Vistry to keep Countryside’s giant modular plant under plan to build homes for HAs

2023-01-24T11:13:00

Brand new 3,500 homes-a-year Bardon factory had been put up for sale by Countryside prior to Vistry buyout

Housebuilder Vistry is planning to use the brand-new offsite factory it acquired as part of the purchase of Countryside to sell modular homes to housing associations and SME developers as well as supply its own build programme.

Stephen Teagle, chief executive of Vistry’s partnerships housing arm, now known as Countryside Partnerships, confirmed the “incredible” facility at Bardon, which had been built at a cost of £20m and then quickly mothballed by Countryside following a review, will now be retained by the group.

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