Housebuilders and housing associations
Dry lining for new-build housing developers
JMC Drywall Ltd is a dry lining, plastering, render and floor screed sub-contractor for national and regional housebuilders, based in Tiptree, Essex. We work across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and East London for Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon Homes, Countryside Partnerships, Vistry, Orbit Homes and others. We are on 21 live sites, including 450 homes at Westcombe Park.
- homes on the current and recent schemes we name
- 1,740homes on the current and recent schemes we name
- live sites
- 21live sites
- contract value on those schemes
- £13.16mcontract value on those schemes
- homes at Westcombe Park, Heybridge
- 450homes at Westcombe Park, Heybridge
The record
The schemes
The client, the place, the number of homes, the tenure and the contract value.
| Scheme | Client | Homes | Tenure | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcombe ParkHeybridge, Essex | Countryside Partnerships | 450 | Mixed tenure150 affordable | £3.5m | On site |
| Samphire MeadowsFrinton, Essex | Taylor Wimpey | 231 | Mixed tenure42 affordable | £1.7m | On site |
| Castleton GrangeEye, Suffolk | Persimmon Homes | 127 | Mixed tenure25 affordable | £930k | On site |
| Beaulieu ParkChelmsford, Essex | Countryside Partnerships | 66 | Mixed tenure26 affordable | £500k | Handed over |
| Victoria GardensGreat Plumstead, Norfolk | Orbit Homes | 272 | Mixed tenure136 affordableHalf social housing | £2m | On site |
| Harolds GateHarleston, Norfolk | Orbit Homes | 162 | All affordable73 social rent, 89 shared ownership | £1.2m | On site |
| Station RoadEccles, Norfolk | Strand Developments | 24 | Mixed tenure6 affordable | £260k | Handed over |
- Westcombe Park
Heybridge, Essex
- Client
- Countryside Partnerships
- Homes
- 450
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 150 affordable
- Value
- £3.5m
- Samphire Meadows
Frinton, Essex
- Client
- Taylor Wimpey
- Homes
- 231
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 42 affordable
- Value
- £1.7m
- Castleton Grange
Eye, Suffolk
- Client
- Persimmon Homes
- Homes
- 127
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 25 affordable
- Value
- £930k
- Beaulieu Park
Chelmsford, Essex
- Client
- Countryside Partnerships
- Homes
- 66
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 26 affordable
- Value
- £500k
- Victoria Gardens
Great Plumstead, Norfolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 272
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 136 affordable
- Value
- £2m
- Harolds Gate
Harleston, Norfolk
- Client
- Orbit Homes
- Homes
- 162
- Tenure
- All affordable
- Value
- £1.2m
- Station Road
Eccles, Norfolk
- Client
- Strand Developments
- Homes
- 24
- Tenure
- Mixed tenure, 6 affordable
- Value
- £260k
What a bad dry liner costs a housebuilder
A dry liner who falls behind stops every trade that follows. Second fix, kitchens and decoration all wait on the dry lining, and the plot slips on your build programme.
It does not end at programme. The costs land on your site team, your customer scores and, in the end, the sale.
| What slips | Who pays for it |
|---|---|
| Dry lining on the plot | Every trade behind us, from second fix to decoration |
| Build stage dates | Your site team, whose bonus is tied to them |
| Inspections | Your site manager, when the inspector has to come back |
| Snags at handover | Your customer satisfaction scores |
| The completion date | Your sales team, when a buyer's mortgage offer runs out first |
How we run a volume site
Each site has a named contracts manager who is on it often and deals with your site manager direct. Plots are photographed on our cloud-based quality system and signed off by that contracts manager before we tell you they are ready.
The photographs are held in Site Audit Pro, and you can have them whenever you ask. Your site manager has enough to chase without chasing us.
Our quote is our quote.
Housebuilders we work for
Our housebuilder clients include Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon Homes, Countryside Partnerships, Vistry, Crest, Dandara, Allison Homes and Lovell Homes.
For Taylor Wimpey we are on site at Samphire Meadows in Frinton, 231 homes, and at Wivenhoe. For Persimmon Homes we are on site at Castleton Grange in Eye, 127 homes. For Countryside Partnerships we handed over 66 homes at Beaulieu Park in Chelmsford.
Housing association schemes
We work directly for Orbit Homes, on six schemes totalling 842 homes. We are on site now at Harolds Gate in Harleston, 162 homes, every one affordable, and at Victoria Gardens in Great Plumstead and Dovecote Gardens in Spixworth.
On other housing association schemes, the main contractor building them picks the dry liner and we work for that contractor. Orbit Homes asks nothing of us that a housebuilder does not. The same accreditations, plot checks and records apply on every scheme we run.
Labour for large sites and long phases
Westcombe Park in Heybridge is 450 homes for Countryside Partnerships, with four trades from us and a contract worth £3.5m. We are on site there until 2028, alongside 20 other live sites.
Send the programme with the tender pack. You get a straight answer on whether we have the gangs to hold it, before you put us on the order.
Questions
What buyers ask us
- Which new build dry lining contractors work for national housebuilders in Essex?
- JMC Drywall Ltd, of Tiptree, works for housebuilders including Taylor Wimpey, Persimmon Homes, Countryside Partnerships, Vistry, Crest and Dandara. In Essex it is on site at Westcombe Park in Heybridge, 450 homes for Countryside Partnerships, and Samphire Meadows in Frinton, 231 homes for Taylor Wimpey. It is on 21 live sites.
- Can a dry lining sub-contractor take plastering, screed and render as well?
- Yes. We price dry lining, tape and jointing, plastering, floor screed, render and metal stud partitions separately or together under one sub-contract. At Westcombe Park we carry out dry lining, metal stud partitions, tape and jointing and floor screed on 450 homes for Countryside Partnerships, with a full-time, non-working site manager managing our service delivery, alongside a dedicated customer care technician on site.
- Will the dry lining price change once you are on site?
- The price we tender is the price we work to. It is built from the drawings, specification, inclusions list, scope and programme in your tender pack, and it reaches you by the deadline the tender sets. If the scope itself changes after the order is placed, that change is priced as a variation.
- How fast are customer care defects dealt with after a home is sold?
- Our customer care administrator answers each request within 24 hours. Defects are dealt with inside the times your own customer care charter sets. Because each plot was photographed and signed off before handover, the record in Site Audit Pro shows the state the work was left in, which you can have on request.
- Which dry lining contractors work for housing associations in Norfolk and Suffolk?
- JMC Drywall Ltd, based in Tiptree, Essex, works directly for Orbit Homes on six schemes in Norfolk and Suffolk, totalling 842 homes. They include Harolds Gate in Harleston, 162 affordable homes, and Brook Gardens in Elmswell, 65 affordable homes. On other housing association schemes, JMC works for the main contractor building them.
- How far from Tiptree will you work on a housing site?
- Within three hours of our office in Tiptree, Essex, which covers Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire and East London. Current schemes run from Heybridge, about 8 miles by road, to Frinton, about 32 miles, and up to Harleston, about 58 miles. Norwich is about 70 miles by road, with Victoria Gardens and Dovecote Gardens just outside it.
Trades
Priced and managed as one sub-contract
Tender enquiries
Pricing your next scheme?
Send us the drawings, specification, inclusions list, scope and programme. You will get a fully compliant price by your tender deadline, and a straight answer on whether we have the labour to meet your programme.
- Ring
- 01621 810293
- Email the estimating team
- estimating@jmcdrywallltd.co.uk