Cumulative totals are from 2006 onwards
Total figures for Awards have been combined for all companies within each company group except where shown *
Figures for 2008 and earlier are before acquisitions of David Wilson Homes by Barratt, Linden by Galliford Try and the Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey merger.
Figures for 2009: David Wilson Homes/Barratt and Taylor Woodrow/George Wimpey are shown separately as they trade under those names but are part of the same group.
Comment: 2011 NHBC Quality Awards
The larger companies won most of the awards again this year. Taylor Wimpey increasing thier haul by 18% and the combined Barratt/David Wilson taking the most awards this year. However when set against the number of homes built per award won, Miller Homes come out on top. For more details see house builder table. Considering their size and the number of new homes they build each year, Bovis, Bloor and Linden do not appear to be as committted to quality as their rivals.
Comment: 2009 NHBC Quality Awards
With the new larger companies, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt (having bought David Wilson Homes) dominate the awards for this year. Despite the recession, it was expected that the smaller builders would be able to claim a greater proportion. Over the years it can be seen a pattern is emerging and trends within certain companies.
Comment: 2008 NHBC Quality Awards
The number of awards for George Wimpey have fallen over the last two years which would indicate that the the quality of their homes is not as good as it was in 2006. Likewise Taylor Woodrow, trading as Bryant Homes and now merged with Wimpey also has a downward trend.
Crest Nicholson have had a good year, nearly doubling their number of awards this year.
Comment: 2007 NHBC Quality Awards
Yet again Barratt confound their critics and top the league table for the third year in a row. They must employ the country’s top site managers as the competition unofficially runs from June to June; the end of Barratt’s financial year and a time of increased pressure to achieve the required completion numbers. Over 50 winners each year, despite the large number of sites is still quite an achievement and a yardstick for the rest of the industry.
Morris Homes based in Cheshire and building in the north of England have won ten awards this year doubling their total from last year. They are one of the largest independent housebuilders in the country and are clearly getting it right.
The big guns of Bovis, Kier, and Berkeley are by comparison appear to be not striving for quality as much as their sales brochures would have you believe.
The NHBC Pride in the Job Competition
The NHBC created the 'Pride in the Job' competition in 1981, as an initiative to
improve the standard of UK house building. Its aim is to encourage best-
These much coveted awards are given to individual site managers, not the house builder
that employs them or the development site they are responsible for. The competition
is one of the most prestigious in the house-
The NHBC say that all award-
The better house builders will employ the best site managers and the best site managers win these awards. The NHBC Pride in the Job Award is the recognition of exceptional site managers.
However, the total number of awards a house builder’s site managers receive, is not in itself an indication of quality. The larger builders will have more sites and therefore a greater number of site managers participating in the competition, accounting for around 72% of around 130 Seal of Excellence awards in 2010.
Information on national house builders
Barratt Homes plc
Taylor Wimpey plc
George Wimpey UK plc
Persimmon Homes plc
David Wilson Homes Ltd*
Bellway Homes plc
Miller Homes Ltd
Morris Homes Ltd
Redrow Homes Ltd
Crest Nicholson Ltd
Berkeley Group Plc
Countryside Properties Plc
Cala Ltd
Bovis Homes plc
Banner homes Ltd
Kier Residential plc
Linden Ltd
McCarthy & Stone Ltd
Gladedale Homes Ltd
Lovell Partnerships Ltd
J S Bloor Ltd
Jones Homes Ltd
Alison Homes Ltd
Laing Ltd*
Stewart Milne Group Ltd
Galliford Try plc
Willmott Dixon Housing Ltd
103
78
27
36
25
34
39
16
14
18
22
11
8
5
2
3
8
4
1
0
1
3
2
4
0
0
0
20
18
n/a
4
9
7
10
2
2
4
7
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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14
16
n/a
5
4
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7
4
4
3
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1
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1
0
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1
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18
17
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7
8
4
5
5
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1
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18
4
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17
11
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12
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6
5
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16
12
12
5
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2
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52
31
50
38
21
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12
5
7
2
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6
7
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57
29
36
40
13
19
16
10
12
7
6
10
2
3
3
6
5
2
2
0
1
2
3
0
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58
20
31
31
23
20
12
10
7
13
5
10
4
4
1
2
1
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3
1
1
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55
35
30
29
20
12
19
12
6
13
4
6
6
3
3
1
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0
6
5
4
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62
55
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30
18
18
22
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13
9
7
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6
4
1
6
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347
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196
111
109
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59
58
54
39
36
23
23
21
17
17
16
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15
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11
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9
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3
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63
65
n/a
28
16
22
26
9
13
10
10
4
5
5
4
0
2
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1
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