Across Our Sites | A Format Homes Update
Welcome to the Format Homes Journal. We’re Max Thorpe and Archie Vanes, the team behind Format Homes. We started Format Homes in 2025 because we care about how a home feels to live in and how the details come together, from the layout of a room to the way it opens onto the garden.
Max leads the business and looks at which projects we take on and what we can do with them. Archie works across development management, coordinating with architects, consultants and agents to move projects forward. We’ll use this Journal to share a bit of that work as it happens, from early conversations about a site to the finishing touches before a viewing.
Park View, Narborough
This week, we added Park View on Holland Way to the Format Homes website. It’s our newest renovation project, a four-bedroom detached home with a bay-fronted snug, a kitchen diner overlooking the garden and an established rear garden. You can explore the photography, floor plan and brochure on the Park View page.
Fairlawn, Dunton Bassett
Viewings are still available at Fairlawn. We’re working through the final touches, giving the patio and garden some extra attention alongside a few smaller jobs indoors. If you’d like to see the house and garden in person, you can enquire through the Fairlawn page.
Mill Stone Farm, Dunton Bassett
Mill Stone Farm brings together three custom-build plots, each with its own house design. We’ll use the Journal to explain how custom build works, what’s already in place and what buyers can discuss with us when choosing a plot.
In the pipeline
Leicestershire Wolds. We’re working through the final terms for a site in the Leicestershire Wolds and look forward to sharing more as the project progresses.
Leicester. We’re also working through terms on a property in Leicester. It’s a chance to take on a different kind of project and explore what we could bring to the city.
Liverpool. Further afield, we’re assessing potential rent-to-rent opportunities in the Liverpool area. We’re interested in learning how this side of property works and where it could fit alongside our development work.
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Max & Archie