Laing O鈥橰ourke expands housing arm

By Sarah Richardson and Sarah Richardson Sarah Richardson2007-06-22T00:00:00+01:00

Explore Living鈥檚 Lumina development at Chadwell Heath, east London

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Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 housing arm, Explore Living, has launched a division in the Thames Valley as part of an expansion drive.

The division, Explore Living Thames Valley, will have Roy Willer as its managing director. Willer joins from David Wilson Homes, where he was managing director for the eastern region. Before that he was managing director of Laing Homes鈥� south-east Thames region.

Willer will be responsible for developing the company鈥檚 presence in the Thames Valley. He will also be charged with taking Explore Living into new areas, including Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire.

Willer said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e geared up to develop a variety of new homes in the forthcoming year and hope that in the next three to five years we will develop a substantial product portfolio. It鈥檒l certainly be a challenging year, and one I鈥檓 looking forward to.鈥�

We hope that in the next three to five years we will develop a substantial product portfolio
Roy Willer, managing director

Explore Living was launched in 2005, marking the start of a foray into housebuilding by Laing O鈥橰ourke.

The company has expanded in the South-east since its launch. Its focus has been on Kent and Essex, although it also has a project under way in Luton.

The south-eastern-based business aims to build and sell 675 units a year by 2010. Its current schemes include the 59-unit Lumina development at Chadwell Heath in east London as well as projects in Northfleet, Kent, and Malden, Essex.