private industry housebuilding founded september 2014 headquarters goldsel road swanley kent br8 8ex uk key people ian burnett group chief executive website www.unitedliving.co.uk united living group is a construction company which specialises in new build planned maintenance low carbon retrofit extra care and land & funding opportunities . 1 contents 1 history 1.1 united house 1.2 merged company 2 organisation 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was formed from the merger of bullock construction ltd and united house ltd the contracting division of united house group 2 in september 2014 3 with the vision to become the national market leader in the provision of affordable housing and sustainable solutions . 1 lloyds development capital ldc had an ownership stake in both companies in april 2008 ldc invested in the management buy out of bullock construction limited 4 and in march 2010 united house secured financial backing from ldc to continue its expansion strategy . 3 united house edit the origin of united house lies with geoffrey granter who founded it as 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 installing a package of heating bathroom kitchen and electrical works in four days . to achieve this they developed highly organised logistics arrangements distributing materials on a just in time basis from its 100 000 sq ft warehouse adjacent to the head office at swanley . 5 after jeffrey adams joined the company in 1981 becoming its joint owner with granter the company changed its name to united house and expanded into housebuilding and housing refurbishment . in the 1990s the company won substantial business under the private finance initiative linked to the decent homes programme and building of new social under the blair brown government . 6 a development division named modern city living was established in 1990 . 7 united house became the leading housing pfi contractor in the uk managing over 7 000 homes . 8 in 2008 modern city living was rebranded united house developments . 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 . 9 merged company edit 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 ltd but worked in other areas of the uk . the new construction company was called united living group 1 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 . 10 11 the new brand united living group was launched on 1 april 2015 . organisation edit in order to maintain current contracts the existing companies were retained but renamed . united living north ltd was formed from bullock construction ltd ; united living south ltd was formed from united house ltd. united living north group ltd was formed from pyper construction ltd bullock s parent company ; united living south holdings ltd was formed from united house group ltd. 12 references edit a b c home united living . retrieved 28 march 2016 . projects united living . retrieved 28 march 2016 . a b ldc 18 february 2016 . our portfolio . ldc.co.uk . retrieved 28 march 2016 . ldc 18 february 2016 . our portfolio . ldc.co.uk . retrieved 28 march 2016 . 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 . 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 . 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 . legal . retrieved 28 march 2016 . 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 wsp housebuilders 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