Weston Homes won the most coveted prize in British housebuilding at the 2025 WhatHouse? Awards, in association with Wondrwall, and presented by television presenter Gabby Logan in front of 1,200 industry professionals, at a glittering gala lunch at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House hotel in London on Friday.
Weston Homes, based in Essex, won the blue riband Housebuilder of the Year title, as well as Gold for Best Medium Housebuilder.
“I have never lost my enthusiasm for homebuilding, whether it’s renovating older properties or building new. Nor have I forgotten how big a step and how much sacrifice is involved in saving for a new home. Which is why this family business will always look after buyers, finding ways to ensure they get as much pleasure as possible from their home and by making them accessible to as many people as possible. Customers are our number one priority. Our reputation and ability to keep building homes rests with satisfying them completely,” said chairman and founder Bob Weston.
Weston Homes also took gold for Best Starter Home and Best Energy Efficient Home, as well as silver in the Best Sustainable Development category.
Best Large Housebuilder Gold went to the Berkeley Group, which also won Gold in three other categories: Best Development (St James), Best Mixed-Use Development (St George) and Best Regeneration Scheme (Berkeley Homes).
The Hill Group won gold for Best Sustainable Development and Best House.
Other Gold winners were Fernham Homes (Best Small Housebuilder), Churchill Living (Best Retirement Home Developer), Vistry Group and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (Best Partnership Scheme), Amara Property (Best Luxury House), Excel Winner (Best Luxury Development), NHG Homes (Best Renovation), Bellway (Best Exterior Design), Abbey New Homes (Best Interior Design), Thakeham Homes (Best Placemaking), Dandara Living (Best Build to Rent Developer) and Quintain Living (Best Apartment Scheme).
“Now in their 45th year, the Awards were once again a magnificent celebration of the very best new homes in Britain. It has been an incredibly tough year for the housebuilding industry and to continue to deliver such high-quality homes is testament to their hard work and passion for what they do,” said Rupert Bates, editorial director of What House? and Show House.
“There are few British industries that can affect such positive change economically and socially. The best housebuilders, large and small, supported by an outstanding and committed supply chain, are a force for so much good and the catalyst for growth that this country desperately needs. Many congratulations to all the winners and a big thank you to all our sponsors and judges and everybody who attended the biggest day in the housebuilding calendar.”
Results:
WhatHouse? Awards 2025
In association with
Wondrwall
HOUSEBUILDER OF THE YEAR
Weston Homes
Best Large Housebuilder – sponsored by heylo
Gold: Berkeley Group
Silver: The Hill Group
Bronze: Barratt Redrow
Bronze: Miller Homes
Best Medium Housebuilder – sponsored by Roca
Gold: Weston Homes
Silver: Esquire Developments
Bronze: Robertson Homes
Bronze: City & Country
Best Small Housebuilder – sponsored by Nicholls & Clarke Group
Gold – Fernham Homes
Silver – Kebbell Homes
Bronze – Antler Homes
Best Build to Rent Developer – sponsored by Hyperoptic
Gold: Dandara Living
Silver: PLATFORM_
Bronze: Quintain
Best Retirement Home Developer – sponsored by Blum
Gold: Churchill Living
Silver: Elysian Residences
Bronze: Loveday Belgravia
Bronze: Mayfield Villages
Best Starter Home Scheme – sponsored by Connells Group
Gold: Abbey Quay, Barking, East London – Weston Homes
Silver: Kew Bridge Rise, Brentford, West London – The Hill Group and L&Q
Bronze: Two Macfarlane Place, Wood Lane, West London – Peabody
Bronze: Factory No.1, Bristol – City & Country
Best House – sponsored by Athena Surfaces
Gold: The Cornforth, Canalside Quarter, Oxford – The Hill Group
Silver:The Greenside Residences, Wandsworth Common, South-West London – London Square
Bronze: Hamilton House, Ellenbrook, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire – Spitfire Homes
Bronze: The Forge 5, Farmstead Range, Feniscowles, Lancashire – Kingswood Homes
Best Energy Efficient Home – sponsored by Mitsubishi Electric
Gold: The Hawthorn, Thornwood Park, Epping, Essex – Weston Homes
Silver: The Shadwell, Hollymead Square, Newport, Essex – The Hill Group
Bronze: The Hickstead, Templegate, Burgess Hill, West Sussex – Thakeham Homes
Best Apartment Scheme – sponsored by Beko
Gold: Luna, Wembley Park, North-West London – Quintain Living
Silver: East Wick + Sweetwater, Hackney, East London – Places for People and Balfour Beatty Investments
Bronze: Oval Village, Oval, South London – Berkeley Homes
Bronze: One Thames Quay, Canary Wharf, London – Chalegrove Properties
Best Luxury House – sponsored by LAUFEN
Gold: The Aspen, Six Senses, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire – Amara Property
Best Renovation – sponsored by Show House Searches
Gold: Castle & Victoria, Westminster, London – NHG Homes
Silver: Dolphin Square, Pimlico, London – Dolphin Square
Bronze: The 1840 St George’s Gardens, South-West London – City & Country
Best Development – sponsored by TriConnex
Gold: White City Living, White City, West London – St James
Silver: Peninsula View, Poundbury, Dorchester – Places for People
Silver: Ellenbrook, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire – Spitfire Homes
Bronze: Factory No. 1, Bristol – City and Country
Best Partnership Scheme – sponsored by Moveplus
Gold: Clapham Park, South London – Vistry Group and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing
Gold: Park Rise, Hornchurch, East London – Wates Residential and the London Borough of Havering
Silver: Whalley Manor, Whalley, Lancashire – L&Q and Lovell Homes
Bronze: Transport House, Dagenham, East London – Hollybrook and Be First
Best Luxury Development – sponsored by LAUFEN
Gold: Thames City, Nine Elms, South-West London – Excel Winner
Silver: Sunningdale Park, Sunningdale, Berkshire – Berkeley Homes
Bronze: Cholbury Place, Ascot, Berkshire – Kebbell Homes
Best Mixed-Use Development – sponsored by Wondrwall
Gold: Grand Union, Alperton, North-West London – St George
Silver: Scholars, Broxbourne, Hertfordshire – Chase New Homes
Bronze: Winchburgh, West Lothian – Winchburgh Developments
Best Sustainable Development – sponsored by Wondrwall
Gold: Hollymead Square, Newport, Essex – The Hill Group
Silver: Thornwood Park, Epping, Essex – Weston Homes
Bronze: Hartdene Barns, Cowden, Kent – Q New Homes
Bronze: Perceval Grange, Midhurst, West Sussex – Bellway
Best Regeneration Scheme – sponsored by Show House
Gold: Woodberry Down, Hackney, North London – Berkeley Homes
Silver: Hale Wharf, Tottenham Hale, North London – Waterside Places
Bronze: Hayes Village, West London – Barratt London
Bronze: Winchburgh, West Lothian – Winchburgh Developments
Best Interior Design – sponsored by Tidywork Studio
Gold: The Gainsborough, Kings Green, Upminster, East London – Abbey New Homes
Silver: Cholbury Place, Ascot, Berkshire – Kebbell Homes
Bronze: The Kensington, Welborne, Fareham, Hampshire – Thakeham Homes
Best Exterior Design – sponsored by Tobermore
Gold: Hedworths Green at Lambton Park, County Durham – Bellway
Silver: Ellenbrook, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire – Spitfire Homes
Bronze: Manningtree Park, Manningtree, Essex – City & Country
Best Placemaking – sponsored by What House Digital
Gold: Woodgate, Pease Pottage, West Sussex – Thakeham Homes
Silver: Sherford, Plymouth, Devon – Vistry Group and Latimer by Clarion Housing Group
Bronze: Marleigh Park, Cambridge – The Hill Group
