L&G finally poised to roll out factory-built houses

By Joey Gardiner and Hamish Champ2018-07-13T06:00:00

Housebuilder says it has overcome manufacturing constraints that delayed launch of first homes

Legal & General expects to have the first of its factory-built houses installed on site in September this year, more than two years after its North Yorkshire-based manufacturing plant was due to start producing them.

The insurance giant says it has overcome manufacturing constraints that delayed launch of first homes.

The firm had originally hoped to be producing ready-to-install homes by June 2016, but it took until last summer to produce two prototypes. Manufacturing delays set back that target, L&G Homes chief executive James Lidgate said.

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