A DEVELOPMENT company in Huddersfield has won an award for excellence.

Worth Homes was national winner of the Premier Guarantee Excellence Awards 2011 for its Scotgate Fold development in Honley.

Worth Homes is run by husband and wife team Jason and Jolanta Ownsworth together with a few carefully picked loyal staff and contractors. They pride themselves on building high quality, technically perfect and aesthetically impressive individual homes.

Mr Ownsworth has more than 25 years experience in the building industry while his wife is a qualified solicitor, ensures the day-to-day running of the business is smooth and efficient.

The Scotgate Fold Development, designed by Acumen Architects, comprises four homes built in natural stone, each with five double bedrooms and three bathrooms, hardwood doors and windows and south-facing gardens.

The properties are situated off a private drive with access through electric gates. Each home has solar panels on the southern aspect of the roof and solar hot water systems, with multi room audio distribution and multi room HD distribution for satellite and DVD.

Internally, each home has a contemporary French-polished ash staircase with glass balustrade, French-polished internal doors, underfloor heating to the ground floor and all bathrooms with individual thermostatic controls. Each has a magnificent breakfast kitchens and two of the properties have attached family rooms with retractable five-panel glass doors which can be fully opened to enjoy the south facing gardens. Each has four or five bedrooms while two of the properties have a separate study.

The award was presented to Mr Ownsworth by Peter Bennett, technical and business relations director for Premier Guarantee.

Said Mr Bennett: “Scotgate Fold at Honley is a lovely edge of village location which has had new homesŠadded over manyŠyears.ŠŠWorth Homes Yorkshire Ltd have now added a further four new family homes to this location and I must sayŠthey are excellent properties.Š

“It is apparent thatŠWorth HomesŠplace customer satisfaction and standards very much at the top of their criteria and their build processes, their attention to detail and the execution of the construction reflect these values.”

Said Mr Ownsworth: “We are committed to providing luxury, high quality homes in the Yorkshire area and we are proud to have received this national award.

“I’d like to thank all our contractors and anyone involved in the development at Scotgate Fold for all their hard work.

“The last couple of years have been tough for the building industry, but we try to remain optimistic and I would say that if you put the right time, effort and quality into building a new property and price the property realistically then the property will sell.

“People looking for new build homes want to see quality.

“First impressions count on a new development and once customers are able to view the properties they can see the quality of workmanship and high quality finish in all our developments.”

Jamie Young, Worth Home’s site manager, added: “Working for Jason and Jolanta and being involved in their family business is a great privilege.

“They are very thorough and it is a great company to work for. They have a lot of drive and commitment in building quality homes and I am pleased to be part of their success.”

The prestigious site at Scotgate Fold, Honley is now coming to a close with the final property having been sold this month.

Worth Homes is also building four detached properties in Birchencliffe and will be starting two semi-detached properties in New Mill early in the New Year.