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.
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).
Full 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
Source: WhatHouse.com