The quality of the work being delivered by the team at a new Tees Valley residential development has seen it selected for a property industry award.
Banks Homes’ Cornfields development on the southern edge of Yarm has earned a Quality Recognition Award (QRA) from national structural warranty and building control provider Premier Guarantee, which monitors and underwrites the effective delivery of residential developments across the country.
The awards are judged against the standards being maintained by housebuilders across the whole of the UK, with QRA winners having to reach set standards within all categories during each of their monthly surveyor visits for at least six consecutive months.
The Cornfields will now go forward for consideration for Premier Guarantee’s annual Excellence Awards next summer, where the best of the QRA winners from across the UK will be up for national recognition.
A five-strong Banks Homes direct site management team led by site manager Steve Graham and an array of local contractors are building 109 high-quality family homes at The Cornfields, which is the first development to feature show homes based on designs from Banks Homes’ bespoke range of new homes.
A total of 11 different property designs are available, with each of the three-to-five-bedroom properties being fitted with smart heating systems, air source heat pumps and electric vehicle car charging points.
The four and five-bedroom homes come with ground floor underfloor heating as standard, along with selected house types in Banks Homes’ Elevated range having 2.6m high ceilings on the ground floor.
Dan Hodgson of Premier Design says: “Our inspections adhere to exacting quality standards for every aspect of the life cycle of a development, from the management of the site and the first foundations being laid right through to the overall quality of workmanship and the final finishing touches within each new home.
“Only a small proportion of the projects we see reach the standards required to earn this level of recognition, but the Banks Homes team has consistently shown how it’s doing just that every time we’ve visited The Cornfields.
“They’ve also been very professional and easy to work with in terms of providing all the information and access we need to complete our inspections, which makes the whole process that much smoother and more meaningful.”
Founded in 2023 and part of the County Durham-headquartered Banks Group, Banks Homes is building a portfolio of high-quality residential sites across North East England and Yorkshire, with development also under way at sites in West Rainton, Wynyard and Hambleton in North Yorkshire.
Joe Cable, senior project manager (housebuilding) at the Banks Group, adds: “From the very beginning, we set out our stall to deliver a higher build quality and higher specifications than our peers in the housebuilding industry, and this sort of recognition is proof of how we’re doing so.
“This award is testament to the exemplary ways of working that we set out for the Banks Homes team, our sub-contractors and our suppliers before a brick has been laid at our sites, as well as to the work of our site managers in upholding them and our site teams in delivering them on a day-to-day basis.
“It also provides reassurance to our customers about the exceptional quality of the homes that we’re building for them and that we are living up to the promises we make as part of our customer journey.”
New homes are now available at The Cornfields from £309,950. For further information, please call 0191 378 6205 or visit https://www.bankshomes.co.uk/developments/the-cornfields/