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West Yorkshire scheme wins RICS award
Fern House in Bingley, West Yorkshire, a development from the Abbeyfield Society, has won the residential category at the 2018 Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards Grand Final.
Shortlisted against 10 other residential developments from around the UK, the scheme was awarded the accolade with judges reportedly praising how Fern House had integrated into the surrounding area and community.
The development was entered into the RICS Grand Final, hosted by ITV news anchor Nina Hossain in London, after being named as the best new residential development at the RICS Yorkshire & Humber Awards earlier this year. Abdul A Ravat, The Abbeyfield Society’s head of development, explained: “When the national judges from RICS visited the scheme they experienced at first hand that the residents enjoyed living in their new homes, and the care and companionship that was provided by Abbeyfield The Dales only served to enhance the success
of the development.” The 84,000 ft2
development was built on
the site of the former Bingley Hospital. It now provides 49 affordable one and two bedroom extra-care apartments and 30 affordable en-suite dementia care rooms, and is a result of collaborative working between architects Brewster Bye, Bardsley Construction, quantity surveyors BWA (Europe) and the full design team. The scheme was supported with £6.4m of private funding from Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank Group and £2.34m of public investment from Homes England. Work completed in June 2017 at a total cost of £14.8m. Fern House previously won the ‘Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development’ at the regional LABC Building Excellence Awards in June 2018. It is pitched against 11 other entries for the LABC Grant Final later this month in London.
The facility is managed by Abbeyfield The Dales and has been operational for over 12 months.
Spitfire takes silver and gold at WhatHouse? Awards
Spitfire Bespoke Homes has been awarded the Silver Award for Best Medium Housebuilder and a Gold Award in the Best Development category for Clevedon Hall Estate at the WhatHouse? Awards 2018. Held at The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, Spitfire beat strong competition to win two accolades at the event. Now in their 37th year, the WhatHouse? Awards are claimed to be ‘the Oscars of the housebuilding industry,’ rewarding the achievements of Britain's housebuilders. The WhatHouse? judges commented on the awards: “Spitfire has a great knack of identifying the right sites and then, in turn, recognising the design approach to take, to do full justice to the location and the local architecture.” John Scott, group sales and marketing director at Spitfire said: “We are thrilled to have received two highly-respected awards at such a prominent industry event. Winning Gold for Best Development for the stunning Clevedon Hall Estate is a fantastic achievement for a truly special project. He added: “We are also extremely proud to be awarded Silver for Best Medium Housebuilder. The event marks two years since we collected Gold for Best Small Housebuilder, so we are delighted to now be recognised in the Medium category.” Spitfire’s winning streak at the WhatHouse? Awards continues on from its success earlier this month at the Housebuilder Awards, where Spitfire scooped three awards. Bay Green at Clevedon Hall Estate was Highly Commended in the Best Design for Three Storeys or Fewer category, while Spitfire was named Winner for Best Customer Satisfaction Initiative, as well as Best Medium Housebuilder.
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