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Kestrel Timber Frame – a manufacturer of timber frames based at Market Deeping, near Peterborough – has signed its largest contract so far.
Kestrel Timber Frame – a manufacturer of timber frames based at Market Deeping, near Peterborough – has signed its largest contract so far.Kestrel was established last year by the Bourne-based Larkfleet Group in a 600sq metre purpose-designed factory on the Spitfire Park industrial estate in Market Deeping.
The company swiftly secured business with a number of regional building companies and developers – including other companies in the Larkfleet Group – providing timber frames for homes and commercial buildings across much of the East of England and East Midlands.
Now Larkfleet Group subsidiary Larkfleet Homes has handed Kestrel its largest contract to date. It is to supply frames for 113 homes being built at a site in High Street, Eye, near Peterborough.
The first 28 homes have already been built with timber frames. Now Larkfleet has confirmed that all the remaining 85 homes are to have timber frames from Kestrel in a deal which the two companies say is "worth a substantial amount of money."
Managing director of the Larkfleet Group Karl Hick said: "Timber-framed houses are becoming increasingly popular. Building using timber frames is more environmentally-friendly than using more traditional methods and allows houses to be built more quickly at very high standards of quality."
Paul Adams of Kestrel said: "This type of large volume order from a housebuilder that is continuing to produce and sell homes despite the current difficulties in the housing industry is clearly good news – especially for a young company like Kestrel.
"By using our timber frames, Larkfleet is able to control its costs and reduce the amount of time it takes to construct new homes, helping it to remain ahead in the current highly competitive housing market."
Kestrel designs the frames based on building drawings supplied by its customers. They are then manufactured by Kestrel in its factory in Market Deeping before its highly experienced teams deliver the frames to site and swiftly erect them. This makes it possible for builders to construct complete homes in a fraction of the time required by conventional construction techniques.
As well as speed of construction, timber frames offer other advantages.
For example, the foundations needed for timber frame buildings are often less extensive – and less expensive – than those required for buildings built entirely with traditional bricks and blocks. Timber frames also make it easier to meet the increasingly strict legal requirements for energy efficiency in buildings.
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