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The best of Scotland’s
housebuilding industry celebrated on 10th April at the annual Scottish
Home Awards, sponsored by the Dunfermline Building Society and hosted
by celebrity property gurus Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan.
Country Lifestyle Homes won the Conversion of the Year 2008 for
our development at Illieston Castle Steadings in front of a packed
audience of 550 industry representatives at the EICC in Edinburgh.
The Scottish Home Awards is the housebuilding industry’s independent
awards programme which was established to promote excellence in
Scottish house building. Ninety one award entries in the various
categories were debated over by an influential expert judging panel
of fifteen people including Dan Macdonald of Macdonald Estates,
Bill Thomson of Kenmore Property Group and Allan Lundmark of Homes
for Scotland. The panel was chaired by Margaret Curran MSP.
The Conversion of the Year award was sponsored by The Scotsman Publications
and Steven Turnbull managing director of Country Lifestyle Homes
was presented with the award by Kirsty McLuckie property editor
of The Scotsman and a member of the judging panel.
In winning this award Country Lifestyle Homes beat in the final
Manor Kingdom – Dollarbeg Castle, Duncarse – Gowrie House, Opal
Homes – Heriot House and Unicorn Property Group – 27 Chandlers Lane.
Colin McAllister remarked “The judges applauded the huge amount
of effort that had been involved in this development with careful
considered attention to conservation techniques and retained features.”
Justin Ryan added “Congratulations to Country Lifestyle Homes, a
tremendous achievement for what was their first ever development”
Steven Turnbull Managing Director of Country Lifestyle Homes commented
“ We set out at Illieston Castle Steadings with the purpose of producing
top quality homes, built by professional tradesmen, using some of
the best materials from a number of countries around Europe. We
are very proud of the beautiful homes we have created and it is
very fulfilling for us to see that our homes have been recognized
by the distinguished members of the panel. We have a great team
of professionals and tradesman and I am delighted for them all as
they have all played a significant part in the success of this company”
Peter Weanie, Director of Dunfermline Building Society said: “The
house building industry has enthusiastically embraced the Scottish
Home Awards. Rightly so, this is an excellent showcase, celebrating
the quality and innovation within the Scottish housebuilding sector.
Winners on the night in other categories included Cala Homes, Miller
Homes, Thomas Mitchell Homes, Applecross and Gladedale.
The properties at our award winning
site at Illieston are sold out. However
the build quality and high specification are almost identical on
our latest development. For more information -
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