Daily Express British Housebuilder Awards 2005
At the 2005 Daily Express British Housebuilder Awards ceremony held at The Savoy in London, George Wimpey West Scotland once again received a top accolade - a Silver Award in the large house building category. Having taken the Gold Award in 2002, the George Wimpey region has set exacting standards - which it continues to meet.
The awards are endorsed by the National House-Building Council and the New Homes Marketing Board and are organised and staged by Express Newspapers and sponsored by The Property Search Group.
The awards are a measure of customer service in the new homes market and recognise and reward quality service. Winners are voted on by the customers themselves who are asked to comment on all aspects of their home buying experience - from first contact to post sale follow up.
New Homes gardens awards 2005
George Wimpey Midlands collected a Silver award in the Best Garden - Family home 4 bedrooms category for their Mulberry Park development in Desborough.
Homes for Scotland awards 2005
George Wimpey East Scotland picked up one of the top honours at the Customer Service and Satisfaction awards ceremony hosted by Homes for Scotland.
George Wimpey East Scotland picked up the top award in the ‘Customer Service at Site/Development Level’ with their Meadowbrook development, and a commendation was made to our Greenacres development in Ellon in this category. Further commendations were made to Eddie McCann (Meadowbrook) and Norrie Thomson (Greenacres) in the ‘Individual Customer Service’ category.
George Wimpey West Scotland received a commendation in the ‘Company Customer Service Strategy’ category.
In recognising the critical importance of customer service and satisfaction to both the buying public and their own longer-term success, home builders in Scotland are seeking to highlight best practice in the industry in a bid to raise standards even further.
Visit the Homes for Scotland website at http://www.homesforscotland.com/
2005 Awards
Awards received by George Wimpey and Morrison Homes during 2005 include:
- Housing Design Awards
- Project Winner and Large Housebuilder Winner
- Building for life
- Silver Award
- Housebuilding Innovation Awards
- Best Community Consultation
- Construction Manager of the Year
- Gold Medal won by Pierce Browne of George Wimpey West Midlands
- NHBC Pride in the Job Awards
- 50 Quality Awards and 6 Seals of Excellence
- Evening Standard New Homes Award
- Best New Family Home
- Your New Home Awards
- Best Development for Family Living
What House? Awards 2004
George Wimpey City received the Gold award in the Best Partnership Development at the What House? 2004 awards.
The judges' comments were:
A partnership in every sense of the word, with consultation and the desire to provide sustainable, social housing in the London borough of Brent at its core. Hideous high-density concrete blocks came down, and a social and private partnership was formed between George Wimpey City and Metropolitan Housing Trust. Over 350 new homes have now been built. Committees of residents, councillors and developers regularly met, agreeing on detail and provision - a good example to set its neighbour, the new Wembley Stadium.
Social responsibility is as important as the build quality, with signs of vandalism carefully monitored and prompt action taken against anti-social behaviour. The community feel extends to employment as George Wimpey runs the Stadium Training Centre, which provides training and work opportunities for residents.
The imaginative designs and layouts of the development have impressed residents but when they criticised a lack of play areas, the developers listened, and made a commitment to providing these areas in future phases. This is an example of flexible, innovative, proactive and well-funded partnership without compromising on design.
A deserving gold winner!
London District Surveyors Association Quality Awards 2004
George Wimpey City was a winner in the Volume Housing category for the Chalkhill Redevelopment (Wembley Park) in association with Metropolitan Housing Trust.