ROCKLANDS, a development of five townhouses in Exmouth's conservation area, has won the award for the best small housing development at the LABC's South West Building Excellence Awards.
The townhouses developed by Eagle One Homes were designed flexibly so that early purchasers could tailor their home to their specification.
Unusually this meant people could influence the layout of their homes deciding where bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens were located.
They could also choose the colour scheme throughout, design of tiling, the fixtures and fittings and the position of electrical points.
"We treat every customer as an individual," said Chris Fayers, Director of Eagle One Homes.
"Where people make an early commitment to buy, we can work with them to bespoke the property to their needs.
"It's all about creating added value and making each property something unique and beautiful. We are taking exactly the same approach with Spinnakers our new development of 14 high-quality apartments on Exmouth Quay."
The LABC were impressed with the approach of allowing buyers the choice of internal layouts.
The building was also designed to achieve a very high-energy efficiency rating by using its south-facing aspect to maximise natural heat.
Chris added: "We feel we have created townhouses of distinction which complement the architecture of the existing neighbouring properties.
It was a far-sighted decision by East Devon's planning committee to give approval and has delivered a fantastic building.
LABC chief executive Paul Everall said: "Our regional building excellence awards are an opportunity to celebrate good practice. All our winners have demonstrated how attention to detail and a positive working relationship with building control departments can achieve high quality and sustainable buildings that are fit for the future."
As a regional winner Eagle One's Rocklands will now be nominated for the LABC National Awards.
The winner of that prize is due to be announced later in the year.
