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Sky-House Co welcomes a new face to expanding team

SKY-HOUSE Co, the Sheffield based house-builder, has appointed a new Senior Quantity Surveyor.

Dan Murphy, who has a BSc Hons in Quantity Surveying, will be responsible for cost control, procurement and day to day commercial management alongside the rest of the Sky-House Co Operations team.

“We are delighted to welcome Dan to the team as we go into a busy start to 2021,” said director Ryan Ratcliffe.

“He is forward thinking and approachable and, very importantly, has a background in commercial contracting across all sectors as well as a keen eye for detail that will prove invaluable in the coming months.

“We are currently looking forward to moving into our new HQ at Centenary Works on the River Sheaf and Dan’s appointment is central to our plans to grow our head office and technical teams to support our expansion.”

Rotherham Council has only recently approved the development of a second block of 44 Sky-Houses on the Waverley Regeneration site, close to both Rotherham and Sheffield.

Future projects include 40 riverside homes at Oughtibridge Mill and seven homes at Fox Valley in Stocksbridge, to the north of Sheffield.

The company is also currently in the process of finagling a planning application for a site for an additional 57 homes in Sheffield city centre.

The Sky-House Co was founded by architect David Cross and accountant Philip Prince and is built around the acclaimed concept of the Sky-House - designed by the team at CODA Architects - a 21st century take on the traditional back to back house.

Sky-House Co is funded by Homes England and aims to fill the missing middle of the housing market by creating sensitively dense, naturally affordable and sustainable homes that are both robust and beautiful.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by John Highfield .