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We regularly produce press material to inform the media about our current and potential developments, which can be found in reverse date order below. Journalists should contact our PR partners, The Public Relations Company, directly, using the contact details below.

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February 2010

A retired Hull couple have scooped first prize in a competition run by award-winning house builder Peter Ward Homes.

George and Carol Buckton, of Birklands Drive, Hull, submitted their details into the company’s annual draw during a visit to Peter Ward’s sought-after site, Rawsons Green, at Hornsea, where the couple’s new home will be built.

December 2009

Rawsons Green at Hornsea, one of the latest developments by East Yorkshire house builder Peter Ward Homes, is proving to be one of the company’s most popular locations of the past decade.

While the housing market generally has been adversely affected by the recession, sales and visitor numbers at Hornsea have continued to impress the company’s marketing team.

December 2009

Leading East Yorkshire house builder, Peter Ward Homes, is reporting signs of a renewed confidence among the buying public.

The Beverley-based company, currently building new homes at Hornsea, Goole and at Habrough Fields, four miles west of Grimsby and in the heart of North East Lincolnshire, is forecasting a welcome injection of activity in the housing market soon into the New Year

October 2009

“Woman on a mission” finds dream home at Captains Close

When Margaret Cannon embarked on her search for a dream new home, she was, in the words of her husband, Ray, “A woman on a mission”.

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September 2009

In today’s mass market culture where so many of our new-build homes follow a common architectural style, it’s often the little things that set one house builder above the rest.

In the case of one East Yorkshire couple, the act of buying and moving into their new home has been all about the builder’s attention to detail.

August 2009

East Yorkshire house builder Peter Ward Homes is looking forward to 2010 and a resurging housing market.

Throughout this year, while the industry has endured its worst recession for decades, the award-winning company has continued to develop sites at Goole, Driffield and at Habrough Fields, near Immingham, and is already making plans to open new sites elsewhere in the East Riding.

June 2009

Peter Ward Homes to sponsor Driffield’s blue ribbon event

Beverley house builder Peter Ward Homes is to sponsor the blue ribbon show jumping event at this year’s Driffield Show.

It is the first time the company has put its name to the Open Championship, an event which invariably attracts the maximum 40 entries and which carries a first prize of £300.

May 2009

The grass is getting greener for some Goole residents

Youngsters using the play area at St George’s Green in Goole have been asked to let the grass grow under their feet!

The public open space was provided by house builder Peter Ward Homes when the company completed work on the 132-home site five years ago. Since then, they have been trying to cultivate the grass to a standard that would persuade council officials to adopt the site – so far without success.

May 2009

Driffield’s Southwood Park one of East Yorkshire’s most popular new housing sites

The bricks and mortar is long gone and the sales team is preparing to shut up shop at one of East Yorkshire’s most popular new home locations of the past 10 years.

Southwood Park, a 65-house development by Peter Ward Homes on the south western edge of Driffield, has just four homes left to sell – and one of those is already reserved

April 2009

Housing market showing signs of recovery

Latest sales figures from the housing market suggest the sector has at last reached the bottom and is even experiencing a spring bounce, according to a leading East Yorkshire house builder.

Peter Ward, managing director of Beverley-based Peter Ward Homes and a spokesman for the East Riding House Builders Group, said the recent reports that house prices are once again heading upwards is a clear sign that the market has reached a turning point.

December 2008

Young families need housing they can afford, not ‘affordable housing’

A leading East Yorkshire house builder says a controversial planning policy is hindering young families from getting on to the housing ladder.

Peter Ward, Managing Director of award-winning Peter Ward Homes and a spokesman for the East Riding House Builders Group, has urged the Government to redefine its so-called ‘Affordable Housing’ policy, a term he believes is grossly misleading

October 2008

Peter Ward Homes Launches New Assisted Sales Scheme

Award-winning house builder Peter Ward Homes has launched a new Assisted Sales Scheme to help homebuyers affected by the credit crunch.

The Beverley-based company says it is taking whatever reasonable action is available to help buyers, especially first-time buyers, complete their house purchases.

September 2008

Buoyant Bank Holiday For Peter Ward Homes

Interest in the Peter Ward Homes development of the former Hornsea Pottery site has been buoyant over the Bank Holiday weekend.

For the first time, visitors to Rawsons Green were able to view the show house and meet staff in the newly-opened sales office.

September 2008

Peter Ward Homes Buck Market Trend

Interest in new properties built by Peter Ward Homes has been buoyant over the Bank Holiday weekend especially at the 84-home Captain’s Close development at Goole.

“We’ve been really busy and pleasantly surprised by the number of sales coming in. It is a very positive feeling here in Goole,” said managing director Peter Ward.

September 2008

Promising Times For Peter Ward Homes

House-hunters have been heading for the seaside during the past couple of weeks to be among the first to look round the Peter Ward Homes development of the former Hornsea Pottery site.

For the first time, visitors to Rawsons Green, off Marlborough Avenue, have been able to view the new show house and meet staff in the recently-opened sales office.

June 2008

Anna takes up new sales role at Habrough Fields

Experienced sales representative Anna Redmond has been appointed by Peter Ward Homes to join the sales team at the company’s flagship site at Habrough Fields, near Immingham.

April 2008

Peter Ward Homes sales at high levels

Beverley house builder Peter Ward Homes has announced its best first quarter for sales and enquiries for several years.

Actual house sales are up several times on the same period last year and the number of enquiries across the region has more than doubled, according to sales director Peter Richardson.

April 2008

Work starts to redevelop the former Hornsea Pottery site

Award-winning house builder Peter Ward Homes has begun work to redevelop the former Hornsea Pottery site on the southern edge of the town.

Over the next two years, the Beverley-based company plans to build 50 new homes on land which once housed the town’s most famous enterprise. Pottery produced by the Hornsea outfit was renowned for its innovative design and sold throughout the world.

April 2008

Planners give go-ahead to Driffield homes and play park plan

East Riding planning councillors have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a house builder’s plans to build five new homes and create a play park on land near Driffield.

Beverley-based Peter Ward Homes was given the go ahead by the planners after they heard that as well as providing much-needed low cost homes, the scheme at Auchinleck Close would also incorporate a children’s equipped play park and a ‘kick-about’ area.

March 2008

East Yorkshire house builder Peter Ward Homes has reported a bright start to 2008.

The Beverley-based firm says combined sales and enquiries at its current developments – at Goole, Driffield and at Habrough Fields, Immingham, – are running at least 10 per cent ahead of forecasts.

December 2007

Work starts on floral display thanks to local builder

Members of a Goole musical theatre group are finally getting stuck into their latest community project after a local house builder came to their rescue.

Castaway, based at the Yorkshire Waterways Museum in Goole, organise events and activities for adults with a learning or physical disability and had chosen to play a part in next year’s Goole in Bloom effort.

October 2007

New sponsor for HOSM junior soccer stars

East Yorkshire-based house builder Peter Ward Homes has helped a village junior soccer team to kick-off 2007 in style with a new strip!

Holme on Spalding Moor Under 9s, through their coach James Clark, contacted the award-winning house builder last year to ask if the company could offer some financial support.

October 2007

New housing will be just what families need

Plans to build family housing on an area of low-grade agricultural land at Goole will give people a much-needed opportunity to get onto the housing ladder, according to the developers.

August 2007

Beverley house builder goes back to school

Pupils at an East Yorkshire school are to benefit from a new multi-purpose play and performance area thanks to the generosity of Beverley house builder Peter Ward Homes.

August 2007

A house simply too good for Melanie to miss

Choosing a new home is an exciting but stressful time for most people, unless you happen to be Melanie Gascoigne.

Melanie is one of those sales people who believes in putting her money where her mouth is, in the nicest possible way of course, and choosing her new home was quite simply just another day at work.

August 2007

Leading house builder to sponsor Beverley’s heritage trail

Organisers of Beverley’s new heritage and tourism initiative, the Medieval Guilds and Crafts Trail, have announced leading independent house builder Peter Ward Homes as one of its first major business sponsors.

July 2007

Children’s play area key part of new homes plan

Award-winning house builder, Peter Ward Homes, has submitted plans to build a batch of first-time buyer houses, along with a children’s play area, adjacent to their popular Auchinleck Close development at Kirkburn, Driffield.

July 2007

Beverley College to make way for luxury homes

Details have been released of the long-awaited plan to re-develop the former East Riding College site in Beverley for high quality housing.

July 2007

Another building industry ‘Oscar’ for Peter Ward Homes

Leading independent house builder, Beverley-based Peter Ward Homes, has once again walked away with the honours at the house building industry’s ‘Oscars’ ceremony.

May 2007

New housing will add to village peace and quiet

Lorries rumbling to and from their base in an East Yorkshire village will soon be a scene from the past after a new housing development was unveiled this week.

May 2007

Peter Ward Homes publishes House Buyers Guide to new sites in our region

Award-winning house builder Peter Ward Homes has published its first multi-site magazine designed to give house buyers a comprehensive view of new-build properties throughout the East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire region.

April 2007

Promising early demand for Habrough Fields homes

Sales of new homes on the 21-acre Habrough Fields development at Immingham have got off to a flying start.

Within 72 hours of the sales office being opened, several properties had been snapped up by eager purchasers and enquiries are already showing a high level of interest.

April 2007

Peter Ward Homes ahead of target at Driffield

Sales of new homes on the sought-after Southwood Park site at Driffield are soaring ahead of target.

Demand for the properties, being built by Beverley-based award-winning house builder Peter Ward Homes, has been so strong during the first few weeks of the year that the development could be completed ahead of schedule.

 

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