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Taylor Wimpey registered offices:
Corporate:
Taylor Wimpey plc
80 New Bond Street
London W1S 1SB
Tel: 020 7355 8100
Fax: 020 7355 8196
Housing Head Office:
Taylor Wimpey plc
Gate House
Turnpike Road
High Wycombe
Bucks HP12 3NR
Tel: 01494 558323
Taylor Wimpey Regional Offices
History
Taylor Wimpey plc is a "focused" home building company with operations throughout the UK and in North America, Spain and Gibraltar.
Taylor Wimpey was formed after a "merger of equals" with George Wimpey on 3rd July 2007. Both businesses have a long trading history -Taylor Woodrow was formed in 1921 and George Wimpey as far back as 1880.
During the seventies decade, George Wimpey built 106,440 homes. In the decade that followed it began to establish the Wimpey brand with the famous Wimpey cat “welcome home” slogan. In 1996 Wimpey acquired McLean Homes from Tarmac in an asset swap, with its construction and quarrying operations being transferred to Tarmac which later became Carillion. Further acquisitions included Alfred McAlpine Homes in October 2001 for £463 million and Laing Homes in 2002 for £295 million.
Taylor Woodrow started out with Frank Taylor borrowing £100 and building two houses in Blackpool. His Uncle Jack Woodrow gave his name to the company as Frank at 16, was too young to form a company on his own. Over the years that followed the company expanded internationally, to become one of the World’s biggest construction companies.
In 2001 Taylor Woodrow made a successful take over of the Bryant Group. In October 2003 Taylor Woodrow acquired Wilson Connolly and the Wilcon Homes brand, for £499 million – the largest housing take-over at that time.
Taylor Woodrow was previously a FTSE Top 250 company and one of the UK's leading housing and development companies with operations in the United States, Canada and Spain.
Key Directors:
Norman Askew - Group Chairman
Pete Redfern - Group Chief Executive
E-mail: peter.redfern@taylorwimpey.com
Number of new homes built to financial year ended 31 December 2014 - 12,454
(2013 - 11,696 : 2012 - 10,886 : 2011 - 10,180 2010 - 9,962 : 2009 - 10,186)
Number of NHBC awards per year (averaged over last seven years)
54 Quality awards 15 Seal of Excellence awards.
Homes per quality award ratio:
2014 - 178 homes built per award.
2013 - 172
2012 - 165
2011 - 157
2010 - 181
2009 - 156)
The lower the number the better the quality.
What their customers say
Review the site below for links to see what some customers think of their Taylor Wimpey new home:
BBC Watchdog feature 26 September 2012
The day Taylor Wimpey ruined my life - Buyer’s Blog
Taylor Wimpey new home with 380 defects
www.forum.snagging.org/taylorwimpey
Information on national house builders
(last updated February 2015)
SOUTHERN REGION:
Taylor Wimpey Oxfordshire
Windrush Court, Suite J
Abingdon Business Park
Abingdon
Oxfordshire OX14 1SY
Tel: 01235 541 900
Managing Director: Tim Betts
Taylor Wimpey South East
Weald Court, 103 Tonbridge Road
Hildenborough
Tonbridge
Kent TN11 9HL
Tel: 01732 836 000
Managing Director: Edward Owens
Taylor Wimpey North Thames
Imperial Place 2
Maxwell Road
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire WD6 1JN
Tel: 020 8236 3800
Managing Director: Peter Gurr
Taylor Wimpey Bristol
600 Park Avenue
Aztec West, Almondsbury
Bristol
Gloucestershire BS32 4SD
Tel: 01454 628 400
Managing Director: Keith Simmons
Taylor Wimpey West London
Stratfield House
Station Road
Hook
Hampshire RG27 9PQ
Tel: 01256 760 606
Managing Director: Phil Chapman
Taylor Wimpey South West Thames
Tyrell House, Challenge Court
Barnett Wood Lane
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 7LL
Tel: 01372 385 800
Taylor Wimpey Exeter
4 Capital Court,
Bittern Road, Sowton Industrial Estate
Exeter
Devon EX2 7FW
Tel: 01392 367267
Managing Director: Colin Palmer
Taylor Wimpey East London
Kings House
103-135 Kings Road
Brentwood
Essex CM14 4DR
Tel: 01277 236 800
Managing Director: Simon Brown
Taylor Wimpey Central London
80 New Bond Street
London
W1S 1SB
Tel: 020 7355 8150
Managing Director: Ingrid Skinner
Taylor Wimpey Southern Counties
Templars House, Lulworth Close
Chandlers Ford
Eastleigh
Hampshire SO53 3TJ
Tel: 02380 255 288
Managing Director: David Brown
Taylor Wimpey South Thames
Thornetts House, Challenge Court
Barnett Wood Lane
Leatherhead
Surrey KT22 7DE
Tel: 01372 385800
Managing Director: Chris Carney
Taylor Wimpey East Anglia
Castle House
Kempson Way
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP32 7AR
Tel: 01284 773 800
Managing Director: Bryn Maidman
NORTHERN REGION:
Taylor Wimpey North Midlands
Chase House, Park Plaza
Heath Hayes
Cannock
Staffordshire WS12 2DD
Tel: 01543 496 700
Managing Director: Daniel McGowan
Taylor Wimpey Midlands
Tournament Fields Business Park
Unit 2 - Tournament Court,
Edgehill Drive
Warwick CV34 6LG
Tel: 01926 516 900
Managing Director: Roger Northam
Taylor Wimpey West Midlands
39 Dominion Court
Station Road
Solihull
West Midlands B91 3RT
Tel: 0121 703 3300
Managing Director: John Symons
Taylor Wimpey East Midlands
Unit 2,
The Osiers Business Park
Laversall Way
Leicester LE19 1DX
Tel: 0116 281 6400
Managing Director: Dominic Harman
Taylor Wimpey South Midlands
Newton House, 2 Sark Drive
Newton Leys, Bletchley
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire MK9 3DR
Tel: 01908 544 800
Managing Director: Andrew Sturla
CENTRAL REGION:
Taylor Wimpey North East
North House
Wessington Way
Sunderland
Tyne and Wear SR5 3RL
Tel: 0191 516 5400
Managing Director: John Taylor
Taylor Wimpey Manchester
George Wimpey House
1 Lumsdale Road
Stretford
Manchester M32 0UT
Tel: 0161 864 8900
Managing Director: Mark Mainwaring
Taylor Wimpey North Yorkshire
Taylor Wimpey House
Lockheed Court
Preston Farm Industrial Est
Stockton on Tees,
Cleveland TS18 3SH
Tel: 01642 626 200
Managing Director: Mark Leigh
Taylor Wimpey Yorkshire
Sandpiper House
Peel Avenue
Calder Park
Wakefield WF2 7UA
Tel: 01924 241 500
Managing Director: John Murphy
Taylor Wimpey North West
The Beacons
Warrington Road
Birchwood, Warrington
Cheshire WA3 6XU
Tel: 01925 849 500
Managing Director: Ian Smith
SCOTLAND:
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland
Unit C - Cirrus Building
Glasgow Airport Business Park, Marchburn Drive, Abbotsinch
Paisley PA3 2SJ
Tel: 0141 849 5500
Managing Director: Willie Burns
Taylor Wimpey East Scotland
1 Masterton Park
Carnegie Campus
Dunfermline KY11 8PL
Tel: 01383 845700
Managing Director: Peter Matthews
WALES:
Taylor Wimpey South Wales
Ground Floor, Eastern Business Park
Wern Fawr Lane, St Mellons
Cardiff CF3 5EA
Tel: 0292 053 4700
Managing Director: Shaun White
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