private industry housebuilding founded 1964 headquarters goldsel road swanley kent br8 8ex uk key people stephen halbert chairman jeffrey adams group chief executive website www.unitedhousedevelopments.net united house developments is a property development company based in southampton street london . it is active in the construction of social housing urban regeneration refurbishment and public private partnerships ppp . contents 1 history 2 awards 3 notable projects 4 references 5 external links history edit the origin of the company lies with geoffrey granter who founded harp heating in 1964 . initially the core business was installing central heating in council housing while the tenants remained in occupation . harp heating broadened this service into an internal refurbishment product for the glc operating from its 100 000 sq ft warehouse adjacent to the head office at swanley . 1 after jeffrey adams joined the company in 1982 becoming its joint owner with granter the company changed its name and expanded into housebuilding and housing refurbishment . in the 1990s the company won business under the private finance initiative linked to the decent homes programme and building of new social under the labour government . 2 a development division named modern city living was established in 1990 . 3 united house became a pfi housing contractor in the uk managing some 7 000 homes . 4 in 2008 modern city living was rebranded united house developments . 3 granter retired from the business in 2008 and steven halbert joined the board as chairman . lloyds development capital ldc invested a minority stake and rbs provided bank loans to fund further expansion in inner city private housebuilding . 5 on 16 september 2014 a restructuring of united house group was announced . united house s construction business united house ltd merged with bullock construction which was also owned by ldc and has a similar profile to united house but worked in other areas of the uk . the new construction company was called united living group 6 and bullock s ceo ian burnett become the group chief executive . later in 2014 united house developments headed by adams as chairman and rick de blaby as ceo became a separate development company based in london . 7 8 awards edit the company has won many awards including daily mail british homes awards 2009 apartment building of the year for queensbridge quarter in london fields hackney 9 2010 development of the year for arundel square islington 10 daily telegraph british homes awards 2011 for the housing project at clapham one 11 notable projects edit the company carried out the conversion of frobisher crescent at the barbican the original location of the cass business school into residential use . it was also involved in the central st giles mixed use development in covent garden . 1 united house constructed the clapham one development in clapham high street for cathedral group in 2012 in a ppp with the london borough of lambeth . 12 in 2013 it completed a project involving 388 social homes plus office and retail space in a mixed use development at hale village in tottenham . 13 around the end of 2013 the company completed the paynes & borthwick riverside development at west greenwich . 14 references edit a b bates rupert may 2011 . recipe for housing success . show house . pp. 45 47 . retrieved 17 october 2011 . harrington ben 1 june 2008 . builders set for fortune in united house disposal . daily telegraph . retrieved 12 october 2011 . a b our history . retrieved 28 march 2016 . united house . lloyds tsb development capital . retrieved 30 may 2014 . stothart chlo 21 april 2010 . lloyds buys stake in united house . inside housing . retrieved 12 october 2011 . home united living . retrieved 28 march 2016 . wilson robyn 16 september 2014 . united house and bullock construction to merge . construction news . retrieved 16 september 2014 . prior grant 16 september 2014 . loss making united house to merge with bullock . construction enquirer . retrieved 17 september 2014 . british homes awards 2009 . archived from the original on 2011 10 12 . retrieved 2011 10 12 . british homes awards 2010 . archived from the original on 2011 10 12 . retrieved 2011 10 12 . british homes awards 2011 . archived from the original on 2011 10 12 . retrieved 2011 10 12 . clapham one . dla design . retrieved 1 september 2014 . development focus hale village . british builder and developer . retrieved 1 september 2014 . paynes & borthwick wharves . united house . retrieved 1 september 2014 . external links edit official website v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group 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