2017

Entry form and application homesandproperty.co.uk/nha #nha2017

in association with

London Evening Standard New Homes Awards

Catchment area

Welcome to the 26th London Evening Standard New Homes Awards. Meteorologists say they will soon be able to predict the weather for a full year. Wouldn’t house builders love to forecast with certainty the state of the economy in a year’s time? Instead, as developers in this great city, you have to ride the waves - and while most years are difficult to predict, this year has thoroughly tested your skills.

Newmarket

WARWICKSHIRE

Northampton

Warwick

WORCESTERSHIRE

Always at the behest of changing legislation, you are now also caught in international turmoil as Brexit looms. However, I have edited Homes & Property long enough to have confidence in your resilience.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

Cambridge

Stratford-upon -Avon

Bedford

Worcester

Ipswich

Haverhill

Milton Keynes

Sudbury

BEDFORDSHIRE Luton

Bicester

Cheltenham Gloucester

Braintree

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Hertford

Bishop’s Stortford

HERTFORDSHIRE

Aylesbury

Oxford

OXFORDSHIRE

Watford

Capital cities are special places and special cases with their own momentum. Brexit might send the pound crashing but the rise in London house prices year on year more than outweighs the dip, creating opportunities for home searchers, investors and foreign buyers. New builds, with unexpected new discounts, are again popular with the latter - but Londoners, too, are keen to invest in their homes as near-zero interest rates, combined with an expected rise in inflation, ensure savings accounts and gilts offer next to no returns. So it’s over to you to offer the juiciest new designs.

SUFFOLK

Colchester

ESSEX

Clacton-on-Sea

The east of the city is regenerating at breathtaking speed. North Greenwich, Royal Docks and Canada Water are just part of this land of opportunity. A Thames Clipper trip is a viewing platform for buyers as apartment blocks rise, clad in copper, aluminium and glass. Old dockland becomes new villages, complete with homes, schools, nurseries, shops, fitness centres, community cafes and wine bars. Former fifties council estates are being rebuilt - transformed to attract a variety of income levels, families and singles.

Chelmsford

Enfield

Basildon Swindon

Maidenhead

Slough

GREATER LONDON

BERKSHIRE Trowbridge

WILTSHIRE

Bromley Reading

Newbury

Windsor

Aldershot Woking

Basingstoke

Staines

Croydon

SURREY

HAMPSHIRE Petersfield Southampton

Margate

Dartford Chatham

Sevenoaks

Canterbury Maidstone

Alton Salisbury

Crawley

Guildford

Dover

KENT

Horsham

WEST SUSSEX Chichester

Burgess Hill

Rye

EAST SUSSEX Brighton Newhaven

Hastings Eastbourne

This year we have seen ever-greater connection with the buyer as developers, town planners, transport providers, architects and councils link arms to create holistic environments for better quality of life.

Folkestone

House builders are responding energetically to the need for more homes to suit all pockets. Innovative eco-terraces with rooftop gardens, for example, factory-built and put together more cheaply and quickly than brick-built homes, offer equal comfort. Importantly, city dwellers’ need for green space is being acknowledged. As faster train routes bring green fringe areas closer, commuter homes spring up beside waterways, wetlands, managed marshland or thoughtful landscaping. It is not unusual now to find half of a development is green space. We are already blessed with big parks but a “garden city” with cleaner air and reduced traffic congestion would benefit us all. We are getting there. Developers are never short of a good idea. Send us your news: details of your latest projects, the homes you have built, ingenious use of space, exciting architecture and property for all incomes. Our annual awards are the best and most recognised within the industry and our venue - where we acknowledge your skills and the building world’s best projects while welcoming old friends and making new ones - is second to none. We look forward to showcasing your fabulous homes and as they flash across the screen, we forecast a great day for new-homes builders, architects and designers.

Janice Morley - Editor Homes & Property

Helpline: 01568 708163 Email: [email protected]

Closing date for entries: Friday 3rd February 2017 Awards lunch: Friday 19th May 2017

Categories 3. BEST FAMILY HOME Divided into three price categories: up to £750,000, from £750,000 to £1,500,000 and over £1,500,000. Homes should be in welllocated, attractive settings, offer a sense of arrival and have imaginatively designed yet practical interiors for family living.

The awards are divided into 13 main categories, reflecting the diverse range of homes available in the London Evening Standard catchment area. Some categories are for individual homes and others for developments, both large and small. All categories are open to developers of any size, but in some, the larger and smaller housebuilders will be judged separately, so please indicate on the entry form whether you build less than 100 or more than 100 homes per year. You may enter the same property in more than one category, so please read the following criteria, and then decide which categories you wish to enter. All category winners will be considered for the Grand Prix Award.

2. BEST APARTMENT This award covers the full range of apartments from penthouses to factory lofts, from heritage conversions to mansion or school redevelopments, from city crashpads to flats in spectacular skyscrapers.

4. BEST LUXURY HOME Top of the range properties, brand new or refurbished, in coveted locations and with sumptuous top quality interiors. These homes may come with luxury lifestyle extras such as spa, valet parking and concierge services.

6. BEST OUT OF LONDON HOME 1. BEST FIRST-TIME BUYER HOME Developers have an opportunity to excel in this key sector of the property market. Entries are invited for lower-priced yet outstanding starter homes that do not compromise on style and construction quality.

A chance for Home Counties developers to show that homes in the suburbs and the commuter-belt can match the very best in the capital. It could be a spectacular rural retreat, a thoughtfully designed family house or an apartment that packs a punch.

5. BEST LONDON HOME Apartment or house, conversion or new-build, a one-off property or part of a development, this award celebrates the capital’s most outstanding home in terms of architecture and design, value for money and how it meets the lifestyle needs of buyers.

7. BEST CONVERSION

9. ECO-LIVING AWARD

Sensitive conversions and restorations that retain and enhance the original building while creating appealing modern homes within. It could be a single home project or a redevelopment that creates a number of homes. Please include information showing the building’s history.

A one-off “green” home or development that responds to today’s environmental challenges and meets or surpasses industry targets in terms of energy efficiency, recycling and sustainability. Homes must also be sympathetic to their location.

13. HOME OR DEVELOPMENT OF OUTSTANDING ARCHITECTURAL MERIT Entries from architects and selfbuilders as well as developers are welcome for this award celebrating exceptional design. Qualifying projects include spectacular oneoff homes, ambitious conversions, apartment blocks and skyscraper designs that combine form and function and push architecture into new and exciting directions.

11. BEST SMALL DEVELOPMENT Open to developments of up to 30 homes, new-build and/or conversions in any setting, style or location. Entries should make clear how the development creates a sense of place and allows residents to feel part of a community.

8. BEST REGENERATION PROJECT Inspired developments that have transformed a neglected site or zone into a vibrant new quarter, typically with a mix of residential, retail and commercial premises, and has improved the lives of the local community.

10. BEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFFORDABLE HOMES SECTOR

12. BEST LARGE DEVELOPMENT

Entries are invited for high-quality developments that provide homes for people in housing need and those taking their first step onto the property ladder, either rented housing or shared ownership schemes.

Open to developments of more than 30 homes, this category includes large-scale schemes that might be a new district or neighbourhood in their own right, including amenities, even a workplace, as well as a place to live.

GRAND PRIX AWARD The prestigious Grand Prix Award is given to the home or development considered the most outstanding by our panel of industry and reader judges. All category winners are automatically entered for this special prize.

Judging Process In choosing award winners, judges will be looking for homes and developments that reflect, or exceed current best practice in the housebuilding market, specifically in the areas of:

QUALITY OF DESIGN

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

VALUE FOR MONEY

ENVIRONMENTAL POSITIONING

UTILISATION OF SPACE AND LIGHT

INNOVATION

STAGE ONE An independent team of industry experts will assess all entries based on the submission documents. They will then identify which properties should be visited for more detailed scrutiny.

STAGE TWO An industry expert will visit the home or development and assess it under a range of different quality criteria. You will be notified if your entry has been taken forward to this stage of the competition and access is required. Visits will take place during February and March 2017, so please ensure that the judge will be able to gain access to both the inside and outside of the property if it is selected for viewing.

STAGE THREE

USE OF MATERIALS

ARCHITECTURE

LOCATION

QUALITY OF FINISH

After all the visits are completed, the expert judges will compile a shortlist of properties that will go forward to the final judging stages.

STAGE FOUR Readers of the London Evening Standard – all of whom have an interest in the markets covered by the awards – are invited to join the judging panel for the final assessment of the shortlisted entries.

STAGE FIVE In conjuction with our industry experts, the reader judges will choose a ‘Winner’ and ‘Highly Commended’ in each category.

Awards celebration A London Evening Standard New Homes Award carries a very powerful endorsement and winners are encouraged to make full use of the promotional opportunities that go with it. The winners will be presented with a plaque displaying a unique design of their award winning property and an award winner’s banner for display purposes. A full report and feature on the 2017 awards will appear in the London Evening Standard’s Homes & Property magazine soon after the event. The Awards will be presented at a glittering lunch at London’s Dorchester Hotel, to be held on Friday 19th May 2017. # Individual tickets or tables of 12 can be purchased by submitting this booking form, together with your payment. Cheques should be in favour of Evening Standard Limited. Tickets

Number

Priced at £360 (£300 + VAT) per person Priced at £4,320 (£3,600 + VAT) per table

Total (inc.VAT)

Contact name:

Company name:

Contact address:

Contact tel. no: Contact email:

Complete this form, include your payment and send to: London Evening Standard New Homes Awards, Broad Stone House, Uphampton, Shobdon, Leominster, HR6 9PA Helpline: 01568 708163 Email: [email protected]

Cost

Guidance for your submission To make the judging process fair and to make your life easier, please follow these guidelines carefully before preparing your submission. Entries must be A4 in size and presented in a ring binder in the following sequence:

2017 entry form

2017

TO BE SUBMITTED BY 3RD FEBRUARY 2017 If applicable a house or development may be entered for more than one category but each entry would require a separate folder together with additional payment.

We wish to enter the London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2017 in the following category:

01

Brief description of the property or development. (Maximum 700 words outlining special features, type of construction, design considerations, sales success, etc.)

02 Description of local environment and amenities. Detailed area and site location maps. (To help judges find the location easily)

Please tick the relevant category shown below 1. Best First-Time Buyer Home

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2. Best Apartment

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4. Best Luxury Home

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5. Best London Home

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6. Best Out Of London Home

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7. Best Conversion

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8. Best Regeneration Project

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9. Eco-Living Award

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10. Best Development in the Affordable Homes Sector

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11. Best Small Development

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12. Best Large Development

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13. Home or Development of Outstanding Architectural Merit

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3. Best Family Home

03 Floor plans and drawings. (Where appropriate)

04 Consumers’ specifications.

(Short bullet points for quick reference)

05 Photographs including exterior and interior views. Before and after

photographs. (Conversion category) Overall site photographs. (Development categories) Judges always respond positively to high quality photography which is essential for use in publicity material.

06 Short description of Company or Group. (Maximum 250 words)

Homes built per year Under 100 Over 100

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< £750k

£750k - £1.5M

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£1.5M +

Categories may be judged jointly where applicable

1. Details

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Housebuilder 1. Entry is open to all house builders and their architects active within the catchment area of the London Evening Standard. (See map)

5. The London Evening Standard reserves the right to publish details of entries from the material submitted. Please provide high resolution digital images of the entry as well as a high resolution company logo.

2. Entries should be confined to homes completed and ready for occupation within twelve months to 31st January 2017.

6. The Judges’ decisions are final and correspondence will not be entered into.

3. Each entry form must be completed in full and accompanied by a fee of £600 (£500+ VAT) per category. Cheques should be in favour of Evening Standard Limited.

7. Arrangements must be made for the safe return of the submission, if required. The London Evening Standard cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage should the entry be returned.

4. Award ‘Winners’ and those ‘Highly Commended’ will only learn if they have been successful at the awards lunch. It is therefore imperative that the publicity material under section 5 of the entry form is of good quality and is included with each submission.

8. All award winners will be provided with an electronic version of the official London Evening Standard New Homes Awards 2017 logo for use in advertising and promotional material. No other variation will be permitted.

Name of parent company (if applicable) Style of home Description

2. Location (please ensure that detailed area and site location maps are included under item 4) Name of development/s where property style can be viewed Address

Designer/Architect (if applicable) Price range

Gross floor area

There is/is not a sales representative at the above address and at what times Name Occupiers (if applicable) have been informed of this submission and are willing to accept a possible visit

Closing date for entries: Friday 3rd February 2017

Number of bedrooms

Telephone

2017 entry form

2017

TO BE SUBMITTED BY 3RD FEBRUARY 2017

3. Submission We attach an A4 ring binder (maximum 35mm spine please) containing, in the following sequence: Written description (maximum 700 words outlining special features, types of construction, design considerations, sales success, etc.) Detailed area and site location maps Development site layout plans (where appropriate)

Floor plans Consumers’ specifications

Colour photographic prints (external 6 minimum and internal 6 minimum) Short description of company (maximum 250 words) Entry fee of £600 (£500 + VAT) per category (cheques should be in favour of Evening Standard Limited)

4. Publicity material (this is essential please supply a USB memory stick ( Mac and PC formatted) containing high resolution JPEGs) Six or more high resolution external digital images (digital images must be 300 dpi at A4 size Six or more high resolution internal digital images (digital images must be 300 dpi at A4 size Full colour company logo (digitally supplied) to appear on the trophies or any publicity material that is created

5. Point of contact (please print clearly) Name

Position

Company

Telephone

Email

6. The awards Company name (including required regional information) to appear on an award (should you win)

Complete this form, include your payment and send to: London Evening Standard New Homes Awards, Broad Stone House, Uphampton, Shobdon, Leominster, HR6 9PA Helpline: 01568 708163 Email: [email protected]

Closing date for entries: Friday 3rd February 2017 Awards lunch: Friday 19th May 2017

2017

London Evening Standard New Homes Awards Broad Stone House, Uphampton, Shobdon, Leominster, HR6 9PA Helpline: 01568 708163 Email: [email protected] www.homesandproperty.co.uk/nha