ilke Homes commences on site to deliver affordable homes

Latest News Wed, Nov 16, 2022 6:08 AM

ilke Homes has begun on site to deliver 221 affordable homes in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

ilke Homes is delivering a mix of apartments and houses at Fossetts Way, ranging in size from one to four bedroom family homes on behalf of The Guinness Partnership.

Of the 221 new homes being delivered, 54 are specified to be zero-carbon – meaning they will generate their own source of energy, helping to drastically reduce emissions produced by utilities such as electricity and heating.

The development is owned by The Guinness Partnership, a registered provider and shareholder in ilke Homes, and is being delivered with support from Homes England. ilke Homes is scaling up its operations and delivering over 10,000 sustainable homes over the next five years.

ilke Homes, a company that has grown its pipeline to 3,500 homes, secured the site in March 2021 and successfully secured detailed planning in September 2021 under its ‘turnkey’ offering, by which it acquires land, gains planning permissions, develops the sites and delivers the factory-built homes.

The announcement marks the company’s continued expansion into the South East region, where it is already committed to delivering in excess of 1,000 homes across five sites.

It follows news that ilke Homes, in partnership with Octopus Energy and Gresham House, are rolling out the UK’s first homes to guarantee residents zero energy bills. The three pioneering British tech firms have launched the partnership on a site in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex where ilke Homes is delivering the UK’s largest zero-carbon housing development.

Precision-engineering techniques mean that ilke Homes will be able to deliver the scheme’s factory-built homes in half the time of traditional methods. By manufacturing offsite, the homes delivered will be of the highest quality as ilke Homes is able to benchmark standards at numerous stages of the build cycle.

By harnessing artificial intelligence, robotics, and digital design, the modular housing company is capable of creating homes that are incredibly well insulated, meaning less heat escapes, consequently reducing bills.

Work is already underway on site, with completion expected in Autumn 2024.

Matt Suggitt, Development Director South East at ilke Homes, said: “We are incredibly pleased to be delivering yet another affordable and sustainable housing scheme in the South East, bringing our pipeline to over 1,000 homes across five sites in the region. We look forward to delivering this scheme for The Guinness Partnership, in order to provide a truly sustainable and well-designed community with much-needed, high-quality housing in Southend.

By providing ZERO carbon homes, employing the use of low-carbon technologies, ilke Homes is actively helping Southend-on-Sea City Council, who have declared a climate emergency, reduce carbon emissions associated with the construction and operation of new-build homes.”

Jon Milburn, Group Development Director at The Guinness Partnership, said: “Guinness is pleased to be working with ilke Homes on this, the second scheme under our partnership, which will deliver much needed affordable homes for local residents.”

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