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W A Hare & Son, a local family building and joinery manufacturing company based at Kelfield between Selby and York have won the Best New Home Award by the LABC for the North and East Yorkshire Region and will be automatically entered into the regional final.

The award was won for a striking New Modern House sympathetically linked to two traditional converted barns designed architect Ric Blenkharn, York. The work was supervised by site agent Chris Holmes.

We will soon have to extend out trophy cabinet, with our senior site agent Malcolm Hoe winning the NHBC Pride in the Job Award earlier this year as well as a shield award for the best site manager for a housing project in Cliffe near Selby.

The Federation of Master Builders have entered us into the National Final to be held in London in September having won the Yorkshire and Trent Regional Awards earlier in the year for a Kitchen Project in Heslington.

“With the icing on the cake winning the Best New Home Award by the LABC, it is good to have recognition for our team of craftsmen” says MD Nick Hare.

We are proud to announce that Malcolm Hoe received the coveted NHBC Pride in the Job Award for the North East Area presented to him at the Leeds Academy on Friday 28th of September by the Regional Director.

Not only did he win the Pride in the Job Award given to only 3% of the Regional Site Agents but then he went on further to be chosen for the Elite Award the Seal of Excellence for his attention to detail, leadership and quality of his site workmanship for a bespoke house built in the Cliffe area near Selby. This award is only given to 12 people from each of the 10 regional areas. This is out of a total of 16,000 eligible entries.

Malcolm has worked for W. A. Hare, Kelfield for the last 34 years and is not a stranger to award winning. He also has won the Master Builder of the Year Award with the Federation of Master Builders for an extension he built in Askham Bryan near York.

Congratulations to Malcolm and all his team involved on the project.

We’re pleased to reveal that WA Hare has received LABC’s Best Individual New Home award for 2016. The award recognises building excellence in the delivery of outstanding construction and workmanship. For more photos of the home, please take a look at our gallery section. Read More

Ever dreamed of playing in the FA Cup?

BBC Get Inspired has teamed up with the Football Association and the country’s leading small-sided football providers to launch the FA People’s Cup, a free knockout competition which will give up to 14,000 teams and more than 100,000 players the chance to play in their version of the FA Cup.

From Sunday League regulars to folk who have only kicked a ball in their back yard, the tournament offers everyone the opportunity to follow in the path of legends on the road to Cup glory.

We are proud sponsors of the mighty KELFIELD CRUSADERS, winners of the York Regional Heat of The FA People’s Cup. The team is in the over 35 year old category.

More than 30,000 people took part in the first round of the competition, which is being sponsored by the BBC.

Good luck to The Kelfield Crusaders in the next round, which is to be held in Manchester.

Any donations of deep heat will be gratefully accepted as our squad easily qualifies for the age category.

Work is under way in the joiners shop to manufacture oak storage cupboards for the aisle in Selby Abbey. Read More

W A Hare & Son Ltd’s newly built house at Sandhill Farm, Brayton, Selby for Mr & Mrs D Campey was considered by the judges to be of the highest standard available in the industry and was chosen by the judges to represent the Yorkshire and Trent Region in the National Award, as Regional Winner in its category for New Homes.

The winning entry was built to resemble a barn conversion with rendered panels to imitate cart door openings and includes high ceilings, beams, an inglenook fireplace and an Aga cooker.

The property has been made future-proof to enable the owners to be able to continue living there well into old age. Features incorporated include a lift, extra wide doorways, an intercom and various automated systems including CCTV, underfloor heating, a multi-room music system, intelligent lighting and electrically operated curtains.

The new build has high quality bespoke joinery features such as an oak bar and galleried landing with central staircase, made in the Joinery Workshop at W A Hare.

The owners of the property stated that Hares are the “Perfect building Company” (Self Build and Design, May 2007).

Last year W A Hare & Son Ltd won the National Builder of the Year Award for the extension category up to 300K for a project at Askham Bryan near York, and are hoping to succeed again this time in the “New Build” category finals which take place later in the year in London.