100 jobs created by Leeds housebuilder

Leeds housebuilder Chartford Homes has created 100 jobs for construction workers across the £27m of developments that it has commenced over the past year.

The company has started on site at four projects in Leeds, totalling around 88 homes and valued at £27m in total.

The new sites underway are 31 homes at Victoria Road, Headingley; 34 at Low Hall, Horsforth; 14 at Thornhill Road, Wortley; and nine at Elmete Lane, Roundhay.

All the schemes, previously the sites of a mill, a grammar school swimming baths and a care home, will deliver two to five bedroomed detached, and semi-detached homes, which are expected to be completed over the next 18 months.

Chartford Home director, Neil Clark, said: “This is the largest number of schemes and variety of properties we have started at the same time, creating badly-needed homes for the West Yorkshire market and helping the region meet its national quota.

“This has been achieved through vigorous site identification giving us a strong ‘land bank’, a practical approach to planning and being prepared to regenerate often-difficult brownfield sites that would otherwise remain eyesores in local communities.

“Launching so many new homes simultaneously creates a valuable platform for our further growth and we continue to seek one to four acre sites in the Leeds suburbs which will suit our objective of providing quality homes on medium sized sites.”