David Morgan, Executive Managing Director of Wates Property Services, shares his thoughts on some of the challenges around delivering retrofit to scale.

Havering Council and Wates are celebrating four years since contracts were signed and work began to regenerate 12 council estates.

30 MAY 2022

A time capsule to capture a moment in the history of Winnall has been buried by Winnall Primary School and members of the local community following a project led by Wates Residential, alongside the Winchester Historical Association.

Wates in joint venture partnership with Bovis Homes, has just launched its exclusive Woodlands development in Barrow Gurney, North Somerset.

26 APRIL 2022

New properties designed for modern living at Aspen Grove, Rumney, which will allow people moving in to benefit from lower emissions and greener living, have gone on sale, with 30 homes sold in the first eight weeks since launch.

Danielle Buckley and Sophie Paterson, from Wates’ Social Value team, write in Construction Management about the shortcomings of many work experience placements and how Wates has adopted a new model in the London Borough of Wandsworth called The Beacon Programme.

Over 20 young people in Wandsworth have used their Easter holiday to learn how to design and model their dream skatepark at a workshop hosted by Wates Residential and Betongpark on 6th April.

Client Relationship Director, Ben Williams and Partnership Director, Amy Smith were guest speakers at Inside Housing and Housing Today events

After proposals were approved last month by Harrow’s Planning Committee, the construction of new affordable council homes is underway at an underused site off Milton Road, adjacent to the current Civic Centre

Melville Road Allotment in Rainham is getting a total upgrade of its outdoor shelter, thanks to a project being delivered by Havering Council and Wates Residential as part of its joint venture partnership to regenerate 12 council estates across the borough.

A learning space at a new community hub, created from a disused chapel in Chichester has been named in honour of the Wates family following a £6,000 donation from Wates Living Space.

A traditional ‘topping out’ ceremony has been held at Napier and New Plymouth House, in Rainham.

Wates, Notting Hill Genesis and Barnet Council have officially broken ground on the construction of 209 new homes in Barnet.

Wates has been appointed by Brent Council to create new council homes in Church Road, Church End, to help transform the area.

A time capsule celebrating the past, present and future of the Gascoigne neighbourhood in Barking has been buried by Gascoigne Primary School and members of the local community

The new tenants of nine highly energy-efficient, sustainable modular houses in Roath have described their new council homes as ‘big and spacious’ with bathrooms like the Hilton hotel.

Councillor John Crowder, Cabinet Lead for Regeneration and Sir James Wates, Chairman of the Wates Group, have visited Napier and New Plymouth House to celebrate progress at the first site in the Havering ’12 Estates’ regeneration programme.

Wates Living Space is proud to work alongside six of our customers to successfully bid for a total of £10m of SHDF Wave 1 funding which will allow retrofitting technologies to be installed in over 1,000 properties.