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We are pleased to announce we have now completed and handed over approximately 50% of our site at Battle.  The show home is open for viewings.

Please click the Linkedin icon on our homepage to see a drone video of progress so far.

Trinity Homes is pleased to announce that we are Regional Winners for our project at Old Rectory Court, Burwash in the category of Best Small Social Housing Development and have been shortlisted as a finalist in the LABC National Building Excellence Awards.

The site was developed for Optivo and the accommodation comprised 15 Flats for rental and 4 Houses on a shared ownership basis.

The Awards will take place at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London in January 2022.

We are pleased to announce our development in Battle has been named among a shortlist of sites in England and Wales to win an award for high standards of construction and site management.

Our site at Tollgates, Battle, has been awarded The Bricks Site Recognition Award by LABC Warranty, for its standards of workmanship and overall management of the site, including health and safety matters and general tidiness.

The Bricks Site Recognition Award winners are chosen every month and are then further shortlisted at the end of the year, where on

ly the best of those sites will be rewarded with The Bricks annual award trophy, one of the construction industry’s most prestigious awards given to outstanding sites from England and Wales.

LABC Warranty is one of the largest providers of structural warranties in the UK. Working in partnership with Local Authority Building Control (LABC), its combined team of more than 3,700 surveyors work with house builders, contractors and housing associations.

Sites are scored by LABC Warranty risk management surveyors during their inspection visits, which take place regularly through construction.

Those sites that score consistently high for general co-operation with inspectors, health and safety, site tidiness, standard of site management standard of workmanship are nominated for a Site Recognition Award.

Sarah Sheppard, Technical Director at LABC Warranty, said: “It takes skill, commitment and a dedication to quality of construction for a site to receive The Bricks Site Recognition Award. Nothing pleases my team and I more than to see developments meet and maintain such high standards.”

For more information about the awards, visit: www.labcwarranty.co.uk/awards

Trinity Homes is pleased to announce that their Site Manager, Ramesh Swain, was once again shortlisted as a finalist for the South East LABC Building Excellence Awards in the category of Residential Construction Professional of the Year.

The site he was working on at Elizabeth Court, Hailsham was also a finalist in the category of Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development.   Elizabeth Court was a new Local Authority social housing development for Wealden District Council comprising 5 terraced houses and 12 flats located within an existing busy residential area, abutting residential gardens and properties on three sides of the site.

The Awards took place on 21st June at The Grand Hotel in Brighton and we are delighted to confirm that Ramesh was the well deserved winner of the Residential Construction Professional of the Year award.  Many congratulations on your outstanding achievement from all the team at Trinity Homes.

Coldwaltham residents welcomed much-needed affordable homes when social housing provider Stonewater cut the ribbon on eight new homes in Shackleton Close on Tuesday afternoon (20 November).

A number of local stakeholders, including local authority councillors, parish councillors, and staff and pupils from a local school, joined residents for the celebration.

The development takes its name from the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, the principal figure during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, who has historic links to the village.

Shackleton’s family lived in the parish and were buried in St Giles’ Church graveyard next to Coldwaltham School. In light of this, members of Coldwaltham Parish Council suggested Shackleton Close would be fitting road name.

Having studied Shakleton’s adventures, children from the primary school in Coldwaltham helped renowned West Sussex chainsaw carver Dave Lucas from the Woodland Centre to design a wonderful finishing-touch to the development.

The bespoke wooden artwork, representing an oak chest from Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance, was unveiled at Tuesday’s event. The chest is believed to have been taken on one of Shackleton’s Antarctic voyages.

Shackleton Close provides four two-bedroom homes and four three-bedroom properties at a low-cost, affordable rent. The properties will be available for local families nominated by Horsham District Council.

The new homes help meet the high demand for affordable housing in South Downs National Park, and were part-funded with grants from Homes England and Horsham District Council, which provided £142,888 and £100,000, respectively.

Designed by Winchester-based architects CHDP and constructed by Eastbourne-based contractor Trinity Homes, the properties reflect Stonewater’s commitment to provide high-quality homes at an affordable price. Each unit features top-quality amenities, generous green space, beautiful rear gardens and plenty of parking spaces for residents and visitors.

Shackleton Close is Stonewater’s second affordable housing development in Coldwaltham to be delivered in recent years. Piers Secombe Close, adjacent to Shackleton Close, was completed in 1996 and provided six affordable homes for the community.

These projects, along with others across West Sussex, are helping deliver Stonewater’s aim of supporting communities and neighbourhoods throughout the county, transforming lives of local people whose needs are not met by the market.

James Bradbury, Deputy Director of Development at Stonewater, said, “Today marked an important landmark in Stonewater’s continued efforts to provide affordable homes for people in the Coldwaltham and South Downs National Park area.

“It was wonderful to spend time with the local community, especially the pupils from St James’ Primary School, who made a very important contribution to this development.”

Cllr Tricia Youtan, Cabinet Member for Community and Wellbeing at Horsham District Council, said, “At present, the demand for affordable homes in our area exceeds supply, so these properties are very much welcomed. They will provide eight households with high quality housing from which they can lead fulfilling lives, close friends and family.”

Leading social housing provider Stonewater has marked Rural Housing Week (2-6 July) in Coldwaltham, West Sussex, by giving delivery partners, local councils and nearby St James’ School a sneak peek at its almost-complete new affordable rental housing development, Shackleton Close.

The new Stonewater homes are helping to meet a housing crisis in rural villages and towns where only eight per cent of housing is affordable compared with 20 per cent in main urban centres.

The Shackleton Close village scheme has been funded by Stonewater with an additional £142,888 grant-funding from Homes England (formerly the Homes and Communities Agency) and £100,000 from Horsham District Council.  Set for completion this summer, the sensitively designed development will provide a mix of four two-bedroom and four three-bedroom houses – all for low-cost affordable rent.

Stonewater’s new homes will be equipped with cost- and energy-saving systems including high levels of insulation, and as there is no mains gas in the village, Stonewater will also provide each home with liquid petroleum gas (LPG) central heating.

The new homes will be allocated through Horsham District Council with priority given to people who already have a local connection to the village area.

“At a time when the average rent in the Horsham district eats up well over a third of the average local wage**, more and more young people and families who have grown up in the village are finding themselves forced to move away to find a home they can afford,” says James Bradbury, Deputy Director of Development at Stonewater. “This has a devastating impact on the sustainability of village shops and local services which is evidenced by the closure of 31 post offices across the region in the past five years and 217 pubs between 2013 and 2016.

“These new affordable homes at Shackleton Close are a great example of how housing associations can work together with local authorities to tackle this problem, building village-friendly homes that local people can truly afford. These homes however, have to be the right type of housing, in the right location, to stimulate growth, diversity and long-term prosperity.”

Stonewater has worked closely with St James’ School during the construction and recently held a wood-carving event inviting the pupils to design the public art piece which will be installed at the development.

Monica Burns, External Affairs Manager for rural housing at the National Housing Federation, says: “Far too few homes are being built for local people and villages are dying as a result. Young people are moving to cities and often house prices are rocketing. Right across rural England, schools are shutting their doors to pupils. Post offices, which provide vital community services, are closing at a similar rate and countless pubs are serving their last ever orders to locals.

“It’s therefore very welcome news that housing associations like Stonewater are stemming this tide by building the new homes local people desperately need.”

Councillor Tricia Youtan, Cabinet Member for Community and Wellbeing at Horsham District Council, says: “We are pleased to have been able to support the delivery of this scheme in conjunction with Stonewater and Homes England.”

“In a District such as ours we need to ensure we are supporting rural communities to deliver much-needed affordable homes. When completed, this scheme will be a great addition to the Coldwaltham community. The properties look wonderful and are sympathetic to their surroundings.”

Trinity Homes is pleased to announce that two of their most recent projects have been shortlisted as finalists for the South East LABC Building Excellence Awards in the category of Best Social or Affordable New Housing Development.

The sites are Leap Cross, Hailsham, a development of 6 houses and 6 flats for Wealden District Council and Sumach Close, Eastbourne, a development of 13 flats for Eastbourne Homes.

The Awards take place in late June at The Grand Hotel in Brighton.

Time capsule buried at new development

Oakwood pupils bury time capsule at new flats at Sumach Close.

Children from Oakwood Primary Academy visited a new development of flats at Sumach Close to bury a time capsule in the footings of the site. Items put forward include a daily newspaper, stamps, photos, Pokémon cards, money, emoji signs, a mobile phone and a calculator.

Dan Lawes, from property developer Trinity Homes, said, “This will be marked on the site for future generations to discover.”

Read more at: http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/time-capsule-buried-at-new-development-1-7805937