Persimmon acquisition Leech Homes has taken the overall volume homebuilder of the year award in Zurich Building Guarantees' second annual Customer First Awards. The former Beazer subsidiary faced little opposition in taking the top prize, as Zurich only declared regional volume builder winners for two of its five British regions. Overall winner in the local homebuilder of the year contest is Colin Amos Builders based in Leek, Staffordshire.

Zurich launched the Awards a year ago as a performance measure, basing the judging on hard data on build performance and a customer satisfaction survey.

"We got a bigger rate of response from homebuyers in the survey, but their responses confirmed buyers are expecting a lot more," said Martin Horsler, manager of Zurich Building Guarantees.

Full awards are: National awards for volume builders: Leech Homes (winner), JS Bloor (Swindon) (commended); local builders: Colin Amos Builders (winner), Lowe Property Construction (commended). Regional awards: South East volume builders: Joint Berkeley homes (Oxford) and Berkeley Festival Waterfront (winners), Westbury Homes (commended); local builders: Bewley Homes (winner), Ede holdings (commended). South West volume builders: no winner, JS Bloor (Swindon) (commended); local builders: Knapp New homes (winner), Primetower Properties (commended); East volume builders: no winner or commended given; local builders: Kingswood Investments (winner), Melbourne Holdings (commended). Midlands and Wales volume builders: no winner, JS Bloor (Tewkesbury) (commended); local builders: Colin Amos Builders (winner); Lowe Property Construction (commended). North and Scotland volume builders: Leech Homes (winner), MJ Gleeson (North West) (commended); local builders Branstone Beck Development Co (winner), no commended.

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