Builders &
Placemakers

Our story begins at Albert Wilson’s joinery shop in Ibstock, Leicestershire. Albert has established a strong reputation for the quality of his work which includes small extensions and new homes. David joins his father’s business.

During the early 1980’s the company begins to focus more on house building.  A.H. Wilson and Son changed its name to David Wilson Homes and quickly becomes one of the most well-known and respected house building companies in the country. Over the 1980s, the number of new homes we build every year soars. At the start of the 80’s we are building 300 new homes a year. By 1989, we’re building 1,600 new homes a year.

During the 1990s and early 2000s David Wilson Homes continues to grow. As we entered the 21st century, the company was building 4,000 new homes a year.

We complete the David Wilson Millennium House at the University of Nottingham. Constructed using conventional brick and block methods, this prototype home was created to support cutting edge research in renewable energies. Today, the Millennium House is used as offices for research staff at the university.

In December 2008, HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh officially open the David Wilson Library at the University of Leicester. Just six months later, the University’s Vice Chancellor invites David Wilson back to the library to celebrate the library’s one millionth visitor!

We’re delighted that our Melbourne development is presented with the Melbourne Civic Society Award for 2014. The judges say, “time and thought has gone into producing designs and details that reflect Melbourne. This gives a sense of continuity with the rest of the village”.

Work begins at New Lubbesthorpe, Leicestershire’s newest town. Davidsons breaks ground and gets to work on building the first of 4,250 new homes that will benefit from new parks, schools, health facilities and shops.

“We believe in investing in the future of housebuilding. It is vital in ensuring that we remain at the forefront of the industry. We are thrilled to welcome our new apprentices onboard and look forward to seeing them develop their skills.”
Jason Glover, Operations Director 

We also secure ProCon’s ‘Large Residential Developer of the Year Award’ for our Anstey development.

We start preparations for our expansion into the South Midlands. Our land buyers carefully research towns and villages identifying the best locations for our homes and quickly spot ideal locations at Hanslope and Irthlingborough!

David Wilson CBE is presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award* for his contribution to housing and construction.

Our new homes at Houlton, Rugby begin to take shape and feature in the government’s ‘National Design Guide’. We secure a further ProCon Award for our Husbands Bosworth development.

Our South Midlands office opens with James Burnham as Managing Director and we’re soon getting to work on building our first homes at Hanslope.
*Leicestershire Business Awards

We pride ourselves on supporting local charities and ‘getting involved’ in local projects so were thrilled to be asked by The Matt Hampson Foundation to deliver two overnight accommodation units for guests to use at the Foundation’s ‘Get Busy Living’ Centre.

We were awarded our 10th consecutive 5* Builder award by the HBF in March 2022.  The coveted award was presented to James and Robert Wilson by the Managing Director of the HBF (House Builders Federation) Neil Jefferson at our annual Charity Awards Evening in June 2022.

James Wilson, accompanied by bricklayer Jean Bigos, tops out the last house to be built on the Ashby de la Zouch development. Jean also laid one of the first bricks on the commencement of the development in 2016.