Modular homes firm aims to build successful future
Production is now underway at a Wearside modular homes factory which aims to revolutionise the building industry.
CoreHaus marked the milestone at its 20,000 sq ft unit on the Jade Business Park, in Murton, by announcing some significant initial contracts and aims to eventually employ 300 people.
The firm's five-year plan aims to see it producing around 1,000 steel-framed modular homes a year using modern methods of construction which will result in high-quality homes, built faster and with lower energy bills.
CoreHaus, a social enterprise company, currently employs 12 people, but the order book already stands at around £6m and has agreed to provide modular homes to regional housebuilder Homes by Carlton and a national social enterprise charity.
Managing director Scott Bibby said: “The housing market remains incredibly buoyant with demand continuing to outstrip supply and there’s some extremely positive collaboration going on in the industry.
“The housing sector wants something that’s affordable and incorporates high-quality design within a modular frame and we are already in discussions with several regional and national housing associations interested in working with our product.”
He added: “Our light gauge steel-frame system ensures that CoreHaus can be used in both urban and rural locations with almost unlimited design potential. The standardised modular core means the solution can be configured for homes of almost any size.”
CoreHaus is a joint-venture company between Carlton & Co Group, the parent company behind North East based Homes by Carlton, and national social enterprise Fusion21, specialists in public procurement for the built environment.
The modular housing sector has been given a recent boost by the national housing agency Homes England which is accelerating the delivery of local authority housing schemes.
Scott added: “We have a real opportunity to break the current mould in housebuilding and transform the delivery of new builds”.