OUR VALUES

Bargate Homes was established in 2006, to be a truly differentiated homebuilder in its product and guiding principles. To be better, not big. To focus on doing the right thing, in delighting customers; not prioritising margins and shareholder returns. To reject the malaise of mediocrity in new homes design & build standards and appalling levels of customer service. To develop a limited number of select developments annually, exclusively in beautiful locations within 45 minutes of our Fair Oak Headquarters. To recognise our corporate responsibility; to have a purpose beyond profit. To demonstrate a duty of care in development, to enhance the beautiful local area we all choose to call home and give back to the communities in which we develop. To be the brand that cares in a marketplace that seemingly does not.

This vision is as true to the business now as it was then, resulting in our enviable reputation. Indeed, VIVID’s acquisition of the business and decision for the business to continue to operate independently is a further endorsement of the appeal of our ethos.

People comment on the characteristic ‘Bargate look’ of our developments. This emanates from our six core values…

LOCATION MEANS REPUTATION

We only build in aspirational locations. Nowhere else. Cathedral cities; coastal and riverside towns; market towns and archetypal English villages; places with enviable communication links. Enclaves characteristic of the area and cherished by customers.

THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BEING LOCAL

Our family of employees choose to live where we build. They do so because it is one of the most beautiful parts of the country. So, as a business, we have a self-imposed responsibility: to create beautiful homes and developments that enhance where we all choose to call home.

“We just don’t design homes on what’s easy to build. Instead, we carefully consider how people live in their home – how they will live their lives and what’s important to them.”

Rachel Davies - Design and Development Director

WE GIVE OUR BUYERS SPACE

Customers understandably want space – a feeling of privacy. So, our distinctive street scenes have real kerb appeal: a meandering style with fewer plots and fewer homes. Often-times with community spaces to add to the spaciousness of developments.

“There’s land and there’s the land we select. We reject infinitely more options than we pursue. Because we only build in beautiful locations. Nowhere else. Locations that are characteristic of the area and cherished by customers.”

Steve Birch - Land Director

YOU GET MORE

We feel a new home should have an extensive list of quality specification features – both big and small- which are included, as standard, to make a customers’ home special…because we believe that’s the way a new home should be. Special.

DELIGHT IS IN THE DETAIL

Customers want their dream home to be special to them. An individual home. So, our house types differ site by site, looking to reflect the local vernacular, with further differentiating finishes.

WE HAVE A PURPOSE BEYOND PROFIT

We think a business should have a purpose beyond profit. We share a duty of care, to give back to the communities we build in and leave a legacy for future generations, whether that’s grants, affordable housing play areas or even building village halls.