2017 Business Excellence Awards

Acquisition International - Business Excellence Awards 2017 89 BE170153 Best Specialist Building Company - Berkshire Home Grown Developments Ltd Home Grown Developments strive to achieve customer satisfaction and this award validates their efforts to confirm their belief that the customer is vital to every project the firm works on. Sam discusses how the company supports clients and works with them to ensure that they receive the outcome they want. “Although we have over 20 years’ experience in the construction market, here at Home Grown Developments we have never lost sight of our initial roots. We originally evolved as a customer service company looking after the “first time customer base” or the “too busy Developer” “Both categories needed and deserved the highest level of care and we offered rare layers of management incorporated within the company. Once we understand the customers requirements then we continually ensure through the management spheres discussed previously are openly responsible to deliver our company’s strategic core values. These include Home Grown Developments Ltd support clients to grow and improve their home to budget and within an agreed timescale. We spoke to Sam Cross to learn more. Company: Home Grown Developments Ltd Contact: Sam Cross Contact Email: sam@ homegrowndevelopments.co.uk Address: Milestone View Court, Lowfield Road, Reading, RG4 6ND, UK Phone: 0118 947 3614 Website: www. homegrowndevelopments.co.uk support, as we have a department dedicated to the behind the scenes documentation including our Joint Venture Contracts, Legal paperwork and payment Schedules to keep the outlays within the customers’ budget. We also support clients through design, as we have a panel of Architects and a body of Structural Engineers to help understand the customers’ true requirements “Alongside this, the Operations Director controls the various experts and specialists required for each challenge and takes full responsibility for the coordination of the many trades available to the company. Finally, each contract is allocated a Project Manager who is to deal with the many professionals involved in the creation of the build such as, Architects, Structural Engineers, Building Inspectors and most important of all; the customer. Looking to the future, Sam firmly believes that the firm’s approach, which revolves around continuing to offer the very highest standards of support and service to clients, will be successful and help Home Grown Developments to build upon its current success. “Overall, our future is moulded by our clients today and their reviews and recommendations so we just look after the customer today and the future will look after itself. “...Samfirmly believes that the firm’s approach, which revolves around continuing to offer the veryhighest standards of support and service to clients...” Lto R: Fintan Hearty (Project Manager), Waldec Sadowski (Operations Director), Eric Bolton (Architect & Head of Design)