Our Heritage

Hillcrest Homes was formed in 1985 as the residential arm of a Cheshire based construction and property maintenance company.

In the thirty years that followed, it established itself as a leading provider of high quality new homes across Cheshire, South Manchester and Manchester City Centre.

Its award-winning portfolio contains examples of properties for homebuyers at all stages of the property ladder; from small select family developments in desirable suburbs and innovative city centre townhouses and apartment schemes, to strikingly original one-off designs in the area’s most prestigious postcodes. Visit the developments page to view our previous projects.

In 2015, Hillcrest become part of Nikal, the property development and regeneration company behind a number of landmark residential and mixed use multi-million pound schemes in London, Birmingham, Manchester and overseas.

Re-launched under the Nikal Group umbrella, Hillcrest continues to deliver premium residential schemes and has expanded its operations with innovative new housing developments across the North West and the rest of the UK.

Hillcrest Homes is an award winning residential homebuilder. Its property portfolio has attracted critical acclaim with numerous accolades received for design excellence, quality of build and luxury specification.

View some of Hillcrest’s highlights from the last thirty years in this Photography Book

Awards received to date include:

2018

Insider Residential Property Awards Finalist – Best Residential Build – Residenza, Ancoats

Insider Residential Property Awards Finalist – Best Residential Build – The Granary Yard, Goostrey

2017

Northern Design Awards Finalist – Best Residential Build – Residenza, Ancoats

Northern Design Awards Finalist – Best Residential Build – The Granary Yard, Goostrey

2016

Northern Design Awards Winner – Best New Build – Riverside Place, Knutsford

Northern Design Awards Finalist – Best Architectural Design Concept – Residenza, Ancoats

2013

Northern Design Awards Finalist – ‘Best Luxury House Over £1M’ for Sleepy Hollow, Prestbury

Northern Design Awards Finalist – ‘Best Innovative Design’ for Sleepy Hollow, Prestbury

Northern Design Awards Finalist – ‘Best Family Development’ for The Square, Didsbury

2010

International Design & Property Awards Finalist – ‘Best Residential Development Priced £2m – £5m’ for Wrenwood, Hale

2009

Manchester Society of Architects Design Awards Special Commendation – ‘Best Small Scale Residential Development’ for Wrenwood, Hale

2008

LABC Built in Quality for Graythwaite, Prestbury
LABC Best in Cheshire Award for Graythwaite, Prestbury

LABC ‘Best One Off’ home in the UK for Graythwaite, Prestbury

Design et al ‘Coutts Best Home over £1M’ for Graythwaite, Prestbury

Northern Design Awards ‘Best Luxury Development’ for Graythwaite, Prestbury

2007

LABC Built in Quality Award for Little Meadows, Alderley Edge
LABC Best in Cheshire Award for Little Meadows, Alderley Edge

2006

LABC Built in Quality Award for Old Braestead, Prestbury

2005

LABC Built in Quality Award for Wood House, Prestbury

Our Video

Hillcrest’s approach to the creation of an award winning property or development starts with a vision – a unique response to the location and to the aspirations, ambitions and requirements of those who would like to live there. From this point, we begin to dream and to turn ideas and vision into the design for a stunning new home…

Timeline

’18

Hillcrest expands into the Ribble Valley and starts work on The Warren, 30 new homes in Hurst Green, near Whalley.
’17

Work is completed on Residenza in Ancoats and The Granary Yard in Goostrey and both developments are named as finalists in the Northern Design Awards.
’16

Simone Milner joins the Hillcrest team as Development Executive.

Riverside Place is awarded ‘Best Residential Build’ in the Northern Design Awards.
’15

Hillcrest Homes moves under the umbrella of property development and regeneration firm Nikal and sets up in new offices at MyBuro on Market Street in Altrincham.
’12

Work starts on Riverside Place in Knutsford.

Work starts on Westbook Villas in Chorlton.
’11

Stewart Chance joins Hillcrest as Sales & Development Manager.
Work starts on The Square in Didsbury.
’10

Work starts at Sleepy Hollow in Prestbury.
’07

Little Meadows in Alderley Edge receives LABC Built in Quality and Best in Cheshire Awards.
’06

Old Braestead in Prestbury receives LABC Built in Quality Award.

Works starts on Littledales Park in Hartford, 36 homes – Hillcrest’s biggest.
’05

Wood House in Prestbury receives LABC Built in Quality Award.
’01

Michael Kennedy joins Hillcrest Homes as Sale Director and is promoted to Managing Director in 2002.
’99-01

Hillcrest continues work on a portfolio of luxury developments across South Manchester and Cheshire including Poynton and Hale Barns.
’98

Hillcrest completes its first city centre development ‘China House’ on Harter Street, Manchester – a luxury apartment schme within a refurbished warehouse.
’85

Hillcrest Homes Ltd established by Cruden Construction as a developer of small select high quality developments in the Merseyside and Warrington area.