Founded in 1987 by Chairman Fred Story, Story Homes is a housing developer with schemes in Cumbria, North West and North East England and southern Scotland.
Our vision is to design and build quality homes that people aspire to live in, and we are proud to build high-quality homes that bring something different to the areas in which we operate.
Story Construction was founded by Fred Story in 1987. The business incorporated what is now Story Homes and Story Contracting. Right at the start, Fred was working from a bedroom office in his home, with just three colleagues working with him on a variety of projects in and around Carlisle.
Story Construction completed their first ever development of new homes, an exclusive scheme with only four properties in the village of Thurstonfield near Carlisle.
Nine more colleagues joined Fred Story’s team, taking the headcount for Story Construction to 12.
We won our first award for housing on a 12-house scheme at Moorhouse village for 'Quality in the Residential Environment' from the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI).
Story celebrates the milestone of building and selling 1,000 homes.
As Story Construction starts to place more and more emphasis on building high quality homes and Story Homes is formed.
Story Homes opened its first permanent Newcastle base at the end of September following a £100k re-fit of Panther House at the Newcastle Business Park. The move reflects the growing business in the North East.
Story Homes sees its head office staff move to Story House at Kingmoor Park. With a state-of-the-art building, the business ensures that its ready for continued growth and success.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne cuts the ribbon and officially opens Story House.
Prime Minister at the time, David Cameron, and his wife Samantha visited one of our Lancashire developments, and commented on the high quality of our homes.
Story Homes opened its first permanent office at Ackhurst Business Park in Chorley, reflecting the company’s growth and success across the North West region.
We launched our first Signature Range development – Oakland Park, Morpeth – with 39 large, detached homes that take aspirational living to the next level. The high specification includes Laura Ashley kitchens, bi-fold doors and Inglenook fireplaces.
We welcomed Fred Story back to the business as CEO.
Focusing on open plan living and spacious family areas, we introduced a new collection of house types that will be used for all new developments and phases from 2019 onwards.
We launched 14 new beautiful show homes, from the new collection of house types, to the public. These showcase our open plan layouts, modern kitchens and spacious gardens.
After working as a Regional Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, we appointed Colin Wood as CEO, with Fred Story remaining as Chairman of the business.
We were awarded a five-star customer satisfaction rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF). This rating was achieved from the National House Building Council (NHBC) surveys completed by our customers, confirming that nine in 10 customers would recommend Story Homes to a friend.
We received a ‘Gold’ rating from In-house, the customer satisfaction research body for the residential property sector, with more than 94% of customers surveyed saying that they would recommend Story Homes.
We were awarded a five-star customer satisfaction rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and the National House Building Council (NHBC), confirming that nine in 10 customers would recommend Story Homes to a friend.
We received both a ‘Gold’ and ‘Outstanding’ rating from In-house, the customer satisfaction research body for the residential property sector, with 97% of customers surveyed saying that they would recommend Story Homes.
Story Homes and sister business Story Contracting celebrated their 35th anniversary
As well as winning ‘Best Residential Development’ in County Durham for The Willows (Darlington), our website was not only awarded the accolade of ‘Best Developer Website’ in the UK, but also across the whole of Europe and internationally.
We were awarded a five-star customer satisfaction rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and the National House Building Council (NHBC), confirming that nine in 10 customers would recommend Story Homes to a friend.
We received a ‘Gold’ rating from In-house, the customer satisfaction research body for the residential property sector, with 94% of customers surveyed saying that they would recommend Story Homes.
In 2023 we handed over our 10,000th home to customers Tina and Colin at Brigsteer Rise in Kendal.
Our Brigsteer Rise development in Kendal wins UK Property Awards for 'Best Residential Development in Cumbria' and 'Best Show Home Interior'. Our website also wins 'Best Developer Website' for the second year running.
We were once again awarded a five-star customer satisfaction rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and the National House Building Council (NHBC).
We once again received a ‘Gold’ rating from In-house, the customer satisfaction research body for the residential property sector, with 94% of customers surveyed saying that they would recommend Story Homes.
For the third consecutive year, we won 'Best Developer Website in the UK' and our Fulshaw Manor development received 'Best Residential Interior for a Show Home in the UK' as well as two regional awards: 'Best Residential Interior for a Show Home in Cheshire' and 'Best Residential Development in Cheshire'.
We're the number one leading housebuilder on Trustpilot, with an outstanding 4.8-star rating.
