winner)
HTA Design – Home Performance Label
Miller Homes - Making 'The Miller Difference'
Stewart Milne Homes North - Building customer services

Best regeneration initiative

Keepmoat – Hull (Winner)
A2Dominion - Stanwell New Start
Crest Nicholson Regeneration - Bath Riverside (Commended)
David Wilson Homes - Garnett Wharfe, Otley
Hill, LB of Waltham Forest, ISHA and Pollard Thomas Edwards - The Scene, Walthamstow (Commended)
L&Q - The City Mills, Haggerston
McCarthy and Stone in partnership with H20 Urban - Hayhurst Quay, Northwich
Taylor Wimpey – Somerdale, Keynsham

Best refurbishment project

Hopkins Homes - Bure Place, Norfolk (Winner)
Abbeymill Homes - Whitelands Farm, Bicester
Dorchester Living - The Contemporary Collection, Heyford Park (Commended)
Origin Housing - Suffolk House, Fitzrovia
Taylor Wimpey - Morgan House, Camden Town

Best community initiative

Crest Nicholson - A visionary community interest company (Winner)
Keepmoat - Thurnscoe Alliance
Linden Homes - White Rock, Paignton
Taylor Wimpey - Schools initiative (Commended)

Best marketing initiative

Taylor Wimpey - Lyde Green ‘Glass House’, Bristol (Winner)
Bellway - Pembury Circus, Hackney
CALA Homes – It could only be CALA
City & Country - King Edward VII Estate, Midhurst
L&Q - Priced In (Commended)
Redrow Homes - Very Redrow (Commended)

Best retirement scheme

Ortus Homes - Scarlet Oak, Solihull (Winner)
Larkfleet Homes - The Croft at Baston
Renaissance Villages and Helical Bar - Durrants Village, Horsham

Best design for three storeys or fewer

Countryside - The Hemingway, Aura, Great Kneighton, Cambridge (Winner)
CALA Homes - Trinity Park, Edinburgh
Crest Nicholson Regeneration - Ouzel Island, Oakgrove Village
HTA Design – Upper Tuesley, Milford
Keepmoat – Falstaff, Sheffield
Kier Living Eastern - The Waterfront, Worthing (Commended)
Taylor Wimpey, L+Q and LLDC - Chobham Manor, London

Best design for four storeys or more

Crest Nicholson Regeneration - The Townhouse Collection, Bath Riverside (Winner)
Bellway - New Festival Quarter, Poplar
Countryside - The Abercrombie, Aura, Great Kneighton, Cambridge
Fabrica by A2Dominion - City Wharf
Gentoo Group - Shaw Wood Gate, Durham
Hill, LB of Waltham Forest, ISHA and Pollard Thomas Edwards - The Scene, Walthamstow
Taylor Wimpey - St Dunstan’s Court, London
Taylor Wimpey, L+Q and LLDC - Chobham Manor, London (Commended)