Bloor Homes

Bloor Homes is an English housebuilder based in Ashby Road, Measham, Leicestershire, although it has a Derbyshire post code.[1]

Bloor Homes
Private company
IndustryHousebuilding
Founded1969
HeadquartersMeasham, Leicestershire
Area served
UK
Key people
John Bloor (owner)
ParentBloor Holdings
Websitebloorhomes.com

History

The company was founded by John Bloor in 1969.[2] In 2002, housing sales reached 1,870 making Bloor Homes then the largest housebuilder to be owned by one person.[3] As of 2016, Bloor Homes is now one of the largest privately owned housebuilding groups in the UK. The combined group is worth around £725 million.[4]

Operations

As of 2012, Bloor Homes builds circa 1,800 homes a year.[5] In 2015, this increased to a rate of 2,000 a year thanks to the upturn in the UK economy.[6]

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References
  1. "Rich List profiles". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. "Top Track 100". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. Wellings, Fred: Dictionary of British Housebuilders (2006) Troubador. ISBN 978-0-9552965-0-5.
  4. "Rich List". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. "Triumphant year at Bloor Holdings". Insider Media. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  6. "Triumph in rich list as John Bloor becomes county's second billionaire". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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