Welcome To Cherish Homes
Your one-stop self-build and custom build specialist partner
Cherish Homes was formed in 2007 and is a specialist at designing and delivering self-build homes for a fixed cost.
Over time it has become clear that traditional methods of house building in the UK are unsustainable. Long construction times and variable quality delivered by the national housebuilders made us feel that the industry would struggle to satisfy the huge demand for quality, energy efficient new housing and were part of the problem rather than part of the solution to the housing crisis.
Cherish Homes set about finding a better solution and ultimately turned to Europe where efficient factory house building technology and delivery was already very well established as our clients are generally not willing to simply settle for what is on offer on the new homes market today.
So whilst we wait for the UK to catch up, or perhaps new factories get set up here by the global leaders in the industry, we work with well proven specialists to ensure you have the high quality home you deserve, both in looks and ‘liveability’, but also in build quality in what you can, and can’t see.
Cherish Homes have therefore teamed up with one of the largest house manufacturers, Dan-Wood. Our partner company has been established for more than 25 years and builds over 2,500 houses a year. We do not believe any other manufacturer is currently able to offer the same combination of quality, technical expertise, delivery expertise and depth of experience as Dan-Wood.
It is this special partnership, and our additional turnkey services, which makes Cherish Homes unique in the UK market currently.
Meet The Senior Management Team
Stuart Law
Stuart is the founder and Chief Executive of the Assetz group of businesses that includes the leading secured business lender, Assetz Capital.
Assetz Capital has funded around 1 in 12 of the new homes built by small and medium sized house builders in the UK, helping bring back competition for the national house builders.
He is also a co-founder of Assetz Exchange, the supported living property investment platform, as well as co-founder of Cherish Homes.
Stuart is also an active property investor and developer.
Melanie Ketzer-Law
Melanie is a Director and the in-house Architect for Cherish Homes. She is a Member of the RIBA and has over 15 years experience in high-end private residential design and delivery, as well as boutique hotels and listed building conversions.
Melanie has worked as project architect for a number of respected international practices as well as on high value private commissions.
She also has extensive experience running international project teams in Germany, Great Britain, France and Portugal.
Steve Parry
Steve is the Commercial Manager at Cherish Homes with responsibility for sales.
He gained over 10 years of ‘hands on’ experience within the building industry, before working for Knight Frank and Savills in Manchester.
Steve brings a wealth of construction & sales experience to the team as well as a detailed knowledge of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), successfully delivering multiple MMC Eco-Home developments throughout the UK.
Kyle Swift
Kyle brings a unique hybrid of knowledge across interiors, architecture & project management with nearly 10 years of experience within varied market sectors from hospitality to residential.
He has completed projects from conception to completion dealing with initial designs, CGI & 3D modelling, through to planning & building control applications.
Kyle also has responsibility for delivering the all important on-site finish to an extremely high quality and within the clients budget.
Richard McGawley
Richard is the Development Director at Cherish Homes and has overall responsibility for delivering the developments.
Prior to joining Cherish, Richard was Development Director at Modus Properties in Manchester, where he had worked for over 17 years.
During his time at Modus, Richard was responsible for delivering more than £1bn worth of housing & commercial development across the North of England.
Example of a Cherish Homes House Design: The “Newton”