Lovell celebrates double win at the What House? Awards

Lovell has won two gongs at the prestigious What House? Awards 2011.

Hugh Dennis presents the Compendium team with their Bronze Award

Lovell was awarded a bronze in the Best Starter Home category as well as in the Best Partnership Scheme category for a Compendium Living development (a JV between Lovell and Riverside Housing Association), in a glittering ceremony held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on 18th November.

 The Best Starter Home award was in recognition of Lovell’s work at the Sevenoaks development in Birkenhead, Merseyside. The judges commended the range of incentives schemes on offer, commenting: “With such a choice of financial packages at Sevenoaks, all first-time buyers should be able to get on the ladder.”

Lovell’s work with Riverside Housing Association as Compendium Living was rewarded with a bronze on the Best Partnership Scheme category for Weston Heights - Compendium was appointed by Stoke City Council and Renew North Staffordshire to regenerate the former Coalville miners’ estate in the east of Stoke-on-Trent in 2006 and faced skepticism within the community. The judges said that the partnership’s success was due to “a policy that involves regular meetings with residents and a reliable point of contact on site, [which has ensured that] the community has been won over.”

Nigel Yates, regional director of Lovell in the North West said of the Best Starter Home award: “We are delighted with this award. Lovell has a commitment to offering quality and value to all homebuyers. When it is difficult to get your foot on the ladder, Lovell aims to offer a solution. This award is important because it recognises our commitment to these aims.”

Neil Walker, Compendium’s project manager, said: “This is a great accolade for Weston Heights and for Compendium. It makes me so pleased for everyone involved – the local authority who believed the transformation of the area really could happen, the Compendium employees who have worked so hard on this site for seven years, and most of all the residents whose commitment and optimism have helped make this such a wonderful place to live now.”  

The What House? Awards, now in their 30th year, reward housebuilders and developers of all sizes across 21 categories.