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In 2025/26 we worked with new and established partners to meet our development goals, building new affordable homes for local people, as well as acquiring homes so we can deliver our services to more residents.
Welcoming new residents
In March 2026 we acquired 509 new homes and a community hub from Notting Hill Genesis (NHG). NHG sold these homes – which are based across South-West Hertfordshire in Dacorum, St Albans, Three Rivers and Watford – as it is looking to focus on its homes in London.
As an established provider of homes in Hertfordshire, this provided us with a great opportunity to strengthen our local presence and to deliver our high-quality services to more customers.
After taking on these homes, we visited residents to check that we have the most up-to-date information about them, and to make sure that they know how to contact us and make use of the services we provide.
Our ongoing partnerships
By pooling resources – such as funding, skills and knowledge – we’ve continued to have great success delivering new homes in partnership with local authorities and other organisations.
In June 2025 we completed Green Lane, a brilliant partnership project with Hertfordshire County Council, Bugler Group, Homes England and NHS England. It delivered six supported living homes in Oxhey, providing safe, long-term housing for adults with learning disabilities.
We gained planning approval for eight affordable homes, a new parish council office and a community space to be built in Barton Way, Croxley Green. This scheme, consulted and designed in partnership with the parish council, will be delivered by Three Rivers Homes, our joint venture with Three Rivers District Council.
In January, Homes England visited three of our ongoing developments that they provided funding for – Armstrong House (previously Northcotts), Foxgrove Path and Coleridge Way – to see the progress that had been made.
To ensure we can keep providing new homes to those who need them, we secured a £100m loan from Santander UK. It included the extension of a £50m revolving credit facility and £50m of new funding, which helped us to acquire the properties we took on from Notting Hill Genesis and will allow the development of even more new homes.
In September 2026, we took handover of 12 three-bedroom, social rent homes in Thomas Sawyer Way, which were built as part of Watford Riverwell, a joint venture between Watford Borough Council and Kier Property.
Providing new homes across Hertfordshire
In January 2026, we held a resident consultation session, giving local residents the chance to share their thoughts and take a look at our plans for new family homes in the Holywell – including how it will help shape the local community. This will be the third phase of our Croxley View development, following the success of phases 1 and 2, which delivered new temporary accommodation, affordable homes, shared ownership homes, private homes and improved landscaping.
In October 2025, we were joined by members of the Housing Project, a Church of England initiative, and The Reverend Oliver Blease, Vicar of Christ Church & St. John’s in Radlett, at our St John’s Church development. The Housing Project team were keen to visit the site as it is a fantastic example of land being redeveloped into a new worship and community space, whilst also having affordable housing for local need.
Local residents also had the opportunity to meet Bugler Developments, the building contractor appointed for the construction of our ten new-build homes in The Pollards, Maple Cross. They were able to meet key members of the team, learn more about the construction programme, and to ask any questions or raise any concerns.
Works are still ongoing at our Sydney Road development, with expected completion to be August 2026. Sydney Road is part of a wider development of nearly 300 new homes, 53 of which will be ours – 30 for social rent and 23 for affordable rent.
To encourage shared learning across the organisation, our Assistant Director of Development and Sales held a session for staff on the importance of developing new homes and what the process includes – from acquiring the land all the way to completion.
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