The WhatHouse? Awards 2017, UK housebuilding’s most prestigious event, took place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Friday 17 November, culminating in the Berkeley Group being named WhatHouse? Housebuilder of the Year in front of over 1,500 industry figures. Named Large Housebuilder of the Year at last year’s event and retaining the title this year, Berkeley Group also went one better, beating Small Housebuilder of the Year Metis Homes and Medium Housebuilder of the Year Hopkins Homes to the ultimate title. Swan Housing Association was named Housing Association of the Year. It also won across other categories, picking up Golds for Best Partnership Scheme, Best Mixed-Use Development and Best Regeneration and a Bronze for Best Apartment Scheme. Part of the Berkeley Group, St James, also won two Golds, for Best Exterior Design and Best Public Realm, with another, St Edward, winning Silver for Best Development.. The celebrity host at this year’s Awards Gala Luncheon was comedian Jack Whitehall, joined on stage in the Great Room of the Grosvenor House Hotel by Lawrence Dallaglio, former captain of England’s rugby union team, who presented to winners of 21 Awards categories. Among the wide range of new homes builders from across the country that won the other awards, there were a few who received more than one: Mount Anvil winning three Golds; Habitat First winning one Gold and two Bronzes; Hill winning three Silvers; Meyer Homes and Crest Nicholson winning one Gold and one Silver each; Redrow winning one Gold and one Bronze; 2014’s Housebuilder of the Year City & Country winning one Silver and one Bronze; and Altin, Countryside and McCarthy & Stone winning two Bronzes each. Rupert Bates, editorial director of Whathouse.com and leading trade magazine Show House, and head of the judging panel, said, “The industry has many challenges ahead, but for now let us celebrate the best new homes in Britain. We would like to thank all the housebuilders, suppliers and other industry colleagues who have once again supported this great event, with special thanks to the Awards sponsors and judges.” Here’s the full list of winners from this year’s WhatHouse? Awards, download the Judges’ Report for all the details or look at the summary here: Best Large Housebuilder – sponsored by Roca Gold, Berkeley Group Silver, CALA Homes Bronze, Redrow; Countryside Best Medium Housebuilder – sponsored by N+C Gold, Hopkins Homes Silver, Hill Bronze, Churchill Retirement Living ; Mactaggart & Mickel Best Small Housebuilder – sponsored by Jablite Gold, Metis Homes Silver, Freeman Homes Bronze, Conservation Builders Housing Association of the Year – sponsored by WhatHouse? Gold, Swan Housing Association Silver, Thames Valley Housing Bronze, Aster Group Best Build To Rent Project – sponsored by Thomas Gray Gold, Legal & General Investment Management Real Assets, The Slate Yard, Salford Silver, Be Living, be:here, Hayes, Middlesex Bronze, Folio London, Royal Albert Wharf, London E16 Best Starter Home Scheme – sponsored by Q Assure Gold, Network Homes, The Crescent, Hertford Silver, Lovell Homes, Lymington Mews, Dagenham; St Modwen Homes, Locking Parklands, Locking, Somerset Bronze, Higgins Homes, Clissold Quarter, Stoke Newington, Hackney Best House – sponsored by Nolte Kitchens Gold, Habitat First Group, The Habitat House, Lower Mill Estate, Cirencester, Gloucestershire Silver, Meyer Homes, Gabriel Square, St Albans, Hertfordshire Bronze, Altin Homes, The Place, Sale, Manchester Best Apartment Scheme – sponsored by Warwick Estates Gold, Redrow, Blake Tower, London EC2 Silver, City & Country Residential, The Iron Foundry, Bristol Bronze, Berkeley Central London, Vista, London SW8 Best Luxury House – sponsored by New ID Gold, Huntsmere, ‘Bewdley’, Alderley Edge, Cheshire ; Werner Capital, ‘Camp End Manor’, St George’s Hill, Weybridge, Surrey Silver, Aspire Luxury Properties, ‘Kings Lodge’, Oxshott, Surrey Bronze, Oakeve, ‘Hurlingham’, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Best Renovation – sponsored by New Homes Law Gold, Cubitt Greystock, Grange Hall, Stoke Newington Silver, Hill, Anstey Hill Barns, Cambridge Bronze, City & Country, St Osyth Priory, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex Best Development – sponsored by Beko Gold, Crest Nicholson Regeneration, Bath Riverside, Bath, Somerset Silver, Places For People, Rousillon Park, Chichester, West Sussex ; St Edward, 190 Strand, London WC2 Bronze, Altin Homes, The Place, Sale, Manchester Best Partnership Scheme – sponsored by Show House Jobs Gold, Berkeley Homes, Hackney Council, Genesis, WDCO and MHDT, Woodberry Down, London N4; Mount Anvil with Clarion Housing Group, Lexicon, London EC1 Silver, Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and the RSPB, Oakfield Village Bronze, Countryside and L&Q, Acton Gardens Best Luxury Development – sponsored by Laufen Gold, Mount Anvil, Dollar Bay, Canary Wharf, London E14 Silver, Crest Nicholson Regeneration, Bath Riverside, Bath, Somerset Bronze, Ama (New Town), The Crescents, Cramond, Edinburgh Best Mixed-Use Scheme – sponsored by TCL Group Gold, Berkeley Homes, One Tower Bridge, London Silver, Quartermile Developments, Quartermile, Edinburgh Bronze, Crest Nicholson, Harbourside, Bristol Best Retirement Development – sponsored by Show House Jobs Gold, Adlington, Adlington House, Otley, West Yorkshire Silver, Hill, Woodside Square, Muswell Hill, London N10 Bronze, McCarthy & Stone, Bowes Lyon Court, Poundbury, Dorset Best Sustainable Development – sponsored by Roca Gold, Lendlease, Elephant Park, Elephant & Castle, London SE17 Silver, Fabrica by A2Dominion, Elmsbrook, Bicester, Oxfordshire Bronze, Habitat First Group, Silverlake, Warmwell, Dorset Best Regeneration Scheme – sponsored by Jackson-Stops Gold, Berkeley Homes East Thames, Royal Arsenal Riverside, London SE18 Silver, Hopkins Homes, Prospect Place, Framlingham, Suffolk ; Notting Hill Housing, Royal Albert Wharf, London E16 Bronze, Bellway South London, Maida at Wellesley, Aldershot, Hampshire ; Churchill Retirement Living, Mount’s Bay Lodge, Penzance, Cornwall Best Interior Design – sponsored by Green Lighting Gold, Mount Anvil, Dollar Bay, Canary Wharf, London E14 Silver, Meyer Homes, Gabriel Square, St Albans, Hertfordshire Bronze, Millgate Homes, Knowle Hill Park, Cobham, Surrey Best Exterior Design – sponsored by Ibstock Bricks Gold, St James, Riverlight, London SW11 Silver, Barratt London​, Lombard Wharf, London SW11 Bronze, Habitat First Group, ‘The Lighthouse’, Silverlake, Warmwell, Dorset Best Public Realm – sponsored by TCL Gold, St James, Heritage Walk/Kew Bridge West, London TW8 Did you like this? 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Developer Jack Whitehall 's London SW11 Bronze project near the Oakeve in Hampshire won the gold award for Best Apartment Scheme at the Warwick Estates Gold, ? Awards. Redrow also won a bronze award in the Best Large Housebuilder category.