Home Quality Mark

Although not currently mandatory, more developers and housebuilders are using HQM as a measure of a home’s quality, cost effectiveness and sustainability, to allow potential home buyers gain an understand their home and their investment.

 

• My Cost: an indication of the overall

running costs

 

• My Wellbeing: how the home will affect

the occupier’s health and wellbeing

 

• My Footprint: how the home will affect the

environment during both construction and

use

 

The assessment is split into three sections:

 

1. Our Surroundings

2. My Home

3. Delivery

 

CDP are qualified HQM Assessors and can ensure that you receive project specific guidance and support at the right time to enable you to reach your target HQM star rating, and how to potentially improve on this.

 

Our standard assessment service includes:-

 

•  Design team HQM workshop to

undertake initial assessment of the

proposed development

 

•  Guidance report advising on how to

comply with HQM credits and the

information which should be gathered

by the design team

 

•  Issuing proforma’s to assist the team to

gather the required information

 

•  Ongoing support by an experienced

assessor during the design process

 

•  Design stage certification report and

liaison with BRE during quality

assurance process

 

• Ongoing support by an experienced

assessor leading up to the post

construction review (including

assistance with evidence

gathering)

 

• Post construction certification report

and liaison with BRE during quality

assurance process