Build Lite has recently been involved in a unique development in Walmer, on the Kent coast. The construction of 30 luxury homes on the historic North Barracks site, the former home of the Royal Marines. Originally built in 1795 as a military hospital, the site has always been used as a barracks right up to […]
We have recently completed a housing project in Bristol that required us producing architectural mouldings that matched both the specific colour and texture of the traditional product, the supplied cast stone as well as the surrounding architecture. Created on behalf of an Independently owned developer, Autograph Homes, the builder has transformed the site of a […]
One of our clients, Render Solutions Ltd, has just done that with a little help from ourselves. This imposing mansion in the leafy suburbs of Weybridge, home to such celebrities as Peter Crouch, Eamonn Holmes and Michael Aspel, was recently purchased for £11m. However, the new owner had even more grandiose ideas for their Country […]
We are delighted to have been recently involved in a unique housing development project that could be the future model for providing low-cost social housing in the UK. St Hilda’s is a social housing scheme in Cross Green, Leeds, comprising of seven new build 2 and 3 bedroom houses. Nothing unusual in that you may […]
Over the years, we have been privileged to work on many major restoration projects. From social housing to landmark buildings – all with one aim in mind, to replicate existing features of the original building. One recent project featured several of our uniquely moulded profiles and lightweight GRP products. The rebuilding of an historic iconic […]
Slide to see before and after A former derelict Georgian Grade ll listed asylum hospital in Stafford, that once housed over 1000 patients and stood in 27 acres of parkland, has received a new lease of life thanks to a major residential regeneration scheme. Built in 1818, in the style of a Georgian mansion, the […]
There is no doubt that, one of the major challenges facing developers today is the increasing number of projects falling under restrictive planning regulations. An example of this is an assignment we recently carried out for Kent based, Parrypage Projects. This was to replicate a high-level frieze detail on a residential property they were renovating, […]
Another development Build Lite UK has been involved with has won an international Green Apple Award for Built Environment & Architectural Heritage and been nominated for a building excellence award Last year, Queen’s Court, a social housing development, in the centre of Widnes, won an environmental and architectural heritage award for its innovative approach to […]
We’re pleased to have been involved in another regeneration project that has helped revitalise a run-down part of a major UK town. The City Vizion project in Newport, South Wales is a multi-million pound landmark development that has transformed the former docks on the east bank of the river Usk into a highly desirable and […]
Once the preserve of the film and TV industry, for creating authentic looking backdrops especially for period pieces such as in Ben Hur or Cleopatra, artificial stone has now become recognised as a major contributor to modern day construction. Architectural mouldings were initially developed by the Greeks as a way of enhancing the looks of […]
