The first steel-framed modular homes manufactured at the CoreHaus factory were recently delivered, assembled and completed on a new homes site in the North East.
The County Durham-based company has handed over four three-bedroom semi-detached homes to regional housebuilder Homes by Carlton at its almost complete Thorpe Paddocks site at Thorpe Thewles, Tees Valley.
This is the latest milestone for CoreHaus, a social enterprise company, which operates from a 20,000 sq ft manufacturing unit on Jade Business Park, Murton, near Seaham.
CoreHaus managing director Scott Bibby explained: “Early last year our team walked through the factory doors in Seaham for the first time. What has been achieved since then has been nothing short of amazing. From factory fit-out and completion of the first factory built home through to the completion of homes on site at Thorpe Thewles.
“This project has allowed us to demonstrate the flexibility of our product by matching traditional aesthetics and finishes on these four homes while still offering a high level of pre manufactured value.
“It has been a genuine learning exercise where have been able to refine the product, improve skills and knowledge while also bringing efficiencies to the manufacturing process. We will be able to speed up the entire process on future projects from design, manufacture, delivery, assembly, and final build.”
Simon Walker, MD of Homes by Carlton, said: “We are delighted with the final CoreHaus product. They represent the affordable homes on our site and have been pre-sold to Believe Housing as rent-to-buy properties.
“We are experiencing a skills shortage across the construction and housebuilding sector. Modern methods of construction will be part of the mix in the future. We look forward to working with CoreHaus on further projects, delivering affordable housing on our sites.”
