Derbyshire Makers – Wheeldon Homes
When it comes to established Derbyshire companies, not many have the pedigree of Wheeldon Homes. With a proud heritage dating back over 157 years, Wheeldon has remained a house builder of choice for many local house purchasers across the East Midlands for generations. As a company they have an excellent reputation for the quality, design and specification of all their homes.
The company was first set up by brothers George and William, both joiners in Belper way back in 1867. They worked hard and quickly developed a name for themselves for excellent quality of workmanship, building much needed homes around Derbyshire.
Today the company is based near the heart of Derby in Chester Green and continues to foster an ethos of quality in everything they do. All their homes are constructed by selected workmen, chosen by Wheeldon for their proven expertise in local house-building. These skills are self-evident in the quality and range of houses they build, from starter homes through to spacious family houses.
2025/2026 sees the company in excellent shape with several developments under construction across Derbyshire, with new locations promised for the future. All Wheeldon new homes enjoy bright living rooms, high specification kitchens, dedicated dining areas, principle bedrooms with Gliderobes fitted wardrobes and bathrooms with sanitary ware by Ideal Standard, all complemented by Porcelanosa wall tiling.
The kitchens enjoy the convenience of an integrated oven, hob and extractor canopy as standard, with a choice of cabinets and drawers providing plenty of storage space.
Wheeldon has always been keen to assist its purchasers and offers a number of incentive packages totally tailored to suit individual needs on a selection of their properties.
When purchasing a new-build home, short term savings mean that people can enjoy the peace of mind that no major costly projects like repairing leaking roofs or replacing electrics lie around the corner. Likewise, a new home is a blank canvas allowing each purchaser to personalise their own home without the extensive labour of stripping off wood chip wallpaper and redecorating. This simply means that people can move into their home and enjoy living knowing that they have the protection of a 10-year warranty backed by NHBC should anything go wrong
Debbie Smith, Sales and Marketing Director at Wheeldon Homes says: As a smaller independent house builder we understand what really matters to our purchasers and that is pounds in their pocket. For this reason, at Wheeldon we offer a range of features as standard – meaning that the savings in your pocket come as standard.”
Designed to comply with the very latest building regulations, our new homes are fitted with high efficiency heating systems, excellent insulation, fire resistant materials, circuit breakers, alarms, water efficient taps and toilets, triple glazed windows and French doors.
In addition to the above, Solar Photo Voltaic Panels (PV) are fitted as standard with most of our properties featured for sale; ensuring we achieve an ‘A or B’ rating in SAP energy calculations.
The Solar Photo Voltaic Panels (PV) are an ‘in-roof’ solar panel system, which combine slimline black cells and a black frame, strong, durable and water-tight, these fully framed panels, with no exposed edges, produce an all-black panel looking a lot sleeker on the roof.
At Wheeldon the benefits do not end there…. many of our new homes are also provisioned with a 7.2kw Type 2 Rapid Vehicle Charging Point which will enable fast and convenient home charging of electric vehicles and plugin hybrids, further future proofing your property.
New homes are already six times more energy-efficient and generate over 60% less CO2 emissions than older style homes, which is the equivalent of driving 10,000 miles less a year per household. So, our new homeowners can take comfort that they are doing their bit for the environment. But it’s not just about the planet, improved energy efficiency saves money too and living in a new home can reduce energy bills by more than £550 per year.
“Our specification is designed to save people money – something that we all need in a world that is seeing huge increases in the cost of food and energy. To find out more we are urging interested parties to visit one of our developments and speak to the sales adviser about what Wheeldon can do for them.”
Debbie concludes, Wheeldon developments offer a range of homes to suit all tastes and budgets. No matter which Wheeldon home you choose, you can rest assured all the developments are truly designed to make life more comfortable and to ensure that their owners will be proud of their property for years to come.
For details on the full range of homes currently available or indeed future developments, please contact the Wheeldon Homes Sales Hotline on 01332 388 388 or alternatively visit the website – www.wheeldon.co.uk
