Bloor Homes
Company typePrivate company
IndustryHousebuilding
Founded1969
HeadquartersMeasham, Leicestershire
Area served
UK
Key people
John Bloor (owner)
ParentBloor Holdings
Websitebloorhomes.com

Bloor Homes is an English housebuilder based in Measham, Leicestershire.[1]

History

The company was founded by John Bloor in 1969.[2] In 2002, housing sales reached 1,870 making Bloor Homes then the largest housebuilder to be owned by one person.[3] As of 2016, Bloor Homes is now one of the largest privately owned housebuilding groups in the UK. The combined group is worth around £725 million.[4]

Operations

As of 2012, Bloor Homes builds circa 1,800 homes a year.[5] In 2015, this increased to a rate of 2,000 a year thanks to the upturn in the UK economy.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Rich List profiles". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Top Track 100". Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ^ Wellings, Fred: Dictionary of British Housebuilders (2006) Troubador. ISBN 978-0-9552965-0-5.
  4. ^ "Rich List". Birmingham Post. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Triumphant year at Bloor Holdings". Insider Media. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Triumph in rich list as John Bloor becomes county's second billionaire". Hinckley Times. Retrieved 20 June 2016.