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We're partnering with Asda to build new 1,500 new homes on Asda’s Park Royal site in Acton, North West London
We're partnering with Asda to build new 1,500 new homes, a new town centre and a flagship superstore on Asda's Park Royal site in Acton, North West London.
A third of the new homes will be affordable, with sustainability at the heart of the site, providing significant biodiversity and ecology net gains if it wins approval.
This mixed-use redevelopment of an established store site is a first for Asda,... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 21 May 2024 09:45
The next phase of expansion at Selkirk-based Oregon Timber Frame is now underway
The next phase of expansion at Selkirk-based Oregon Timber Frame is now underway, as part of a wider £24m investment.
Work has started on new offices that will accommodate up to 60 permanent staff, approximately double the current capacity. There are also plans for a new training room, more meeting rooms and improved kitchen and welfare facilities.
The expansion will create new jobs in the Borders... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 15 May 2024 09:42
We've opened the doors to our latest Insight House, welcoming local schoolchildren and special guests
We've opened the doors to our latest Insight House, welcoming local schoolchildren and special guests at the innovative concept home at our Affinity development in Waverley, South Yorkshire last week.
The three-bed house has been transformed into an educational and interactive experience, demonstrating how new homes are built to save energy and be kinder to the planet.
A class from Waverley Junior Academy... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 14 May 2024 16:00
As part of the fantastic new community we’re building at Winnycroft Lane near Gloucester, Citra Living have acquired 156 new homes for the rental market in Gloucestershire.
As part of the fantastic new community we're building at Winnycroft Lane near Gloucester, Citra Living have acquired 156 new homes for the rental market in Gloucestershire.
The new high quality, energy-efficient homes are a mix of 2, 3 and 4-bedroom properties, with the first families expected to move in this summer.
All of the 420 homes at Winnycroft Lane are set within 15 acres of open space with nature-rich... Read More »
Posted: Thu, 09 May 2024 12:37
We were the first housebuilder in the country to partner with Own New, and to offer our customers the new Rate Reducer mortgage product.
We were the first housebuilder in the country to partner with Own New, and to offer our customers the new Rate Reducer mortgage product.
Own New Rate Reducer works by giving customers the option to use incentive budgets, with contributions of 3% or 5% of the purchase price, to bring down their mortgage and reduce their monthly payments over a fixed term.
This means customers can reduce their mortgage... Read More »
Posted: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:00
Our Wichelstowe development in Swindon has won the Placemaking Award
Our Wichelstowe development in Swindon has won the Placemaking Award at the South West Residential Property Awards.
Jointly developed between Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes, in partnership with Swindon Borough Council, the community scheme impressed the judges at the awards with its "harnessing of art, green initiatives and locally-led influences, creating a place that has a tangible sense of... Read More »
Posted: Sat, 27 Apr 2024 09:00
A remarkable Roman villa complex has been unearthed during construction at our site in Grove, Oxfordshire
A remarkable Roman villa complex has been unearthed during construction at our Brookside Meadows site in Grove, Oxfordshire.
The site sits on a landscape inhabited since the Bronze Age and includes a villa complex richly decorated with painted plaster and mosaics. There is even a monumental hall-like 'aisled building'.
The artefact-rich site was long-lived, with Roman activity extending from the 1st... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 08:00
We have been rated as a 5 star home builder by our customers for the 15th year in a row
We have been rated as a 5 star home builder by our customers for the 15th year in a row.
This means over 90% of our customers would recommend us to a friend – a record that we are really proud of.
Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the Home Builders Federation, said: "For a company to achieve 5 star levels of satisfaction is a significant achievement and shows the commitment from everyone within... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 09:51
We continue to be rated as the country’s leading national sustainable housebuilder
We continue to be rated as the country's leading national sustainable housebuilder.
In the latest CDP scores, Barratt Developments came top, scoring higher and disclosing more comprehensively than any other housebuilder with scores of A for Climate, B for Forests and B for Water.
This is the second year in a row we have scored A for our Climate disclosure, underlining our leadership position in this... Read More »
Posted: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 09:17
We welcomed Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, to our Rose Place and The Lilies developments
We welcomed Sir Keir Starmer, Leader of the Labour Party, and Shadow Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, to our Rose Place and The Lilies developments in Shrewsbury this week.
While on site, they spoke with local people who want to buy a home, discussed the challenges in the planning system to getting new homes built, met with some of our apprentices building a career in the construction industry and... Read More »
Posted: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:36