HOUSEBUILDER AWARDS 2025
Bellway was crowned Large Housebuilder of the Year at The Housebuilder Awards 2025 last night, as the industry united to celebrate the best in the UK new homes sector.
Bellway, Britain’s sixth biggest housebuilder according to the latest Housing Market Intelligence Report, impressed across five categories. It was winner of both the Best sustainability initiative award for its Builds homes of the future today programme, and the Best design for four storeys or more award for Fielders Quarter West Circus, Barking.
It was a finalist in three categories – Best regeneration initiative for St George’s Park, Hornchurch, Best design for three storeys or fewer for Springstead Village, Cambridge and Charlotte Benson, Bellway’s trainee quantity surveyor, featured as a Housebuilder Star finalist.
The Housebuilder Awards host was Rylan. The event was attended by 750 guests at The InterContinental London - The O2.
Housing association Peabody was hailed Medium housebuilder of the year. It scooped the Best marketing initiative award for The Lumiere Edition, New Mansion Square, Battersea. And its Morpeth Road, Hackney scheme was joint winner in the Best design for three storeys or fewer category.
Peabody shared this award with Barratt Redrow, the latter being awarded for Stanneylands in Wilmslow.
The Small housebuilder of the year award went to Spitfire Homes. The West-Midlands based SME was highly commended in the Marketing category for its Gold Card initiative. It was also a finalist in the Best design – three storeys category for Ellenbrook, Moreton-In-Marsh.
Julie Baker, Keepmoat’s social value manager, was declared Housebuilder Star. Baker, who joined the housebuilder more than 14 years ago, was celebrated for helping change the way the whole sector approaches and measures social value.
Barratt Redrow’s Steven Boyes was handed a Lifetime Achievement award for his near 50 years of service at the housebuilder.
Muse and Strata were joint winners of the Best regeneration initiative award for Hale Wharf, Tottenham and East Wharf respectively.
City & Country landed the Best refurbishment project award for The 1840, St George’s Gardens, London.
Orbit Homes was triumphant in the Best customer satisfaction initiative category for A journey to excellence.
Latimer and St George’s Crypt were winners of the Best community initiative award for The Kirkstall Road Project, tackling homelessness in Leeds.
Lovell’s Psychological safety on London sites initiative earned it a win in the Best staff development category.
Populo Living for London Borough of Newham took the Best retirement scheme award for Noele Gordon House, Newham.
RS Bonds Surety was Subcontractor/services provider of the year. And Ebac swiped the Product of the year award for its Loft mount air source heat pump.
The Housebuilder Awards celebrate excellence in all aspects of the sector, including in customer satisfaction, marketing, design, staff development, regeneration and sustainability
Housebuilder Awards 2025 - Finalists, Winners and Highly Commended
1. Best customer satisfaction initiative
- Orbit Homes – A journey to excellence (Winner)
- Barratt Redrow – Celebrating Britain’s key workers
- Bloor Homes – Breaking the mould (Commended)
- Fernham Homes – Customer service at the core
2. Best regeneration initiative
- Muse – Hale Wharf, Tottenham (Winner)
- Strata – East Leeds (Winner)
- Barratt London – Hendon Waterside
- Bellway – St George’s Park, Hornchurch
- Berkeley Homes – Oval Village, London
- Keepmoat – Waterside, Leicester (Commended)
- Vistry Group and Waltham Forest Council – Hepworth Place, Walthamstow
3. Best refurbishment project
- City & Country – The 1840, St George’s Gardens, London (Winner)
- City & Country – Factory No. 1, Bristol
- Dolphin Square Estate SARL – Dolphin Square, London
- Quinn Estates – Harrison Court, Charing
4. Best community initiative
- Latimer and St George’s Crypt – The Kirkstall Road Project, tackling homelessness in Leeds (Winner)
- Anderson – Fitzroy Place, Blackmore
- Banks Homes – Cathedral Meadows, West Rainton
- Barratt Redrow – Partnering with the School Outreach Company
- Hill Group – Kew Bridge Rise, Brentford
- Thakeham – Woodgate, Pease Pottage (Commended)
5. Best marketing initiative
- Peabody – The Lumiere Edition, New Mansion Square, Battersea (Winner)
- Barratt Redrow – Celebrating Britain’s key workers
- Focus Agency Group & Square Roots – ‘Write your own headlines’ campaign
- Focus Agency Group & Taylor Wimpey – ‘Stop waiting, start living’ National campaign
- HarperCrewe – I am Crewe (Commended)
- Spitfire Homes – Gold card (Commended)
6. Best staff development award
- Lovell – Psychological safety on London sites (Winner)
- Barratt Redrow – Building without barriers, supporting menopause at work
- Berkeley Group – Supporting a diverse, skilled and inclusive workforce (Commended)
- Persimmon Homes – Building future leaders
7. Best retirement scheme
- Populo Living for London Borough of Newham – Noele Gordon House, Newham (Winner)
- Alderley Group – Pomeroy Court, Huyton
- Jones Homes – A Sanctuary for the over 55s, Wilmslow
- Lovell – Sandcastles, Scarborough (Commended)
8. Best design for three storeys or fewer
- Barratt Redrow – Stanneylands, Wilmslow (Winner)
- Peabody – Morpeth Road, Hackney (Winner)
- Baker Estates – St Mary’s, Dartington
- Barratt Redrow – Rosewood Park, Bexhill
- Bellway – Springstead Village, Cambridge
- HAPA Architects – Chamfer Houses, Brighton
- Keepmoat – Stirling Fields, Northstowe (Commended)
- Robertson Homes – Lionfields, Lambton Park
- Spitfire Homes – Ellenbrook, Moreton-In-Marsh
9. Best design for four storeys or more
- Bellway – Fielders Quarter West Circus, Barking (Winner)
- Barratt London – Bermondsey Heights
- Bouygues – Hallsville Quarter, Canning Town
- Hill Group – Florey Villa, Canalside Quarter, Oxford North (Commended)
- Lovell – One Woolwich
10. Best sustainability initiative
- Bellway – Builds homes of the future today (Winner)
- Excelsior Land – Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton (Commended)
- HarperCrewe – The Steadings, Cirencester
- Laufen – World’s first electric tunnel kiln (Commended)
- Story Homes – Sustainable Story
- Vistry Group – The Vistry Innovation Centre
- Weston Homes – Building better, greener, faster with UNisystem
11. The Housebuilder Star award
- Keepmoat – Julie Baker (Winner)
- Bellway – Charlotte Benson
- Croudace Homes – Design Team - The Green Collection
- Taylor Wimpey – David McClure (Commended)
12 Subcontractor/services provider of the Year
- RS Bonds Surety (Winner)
- Clarkson Evans
- Core Recruiter
- Drone Surveying (Commended)
- English Estates
13. Product of the Year
- Ebac - Loft mount air source heat pump (Winner)
- Daikin UK - Next generation - Newbuild design support
- NIBE Energy Systems - S735C Exhaust air heat pump
- On The Level - Inverse shower former (Commended)
- Site Manager Pro
- Smartroof – smartPUC
- UK Connect - One.site
- Zaptec UK - Zaptec Go2
Small Housebuilder of the Year
- Spitfire Homes (Winner)
- Excelsior Land
- Fernham Homes
- Robertson Homes
Medium Housebuilder of the Year
- Peabody (Winner)
- City and Country
- Latimer
- Orbit Homes
- Populo Living
- Strata
Large Housebuilder of the Year
- Bellway (Winner)
- Barratt Redrow
- Keepmoat
- Lovell
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HOUSEBUILDER AWARDS 2024 - TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG EVENT
Housebuilder Awards 2025 Judges
Richard Jones - Arcadis
Grainne Gilmore - Cluttons
Iain Painting - Stantec
Ben Roskrow - Housebuilder Media Ltd
Ian Bott - PRP
David Birkbeck - Design for Homes
John Slaughter, Future Homes Hub
Keira Proctor - A Proctor Group
Alex Reid - SEC Newgate
Paul Healey, Consultant
Alison Chan - NHBC
Rachel Asquith - AF Oliver
Emma Toms - New Homes Quality Board
James Stevens - HBF
Millie Dodd - Shared Voice
Ian Heptonstall - Supply Chain Sustainability School
Jenny Herdman - Consultant
Matthew Pigott - Avison Young
Where
InterContinental London - The O21 Waterview Drive
Greenwich Peninsula
SE10 0TW
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