Nottinghamshire couple Jessica Humphreys and Joseph Costello have launched their lives together at Harron Homes’ Thoresby Vale in Edwinstowe after falling in love with Jessica’s parents’ house on the same development. Jessica (31) and Joseph (25) moved into their three bedroom Bamburgh exactly a year after Jessica’s parents moved into their five bedroom Edlingham just over the road. Dental Receptionist Jessica said, “The location is spot-on for us. I’ve been renting just down the road in Ollerton and always loved Edwinstowe, it’s such a lovely area. We were wowed by my parents Edlingham – especially the “Titanic” staircase! – so...Read more
We have continued to invest in the local community by sponsoring the purchase of football kits for a new year 5 and 6 mixed football team at Bracken Lane Primary Academy in Retford, near Harron Homes’ Nottinghamshire development, The Brambles. Bracken Lane Primary Academy, which is part of the Diverse Academies Trust, is competing for the first time ever in the Retford Local League. Providing the schoolchildren with a brand-new home kit, our sponsorship has enabled these budding footballers to play with confidence and style as they compete in the league against other schools. This is the second young person’s...Read more
We have sponsored the purchase of new drill tops for the U15s Boys Yellow Team at Eckington Boys & Belles Football Club (EBFC), a Derbyshire club located in Eckington, close to our Heritage Green development in Chesterfield. EBFC, which was founded in 1996, is a football club of over 300 players comprising 22 different teams. The team competes in the Sheffield and District Junior league, with matches taking place across the counties of Derbyshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. The U15s Boys Yellow Team players will wear their new drill tops to and from match-days and over their training-kits during...Read more
A pair of our apprentices from Chesterfield who are building the foundations to a successful career in construction thanks to Harron Homes, are calling for other young people to consider this route into the industry this National Apprenticeship Week (6th to 12th February). Kian, age 18, is currently completing his joinery apprenticeship on a ‘day-release’ course, with his work on site at our Thorpe Meadows development in Holmewood, balanced with one day per week spent at Chesterfield College. The course is a Level 2 Joinery Diploma, studied over two years and designed to equip people new to the industry with...Read more
Harron Homes has successfully completed the purchase of a second parcel of land to commence phase two of its Shipley Lakeside development in Heanor, Derbyshire. Work on the former American Adventure theme park is well underway with 172 Harron homes currently being built on phase one. Phase two is based on the other side of the lake, where the Log Flume and Runaway Mine Train rides once were. Harron has purchased all 5.7 acres of this plot with plans to build a further 60 stunning lakeside homes, making a total 232 homes across the 40 acre development. ...Read more
To mark National Apprenticeship Week 2023 (6th-12th February), we are celebrating its newest Quantity Surveyor Apprentice, Matthew Hyde from Nottingham, whose past few months at Harron have equipped him with important skills for life. Matt’s apprenticeship at Harron Homes, which he began in September, is a ‘day-release programme’, consisting of a three-year course with one day per week spent in formal training for his Higher National Certificate in Construction and the Built Environment at Nottingham College in Basford. The rest of the time spent on-site and at the Harron Homes office in Barlborough near Chesterfield getting hands-on experience. ...Read more
Harron Homes Yorkshire has received planning permission from Barnsley Metropolitan Council to transform a disused brownfield site on Bleachcroft Way in Barnsley, South Yorkshire with 238 luxury homes on the development called Nevison’s Fold. The development will deliver a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes all with electric car charging points and will feature green open spaces with a LEAP (Locally Equipped Area for Play), a pocket park, footpaths, wildlife habitats and improved woodland. As well as developing the site, Harron will be contributing £1 million to the local area, including over £575,000 for education and over £180,000 on...Read more
Harron Homes is launching two brand new showhomes at its Harworth development, Simpson Park this weekend (Saturday 21st January). Simpson Park Street Scene Plots 54-57 Visitors will be able to enjoy a range of hot drinks and tasty fish and chips, before viewing the brand new Nidderdale and Salcombe showhomes, with Harron Homes representatives on hand to answer any questions. A thoughtfully designed four-bedroom detached property, the Nidderdale is a spacious and tasteful home well suited to family life. At the heart of this property is an impressive, high-specification kitchen and open-plan dining area, with stylish French doors opening out...Read more
Harron Homes has recently acquired land for the fourth phase of Sandlands Park, the housebuilder’s sought-after development on the south-western outskirts of the Nottinghamshire market town. Just three homes remain for sale on phase three of the development but phase four will extend Harron’s offering by another hundred homes in the area. Set in a fantastic location at the edge of Hucknall with open countryside on the doorstep, Sandlands Park is a luxurious collection of four- and five-bedroom homes, carefully designed to suit modern living and perfect for family life. Residents experience the best of both worlds...Read more
Harron Homes has recently acquired a second parcel of land to continue the regeneration of Rossington Colliery in Doncaster. Harron’s first development on the scheme, called Heatherfields, launched in 2017 and now Harron expects to bring a further 105 homes on its second development called De Maulay Manor. These form phase five of the overall scheme which is managed by Harworth Estates and now known as Pheasant Hill Park. The building of new homes on the former Rossington colliery site forms a key part of a wider ‘gateway to the Sheffield City region’ programme that is a game-changing proposition...Read more