Andy has worked alongside Mark since 2006, when he joined Banner Homes’ midlands division. 

He was promoted to contracts manager at Banner Homes in 2011 and, following the takeover by CALA Homes three years later, progressed through other housebuilding firms to the position of construction director, before re-joining Mark and other previous colleagues at Hayfield in 2018 as operations director.

“The timing is right for us to acknowledge the vital role Andy plays in driving this business forward day in day out,” said Mark.

“The whole company is behind this internal promotion, and it will enable me to invest more time in the continued growth and diversification of Real Estate Capital Holdings, which is Hayfield’s parent company.”

Hayfield registered a robust sales performance in the first four months of this year, resulting in a current order book of £82m.

The company expects to surpass the £100m turnover mark in 2021 and is aiming to deliver 500 homes per year.

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In addition, the housebuilder is currently implementing sustainable features into its developments, including installing air source heat pumps, underfloor heating and electric vehicle fast-charging points, to ensure all new homes will exceed the 2022 Future Homes Standard by 100%, — currently, it is achieving circa 62% reduction in carbon emissions.

Andy added: “Pausing work on all of our construction sites in March 2020, and then restarting work only six weeks later with robust socially-distanced, Covid-secure protocols, is a business challenge no one in the construction industry could have ever foreseen. 

“For Hayfield it was a turning point, as the £85m of new equity and debt finance we had secured, and our entrepreneurial can-do attitude enabled us to press on with construction ahead of the vast majority of our competitors. 

“We also broke ground on three major development sites within a four-week period at a time when the house selling market was still under severe Covid-19 restrictions.

“Our exceptional family homes located in prime semi-rural locations wholeheartedly respond to what today’s aspirational buyers want, resulting in today’s formidable order book value.”