Ilke’s big ambitions as growth continues

Yorkshire-based modular housing company Ilke Homes has opened new offices in London, Birmingham and Bristol and is creating a new homes and development unit to manage the near-200 per cent annual growth in customer demand.

Ilke Homes managing director Ben Miller has been promoted into the newly-created role of chief executive officer of the company’s new homes and development unit, which will manage all sales of homes to customers, including housing associations, local authorities and private developers.

The unit merges Ilke Homes’ core business as an off-site manufacturer supplying homes directly to clients with creating developments from scratch.

This means customers can buy complete housing developments as Ilke will acquire land, gain planning permission, manufacture the homes and develop the sites.

The company’s regional expansion into Birmingham, London and Bristol will enable it to identify undeveloped sites in the Midlands, South East and South West for new developments.

The regional expansion of the business is possible following a string of major deals and a £30m investment from Homes England.

MD Ben Miller will manage the new business unit as well as lead on the sales of the homes, while Ilke Homes executive chairman Dave Sheridan will continue to oversee the manufacturing and development functions of the business.

Mr Miller will be crucial to continuing to scale up the business as it looks to deliver

5,000 homes a year by 2025, a level that would establish the manufacturer as a top 10 housebuilder.

Ilke Homes, which is based in Flaxby, near Knaresborough, has a development pipeline of about 3,200 homes, which has almost trebled from a year ago.