About Avant Homes

Avant Homes are the fastest growing housebuilder in the UK, operating in Scotland, the North East of England, Yorkshire and the Midlands and with six offices across the UK.

The company’s vision is to transform the UK housebuilding sector through the constant advancement and innovation of the Avant Homes brand and product, and to provide buyers with increasingly better lifestyles, homes and places to live.

Over the next five years, the firm aims to double its yearly output to 4,000 new homes for sale in the UK. As part of an ambitious growth plan, they are looking to scale up existing operating regions whilst continuing to invest in land and target further geographic expansion.

Avant Homes are committed to putting people at the heart of everything they do - continued personal and professional development of their people goes hand in hand with sustained higher performance and personal job satisfaction.

The company is led by Chief Executive Officer Colin Lewis.

What is it like to work for Avant Homes

My Manager

82% of staff agreed:

I feel that my manager talks openly and honestly with me

Avant Homes have invested in excess of £70,000 in executive coaching. Coaches offer a balanced and sometimes challenging perspective, helping colleagues develop confidence to embed learning and develop more effective habits and approaches.

82% of staff agreed:

I feel that my manager talks openly and honestly with me

My Company

93% of staff agreed:

I believe I can make a valuable contribution to the success of this organisation

Avant Homes have a Values Wheel, which sets out the company’s core values to all employees and is used to measure and assess performance throughout the entire year. Over the last four years, the Value Wheel has truly become part of the company’s furniture.

93% of staff agreed:

I believe I can make a valuable contribution to the success of this organisation

Fair Deal

56% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

The company operates a CEO-sponsored Innovation and Ideas award, in which colleagues are invited to submit ideas to improve the business every three months. The person who submits the best idea is provided with the use of a sports car for the quarter, paid for by the company.

56% of staff agreed:

I am happy with the pay and benefits I receive in this job

Learn more about the 8 factors of workplace engagement here