Wates acquires Liberty, enhancing property repairs and heating services, adding 1,100 employees to strengthen its social housing expertise.

We’re pleased to share that the planning application for the Farnham and Hilldene redevelopment has now been submitted. This is a key step forward in our long-term partnership with Havering Council and our shared ambition to transform Harold Hill.

When we have a place to grow, we can all thrive and that’s what we want for our clients’ tenants. When we create quality, we can deliver safer, happier homes – and that’s what we thrive for.

The final stage of the Abbey Road redevelopment in Camden has reached a major milestone, with Phase 3 — 139 new homes in Kilburn now topped out.

Our latest modular home installation has now been relocated to Romford Market for a four-week showcase.

We’ve officially broken ground at Zephaniah House (formerly Ujima House) in Wembley, marking the start of construction on 54 much-needed affordable homes.

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We’ve reached a significant milestone at Church End, where we’re delivering 99 council-owned affordable homes alongside a brand-new market square.

Our expert Wates Property Services’ social housing decarbonisation Ben Williams has shared his valuable insights on how to prepare for Social Housing Fund wave three allocations.

We are delighted to announce the successful completion of Darwin House, marking a major milestone for us and our project partners.

We’ve submitted a planning application for new temporary modular homes — another step forward in tackling the need for housing in Havering.

Just a short walk from Barking’s rapidly evolving town centre, the transformation of the Gascoigne East Phase 3b project has reached a major milestone.

In 2024, we completed a unique pilot project for our social housing customer, L&Q Group, to deliver new external wall insulation for homes at Urban Drive in Trafford as part of the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2.1.

Wates Residential has today announced Paul Nicholls as its new Regional Managing Director for London, joining the business in February 2025.

Following a successful period of internal refurbishments, Wates was asked by Settle to deliver its SHDF Wave 2 decarbonisation retrofit work.

Winning business strategies in many sectors today look quite different from the ones common in earlier years, when the accepted view was to compete and prevail, with ‘self’ as the central theme.

This project was designed around a whole-house retrofit. In all, 210 homes were brought into scope, with funding secured through Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Wave 1.

19 million homes in the UK are in need of significant upgrades to become low carbon and energy efficient, with more than 13 million in England alone needing to be upgraded to attain an EPC rating of C or higher by 2025.