Melville Road Allotment in Rainham is getting a total upgrade of its outdoor shelter, thanks to a project being delivered by Havering Council and Wates Residential as part of its joint venture partnership to regenerate 12 council estates across the borough.

A learning space at a new community hub, created from a disused chapel in Chichester has been named in honour of the Wates family following a £6,000 donation from Wates Living Space.

A traditional ‘topping out’ ceremony has been held at Napier and New Plymouth House, in Rainham.

Wates, Notting Hill Genesis and Barnet Council have officially broken ground on the construction of 209 new homes in Barnet.

Wates has been appointed by Brent Council to create new council homes in Church Road, Church End, to help transform the area.

A time capsule celebrating the past, present and future of the Gascoigne neighbourhood in Barking has been buried by Gascoigne Primary School and members of the local community

The new tenants of nine highly energy-efficient, sustainable modular houses in Roath have described their new council homes as ‘big and spacious’ with bathrooms like the Hilton hotel.

Councillor John Crowder, Cabinet Lead for Regeneration and Sir James Wates, Chairman of the Wates Group, have visited Napier and New Plymouth House to celebrate progress at the first site in the Havering ’12 Estates’ regeneration programme.

Wates Living Space is proud to work alongside six of our customers to successfully bid for a total of £10m of SHDF Wave 1 funding which will allow retrofitting technologies to be installed in over 1,000 properties.

Wates Construction has been appointed to deliver Rodney Street, the first development for This City, a 128-apartment scheme in Ancoats, owned by Manchester City Council.

We’re looking for new, innovative, sustainable technologies and materials that will help net zero homes achieve environmental targets.  

Ben Williams shares his insight on the lessons so far learnt on the Wates’ retrofit programmes and the challenges ahead for the sector.

Wates is launching a new marketing campaign to find new, innovative, sustainable technologies and materials that will help it build net zero homes and achieve its environmental targets.

Wates were joined by Wandsworth Councillor Govindia and Cabinet Member for Housing, Councillor Jonathan Cook to see the latest developments at Shuttleworth Road.

Wates has been appointed to the £5.16bn Southern Construction Framework (SCF).

Wates has been appointed by Leeds City Council to deliver a £40m affordable housing scheme.

William Pike House and Thomas England House, Romford’s first tower blocks, are being demolished to make way for a new development at Waterloo and Queen Street to build 1,380 new homes for local people.

Blackfriars in Battle, an initiative led by Rother District Council’s housing company, Alliance Homes to provide 200 new homes, has named Wates Residential as the partner contractor to build the development.