A report released this week has pointed to a mini-boom in the rental property market that’s being spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic as tenants re-evaluate and reassess their housing requirements.

Highwood has formally handed over our prestigious Snowdrop Place Care Home scheme to leading care partner, Barchester Healthcare – a hugely significant achievement given construction took place during one of the most challenging periods in the industry’s history.

A topping-out ceremony has been held at Highwood’s North Stoneham Park to mark the completion of the highest point of the build of the exciting new retirement living development Highwood is constructing for leading care partner, Housing 21.

Like most businesses, Highwood was disappointed to see the New Year in with a third lockdown but, fortunately, having already implemented our updated processes and safety measures back in May when the first lockdown ended, we were prepared. We’re thankful the government is committed to giving priority to the construction industry and the UK’s property purchasers, enabling us to keep all our construction sites open and buyers moving.

Highwood has answered the call from a local primary school and donated a number of laptop computers to enable its pupils to have access to their online learning platforms during the third national lockdown. Could you do the same for the children at your local school?

2020 will be remembered for the scale of the coronavirus pandemic that has affected the entire country, not to mention those closest to home and we will be forever grateful for the efforts made by the Highwood family who have faced these challenges together. But, despite the uncertainty that Covid has wrought, there has been much to celebrate and, thanks to the positivity the construction industry and property market is enjoying, there is much to look forward to…

Highwood has presented a cheque for £10,000 to its newly adopted charity, Trinity Winchester, which works tirelessly to support the vulnerable and homeless in Winchester. The donation is a valuable contribution to the charity’s ‘Under One Roof’ project to build 11 high-quality flatlets and provide safe, secure homes and services for those in need.

Test Valley Southern Area Planning Committee has unanimously passed plans submitted by Highwood for the Old Mansion residential scheme at our landmark North Stoneham Park development in Eastleigh, representing the culmination of a seven-year promotion by the Highwood team

As the country emerges from a second national lockdown there are encouraging signs from the property market that should give welcome relief to buyers and sellers who might otherwise have been unnerved about the direction the industry might be taking. The positivity stems from two prominent reports, which have been released this week that point to a post-crisis high.

Construction on Phase 9 of Highwood’s award-winning North Stoneham Park development has commenced following the successful completion of an exciting land and build contract to deliver 65 new homes on the site.