The chief executive of Bovis said that sales got off to a strong start in the early part of the year as the housebuilder battling to recover from sharp criticism over the quality of its work notched up record annual profits for 2018.
As he hinted that shareholders can look forward to another bumper year, Greg Fitzgerald, 54, said: “We’ve started 2019 strongly. We recorded the highest sales rates in January and February we’ve seen in many, many years.”
Based in Kent, Bovis was created in 1885 and specialises in building homes in the regions in England and Wales. Its properties range from one-bedroom flats to six-bedroom detached houses and its average selling price is £273,200.
