Sector

Affordable & Mixed-⁠Tenure Housing.

Overview

Affordable, mixed-tenure and regeneration housing sit at the centre of gravity of the BREE Construction portfolio, the largest body of work the practice has on the books at any given time.

The numbers

59
New-build affordable schemes: 4,130
Homes delivered or on site: £591m
Disclosed contract value: 496
Largest scheme · Points Cross Leeds

Featured in Affordable

Our most-awarded scheme.

TottenhamMixed TenureCompleted 2013

388
Homes: 2013
Completed: 3
Awards

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Most-awarded scheme · Affordable

Hale Village

Tottenham · Mixed Tenure

Why BREE Construction for Affordable

The technical bar is rising. We rise with it.

Cost certainty against the funded number

Affordable schemes have no margin for slippage. BREE Construction’s cost team holds the brief from day one through to handover with monthly reporting and stage-gated commercial reviews.

Specification compliant with current and emerging regulation

Building Safety Act, Decent Homes, Awaab’s Law, BREEAM, specified into the brief and evidenced through delivery so the RP inherits a fully-documented scheme.

Mixed-tenure delivered without architectural compromise

Social rent and shared ownership share entrances, amenity and massing with market sale. Tenure-blind by design, no second-class spaces, no architectural giveaways.

How we deliver

The 6-pillar method.

Every tenure under the affordable umbrella

Social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership, Rent to Buy, key-worker. Tenure-aware specification and management at every stage of the brief, from procurement through to handover.

Cost certainty for value-engineered briefs

Affordable schemes have less margin for error than any sector. BREE Construction’s cost team works the brief from day one, holding the funded number through delivery, no surprises at the late-stage VE meeting.

Specification to today’s regulatory bar

Building Safety Act compliance, Decent Homes Standard, Awaab’s Law on damp and mould, BREEAM and SAP targets, specified at the brief table, evidenced through delivery, handed over to the registered provider with the documentation to operate it.

Modern methods of construction where they earn their place

MMC-led volumetric (Shaldon Road, Bristol, 50 homes for United Communities), factory-built panelised systems where they accelerate programme, and traditional build where it’s the right answer for the site and brief.

Mixed-tenure delivered without architectural compromise

Social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership and market sale in a single development, with tenure-blind massing and shared amenity. Glenvale Park, Walter Tull House, schemes that read as one community, not separate quarters.

Long-term operating handover

Registered providers manage their stock for decades. BREE Construction hands schemes over with the documentation, the as-built record and the maintenance access that lets the RP operate the asset cleanly for forty years.

The portfolio