BUILD Q1 2024 Based in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, Montreaux is a residential development company that creates benchmark developments and tailormade homes, operating across London, the southeast, and a number of other key UK cities. Here, we speak to Head of Marketing Lisa Maguire to find out more about the business in the wake of its success in winning Residential Developer of the Year, South East England, in the Design & Build Awards 2024. Montreaux: Where Thoughtful Design Meets Quality Specification In 2014, Montreaux was established with a simple mission: to deliver exceptional residential and mixed-used properties. The company’s achievement of this goal can be seen in its impressive portfolio of award-winning developments, ranging from gated communities to apartment complexes. Its work involves acquiring land, often brownfield sites, and utilising its entrepreneurial spirit to drive positive change. Over the years, Montreaux has honed its mantra, ‘Build Back Better’, which outlines its commitment to adding value to the locations it buys and builds upon. This ethos strongly guides the company’s decisions, determining the sites it purchases and the details it builds into each of its projects. As a result of this focus, it is driven to take a more boutique approach to its work than larger development companies. Lisa comments, “We take a great deal of pride in building the right properties in the right locations. Buyers acquire properties that are tailored for the environment and thoughtfully specified to create and maintain ongoing value for owners.” For example, when working on its Urban Picturehouse development in Sidcup, Kent, Montreaux demonstrated the ability to carefully evaluate the site’s unique location, community, history, and surrounding architecture. Now featuring a contemporary apartment complex, the site was previously home to an art deco cinema that had been demolished due to disrepair. The company’s primary goal was to exceed the objectives of the local council’s redevelopment brief whilst creating a landmark building that would not only meet the needs of the local market but also offer a high standard of living at an affordable price. “We improved on the inherited design through a very considered approach to the materials used, adding in a mix of brick colours, cladding materials, and glazed bricks to break up the façade,” explains Lisa. “The use of the glazed brick consciously references the faience tiles that once graced the façade of the cinema and surrounding building. The size and shapes of the windows mirrored those of the adjoining art deco buildings. The apartments within are spacious and all offer private terraces/balconies as well as a shared garden for residents.” When it comes to interior design, Montreaux’s goal is to deliver high-quality and timeless finishes, using specifications created by a talented professional. The company also takes pride in carefully naming its sites, buildings, and streets, striving to pay homage to the local history of their surrounding areas. Alongside its careful consideration of factors like location and community, Montreaux is highly conscious of its impact on the environment, especially in terms of its construction methods, materials, and energy consumption. These three core pillars of sustainability have become central to the company’s operations. To address them, it strives to implement the latest technologies, use natural and durable materials, and limit the impact of its developments. Through this, Montreaux hopes to build homes that will perform well for their occupants, both today and in the future. In the years to come, Montreaux plans to innovate in two ways. Firstly, focusing on the environment, it plans to create more sustainable buildings by leveraging the latest technologies. Secondly, the business will continue to identify and design landmark developments in collaboration with architects and planners whilst helping other developers to understand and adopt the ‘Build Back Better’ mantra. For its continued excellence in all areas, we are pleased to award Montreaux the title of Residential Developer of the Year, South East England, in the Design & Build Awards 2024. We congratulate Lisa and her team on this achievement. She shares, “We have a number of new projects in planning that are coming to fruition and look forward to sharing this information as soon as possible.” Contact: Lisa Maguire Company: Montreaux Group Web Address: www.montreauxhomes.co.uk
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