Recent Housing Association & Local Authority Projects

Explore some of the recent affordable housing, regeneration and mixed-tenure developments supported by LABC Warranty.

Esh - Kedward Avenue - row of new affordable homes fitted with solar panelled roofs

Kedward Avenue

Esh & Thirteen Group

Discover how Esh Construction and Thirteen Group delivered 105 affordable homes, combining net-zero innovation with community regeneration.

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Cricketer’s Hill

Gentoo and RE:GEN Group

Explore how Gentoo's landmark Cricketers Hill scheme delivered 115 affordable homes with sustainable technology on a complex site.

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The Chain

L&Q

See how L&Q delivered 519 new homes in Waltham Forest, creating a vibrant mixed-tenure community through strong partnership and quality.

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Aylesbury Estate

Hill & Southwark Council

Learn how one of Europe's largest estate regeneration projects is delivering affordable homes, community benefits and lasting social impact.

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Planning a similar development?

Whether you're delivering affordable housing, estate regeneration or sustainable communities, our specialists can support your project from design stage through to completion.

 

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Benefits of using LABC Warranty’s service for Housing Associations & Local Authorities

Early Engagement

  • Pre-empting risks and de-risking projects at design stage.
  • Avoiding complications, delays, and defects on site.
  • Protecting your bottom line and delivering to your schedule & standards.
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Technical Support

  • Collaborative approach to working on site, supporting you in delivering quality homes.
  • Access to an online portal to keep track of the progress and performance on site as well as the quality of workmanship.
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Warranty Coverage

  • Structural warranty underwritten by A-rated global insurers
  • Insolvency, loss of rent, and mechanical and electrical cover
  • One-year defects period - competitive in the industry.
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Supporting Housing Associations & Local Authorities


  • 1,000+ affordable and social homes showcased

  • Projects ranging from low-rise developments to 17-storey schemes

  • Support from RIBA Stage 2 through to completion

  • A-rated insurer backing

  • Up to 12 years of structural warranty protection

Aerial view of Esh Construction development, Kedward Avenue, showing newly built bungalows with solar panelled roofs

 

New: Housing Association Temperature Check 2026

Discover what housing associations told us about development confidence, building safety, funding pressures and future growth plans.

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Common Housing Association Challenges

 

Building on difficult sites?

See how Gentoo delivered Cricketers Hill on a former quarry infill site here.

Regenerating existing communities?

Read about the Aylesbury Estate regeneration here.

Delivering sustainable housing?

Explore net-zero innovation at Kedward Avenue here.

Ensuring quality throughout construction?

Learn how our Site Quality Review provides an independent assessment of workmanship and site management standards, helping housing providers identify risks and promote best practice here.

Insights, Guidance and Tools for Housing Providers

  • Housing Association Temperature Check Report

    Exclusive insight into the opportunities, challenges and priorities shaping housing association development plans across the UK.

    View report

  • Building Safety Act Whitepaper

    Understand how proposed warranty and regulatory changes under the Building Safety Act could impact housing providers, developers and residents.

    Read the whitepaper

  • Social Landlord Net-Zero Report

    Discover how housing associations are approaching decarbonisation, the barriers they face and the strategies being used to meet net-zero targets.

    Read Net-Zero Report

  • CPD Resources

    Access expert-led CPD resources covering warranty, building quality, MMC, timber frame construction and emerging industry best practice.

    • When a warranty comes into play

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    • MMC: Timber-framed construction

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  • Good Practice Guide

    Understand the site management, workmanship and quality standards you should expect from your contractors, helping you promote best practice and achieve better outcomes across your developments.

    View Good Practice Guide
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Working with LABC Warranty – the benefits housing associations enjoy

Working with LABC Warranty gets you much more than just an insurance provider. You gain a trustworthy, engaged partner that starts working for you as early as the design stage.

Early engagement

LABC Warranty joins you as early as RIBA Design Stage 2 to offer input on your plans, making sure the final design is warranty-compliant and upholds all the features that define your housing.

 
De-risking Design certainty
Early engagement means your build team, warranty provider, and stakeholders can go on to site with a clear and harmonious vision. This means smoother work on site, and better collaboration when there are issues to solve.
Agreeing a design with the main parties well in advance gives housing associations the best chance to secure labour and materials at advantageous prices, locking those costs in at the start of a development.
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Working together on site

LABC Warranty’s risk management surveyors work alongside your build teams and building control provider to spot defects emerging early, and ensure as much work as possible is warranty-compliant.

While a surveyor will never compromise on delivering the highest quality of homes possible, they will collaborate with your teams to reduce defects, address them early, and make the solutions repeatable across your sites. 

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Support beyond the building site

Housing associations that work with LABC Warranty will never wonder who to call when they need to talk about their site.

On top of the assigned risk management surveyor who will regularly visit and inspect your site, LABC Warranty customers enjoy access to an assigned account manager and customer experience specialist.

 
Account manager

LABC Warranty operates a nationwide network of account managers, offering you a business development manager who lives in and works in your area. These specialists are available to discuss the progress on your sites, put you in touch with our technical experts, and talk about developing future projects.


Customer experience specialist

LABC Warranty’s customer experience specialists are available every working day to assist your staff with queries around administration, payment, certificate issuance, and our online portal.

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Drive quality on site with additional services

While the work that our design consultants and risk management surveyors perform is vital to the LABC Warranty service, what we offer a housing association goes beyond that with the Site Quality Review and Good Practice Guide:

Site Quality review

Across one site, twenty or more, the Site Quality Review is a detailed audit of your site and produces an 11-point review of key construction stages, grading them from Very Poor to Very Good. Use the Site Quality Review to identify areas to improve, benchmark sites and regions against each other, and highlight where your site teams excel. 

Learn more about Site Quality reviews >

 

Good Practice Guide

The LABC Warranty Good Practice Guide is the how-to guide to achieving top-quality site management across areas like health and safety, workmanship, site tidiness and general cooperation with your warranty provider. Free to download, it’s the playbook for site managers to win awards like The Bricks and Site Manager of the Year.

Download the Good Practice Guide >
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What the warranty covers

 

Social Housing Warranty - Summary of cover

  Cover Period: 10/12 Years
Defects Insurance Period: 1 year
Structural Insurance Period: up to 11 years

  Single Unit
New build: £500,000
Conversions: £250,000

  Continuous Structure
New Build: £25,000,000
Conversions: £5,000,000

  High Value Scheme
    £25,000,000 policy limit
    (Higher limit available on request)

  Excess
    Defects Insurance Period: £100
    Structural Insurance Period: £1,500

 

 

 Cover Included

  Cover Period

  Mechanical and Electrical Inherent Defects ***

 For 5 years completion

  "Right to acquire" warranty extension***

  

  Contaminated land
   During the Structural Insurance Period
   (up to 11 years)

  Additional costs / fees
   For the policy duration (10/12 years)

  Alternative accommodation
   For the policy duration (10/12 years)
  Removal of debris
   For the policy duration (10/12 years)

 

Optional Extensions:

  • Builder insolvency during the building period (subject to approval)
  • Loss of rent (extension to standard)

*** Does not apply to High Value Scheme

Policy details correct at time of publication (January 2025).
Please check any quotation and policy documents for terms applicable to your application.

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Customer Case Studies

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L&Q | The Chain

  • 519 units

  • New Homes & Social Housing mix

  • 12 storeys

How we added value:

Support with technical issues e.g. fire stopping, roofs and balconies - ponding.

Brought the project over the line 3 months early.

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The Hill Group & Hightown Housing Association | The Heart of Maylands

  • 161 units

  • New Homes, Social Housing & Commercial mix

  • 9 storeys

How we added value:

Support with difficult design detail and working to a tight completion schedule.

Southern Housing

Southern Housing & Thakeham | Holmhurst St Mary

  • 208 units

  • Social Housing

  • 2 & 3 storeys

How we added value:

Cover on mechanical and electrical units such as ground source heat pumps & solar panels. Managing and understanding tricky ground conditions. 

Paragon Asra HA | Hill Partnerships | Park Avenue

Paragon Asra HA | Hill Partnerships | Park Avenue

  • 95 units

  • Social Housing & Commercial Mix

  • 16 storeys

How we added value:

Early engagement with the contractor and the wider design team along with Paragon Asra HA.

Discuss your next development

Whether you're planning a new affordable housing scheme, regeneration project or sustainable housing development, our specialists can help you manage risk, improve quality and deliver with confidence.

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