Lioncourt Homes

Lioncourt Homes build quality homes in the Midlands and Central England and is led by an experienced team of senior executives all of whom were formerly with the Westbury Group. Together, our management team has over 100 years experience in the house building industry, with direct experience of the current housing market throughout the UK. Our company has significant growth aspirations which are supported by available funds to purchase new sites. We are actively pursuing development opportunities in the Midlands and Central England. If you own land with potential for development or know of land for sale in our area and would like to speak to us, please ring 01905 825780 or contact land@lioncourthomes.com.

Management Team

The Lioncourt Homes management team has been carefully assembled to cover all aspects of the new homes business.

It is our aim to provide quality homes at an affordable price while delivering excellent customer service.

Colin Cole
Chief Executive
colincole@lioncourthomes.com

Prior to joining Lioncourt Homes, Colin was an Executive Director and Divisional Chairman of Westbury plc, one of the largest housebuilders in the UK, with specific responsibilities for operational activities.

Colin joined Westbury in 1984 and was involved in the Management buyout of Westbury Homes in 1985, the flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1986, all four of the company acquisitions together with the sale of Westbury plc to Persimmon plc in 2006 for circa £950 million including debt.

As an Executive director of Westbury Colin was also a member of the Homes Board, the largest division in the Group, and the Land Investment Committee which was responsible for approving all land purchases and sales for the Group. In addition he was Chairman of the Westbury Health & Safety Committee and Chairman of the Westbury Direct business responsible for the sale of home related products and services.

Colin also holds two non-executive director roles with NHBC Building Control Services and Rockwool Limited

Neil Chandler
Finance & Commercial Director
neilchandler@lioncourthomes.com

Before joining Lioncourt Homes, Neil was the Deputy Group Finance Director and Company Secretary of Westbury plc. As well as fulfilling the technical and corporate governance responsibilities of his role, he maintained a close focus on the operations of Westbury Homes, the largest company in the group, both as a member of the Executive Directors Team and through the 9 Regional Finance Directors. He was also a member of the Group Land Investment Committee which reviewed and approved all regional land purchases.

As part of the Prowting Acquisition Team in 2002, he was responsible for the financial integration of the acquisition into the group and played a key role in the refinancing of the group to secure the acquisition and support the future growth of the group. He played a key role in securing a €235m US private placement for the group in 2003 and a £150m joint venture with the Bank of Scotland in 2004.

Neil joined Westbury in 1981 and prior to his group appointment in 2002 was a Regional Finance Director for 9 years in the Northampton region and 4 years in the Southern region, with specific focus on land appraisal, commercial and business planning issues.

Andy Timbrell
Land Director
andytimbrell@lioncourthomes.com

Prior to joining Lioncourt Homes, Andy was a Regional Director of Westbury Homes in the West Midlands, which was one of the largest regional businesses in the Group. His responsibilities included identifying and securing all development land for the growing business and included the management of a strategic land portfolio for the medium and long term regional strategy. Along with this, Andy‘s duties included operational activities and business planning as a member of the Regional Board.

Andy is a Chartered Surveyor with over 13 years experience in land acquisition and estate management. Having graduated with an Honours degree from Sheffield Hallam University in 1996, he has held various positions with some of the largest development PLC‘s in the UK, including Tarmac, Lafarge, Hanson and Westbury. Most recently, whilst with Westbury, Andy developed a significant land portfolio in the Midlands as Land Director. He acquired 28 development sites over a period of 5 years in various locations with a variety of products to compliment the regional land portfolio.

Chris Chiverton
Technical Director
chrischiverton@lioncourthomes.com

Chris graduated from Cardiff University in 1997 with a Degree in City and Regional Planning and a Diploma in Town and Country Planning and has ten years of planning and development experience specialising in the residential sector.

During this time he assisted in establishing the South West division of Hallam Land Management, concentrating on strategic land acquisition, promotion through the development plan system and leading applications and appeals. He then worked as a Development Consultant for FPD Savills, buying and selling residential development opportunities for clients. In addition he was successful in introducing a different perspective within an agency environment to advising a variety of landowners and developers on gaining the most valuable use of their land through the planning system and increasing fee income. More recently, Chris worked for Westbury Homes managing a regional strategic land portfolio, advising on land acquisition, running the planning and design team and advising a regional board on all planning matters.

Adrian Cosh
Construction Director
adriancosh@lioncourthomes.com

Adrian has over 25 years experience in construction management. He graduated from Brookes University, Oxford with an HND in Building Studies and initially worked for Wates in London, where he was responsible for directly controlling site construction operations. Following 9 years of hands on experience with Wates, Adrian moved to Westbury Homes where he progressed from Site Manager to Construction Director. During his 16 years with Westbury Homes he also held the positions of Customer Relations Manager and Contracts Manager and has a keen interest in construction techniques and is passionate about building quality homes and delivering excellent customer service.

He has had a broad range of construction management experience involving traditional housebuilding, social housing, refurbishment, inner city apartment schemes, and various aspects of modern methods of construction (MMC). He also has significant experience of the health and safety aspects of construction activities and holds the Planning Supervisor qualification.

During his career he has achieved 8 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards as Site Manager, Contracts Manager and Construction Director, emphasising his approach to controlling the quality of build.

Matt Underwood
Commercial Manager
mattunderwood@lioncourthomes.com

Matt graduated from The University of the West of England in 2000 with a BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying and has more than eight years of commercial surveying and buying experience.

Matt joined Westbury Homes Central Region in 2000 as a Costing Surveyor and progressed to Senior Surveyor and Commercial Manager respectively. During this time Matt was heavily involved with the development of the Space4 prefabricated system build and integration of the new Renaissance Range of house types. Matt has an established knowledge in different methods of construction having managed projects including natural stone cottages in the Cotswolds, barn conversions in Malvern and large flatted developments in Worcester, Oxford and Cheltenham.

Following the acquisition of Westbury Homes Matt was employed as the Surveying Manager for Westbury Partnerships a newly formed trading division of Persimmon Homes that specialised in Social Housing. As part of the new role Matt was involved with establishing the new business and implementing new systems and procedures to work with Local Authorities and Employers Agents.

Chief Executives Statement

‘Lioncourt Homes provides high quality homes in desirable locations at affordable prices. We offer a wide range of properties from 1 bedroom apartments and starter homes to 5 bedroom homes. We have recently created a brand new range of properties which are designed to provide aspirational living in well thought out accommodation and attractive looking developments. We set new standards in our approach to new house building. Quality of workmanship, quality of service and customer satisfaction is at the forefront of our business. Everyone in the Lioncourt business is focused on these important factors and we provide a personal touch to the purchase of your new home’.

Sustainability

Lioncourt Homes acknowledges its responsibility to minimise any potential adverse environmental impact and is committed to upholding its duties as a good corporate citizen for the greater benefit of the communities in which we operate.

We have implemented a number of procedures that cover all aspects of the business, this includes:

Offices	Design	Site Operations
Paper/cardboard/plastic recycling Car share schemes Recycling print supplies Electronic communication	Protect and enhance the natural habitat and local surroundings Remediation and redevelopment of brown field sites Protection of existing trees Incorporation of energy saving technologies within the house type design	Waste segregation Recycling and reuse of site material Responsible sourcing of materials Effective and efficient site management

For further information please contact enquiries@lioncourthomes.com