Sector · Housing

Permanent Homes.Built in a Factory. Delivered on Programme.

EPC A, BOPAS-accredited houses and apartments for councils, housing associations and developers — manufactured in Newhaven, installed in days, and ready to let or sell from handover.

Our Mission In Housing

To help councils, housing associations and developers close the gap between housing need and supply — with homes that are built to last and delivered when we said they would be.

Proud Partnerships
02 Hastings Borough Council
Hastings Borough Council
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03 Lewes District Council
Lewes District Council
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04 Everything Estates
Everything Estates
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05 Fuse Architects
Fuse Architects
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06 Adeo Global Consulting
Adeo Global Consulting
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What We Build

Houses and Apartments.Built to One Standard.

Single Family Housing

DetachedSemi-detachedTerracedNDSSEPC A

Detached, semi-detached and terraced houses built to the Nationally Described Space Standard and achieving EPC A. For councils building their own stock, housing associations delivering grant-funded schemes and developers building for sale or rent. BOPAS-accredited for warranty and mortgageability, delivered to a fixed programme you can commit a start-on-site date to.

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Residential - Mill Lane

Apartments

Up to 4 storeysBuilding Regulations

Stacked volumetric apartment buildings up to four storeys, designed and built to comply with the Building Regulations. Repeated modules and repeated tolerances give the same quality on the top floor as the ground floor.

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Residential - Foundry

Standard House Types

Pre-engineered house types that shorten the route from site appraisal to priced proposal. Choose a type, confirm the site, and we give you a cost and a programme you can take to committee, board or funder.

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Residential - Fort Lane
Why Factory-Built

What You GetThat a Site Build Can’t Give You.

40%

Shorter programme

Manufacture runs while groundworks are under way. Homes arrive substantially complete, so lettings and sales start sooner.

90%

Lower embodied carbon

LCA certified. The evidence your net zero and Scope 3 reporting needs, not a projection.

EPC A

Energy performance

Fabric-first design. Lower bills for residents, lower arrears risk for landlords, and running costs buyers can see.

BOPAS

Warranty and lending

Independent assurance of durability and design life, accepted by lenders and valuers. Supports mortgage lending for buyers and shared-ownership customers.

Process

Design, Manufacture, Deliver.One SEMCO System.

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Design

BIM on every project. Architecture, structure and services coordinated against your housing standards and the Building Regulations before anything is built.

10Module production at SEMCO, Newhaven
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Manufacture

Factory-controlled production in Newhaven. Repeatable tolerances. Quality assured at source, not on a wet site in winter.

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Deliver

Loaded on our own tower lifts, installed in days, commissioned and handed over ready to let.

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Turnkey

We can deliver as main contractor — groundworks, enabling works and full scheme management — so you have one accountable partner from first drawing to handover.

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Accreditations
12 BOPAS
BOPAS
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13 ISO 9001
ISO 9001 certified by LRQA
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14 ISO 14001
ISO 14001 certified by LRQA
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15 Cyber Essentials
Cyber Essentials
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16 Constructionline Gold
Constructionline Gold
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17 Common Assessment Standard (optional)
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Building Safety Act

Every Detail Recorded.Every Responsibility Assigned.

The Building Safety Act 2022 places clear duties on clients, designers and contractors to plan, manage and monitor building work for compliance with the Building Regulations. Our integrated system is built for it. Design, manufacture and installation run through one BIM model, one ISO 9001-certified quality management system and a 14-gate project control process — so you can see who did what, when, and against which approved information.

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The Golden Thread

One digital record from first drawing to handover: the coordinated design model, specifications, product data, inspection records and sign-offs. The golden thread is a legal requirement for higher-risk buildings. We apply the same discipline to every home we build.

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Clear Responsibility

Every stage of every project has a named owner — from client requirements, through design freeze and client sign-off, to manufacture, installation and handover. Responsibility is assigned in writing, never assumed.

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Evidence on Every Module

Each module is inspected and recorded in production under our quality management system. The evidence is held against the module, the home and the project, and handed over with the building.

Procurement & Finance

A Compliant Route to Buy.A Flexible Way to Fund.

SEMCO is an approved supplier on the Everything Estates framework, operated by Place Group — so local authorities can appoint us by direct award or mini-competition without a full tender. Buy outright or lease over time: we structure finance around capital windows, grant timetables and budget cycles, so the right homes are never held back by the wrong funding model.

Developers and housing associations can appoint us to manufacture and deliver the homes, or as main contractor for the whole scheme.

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Featured Project

Bexhill Road,Hastings.

Sixteen permanent homes for Hastings Borough Council, built as 32 modules at Newhaven and installed in two weeks. A £5.0m contract delivering energy-efficient homes for people on the council’s housing register.

Next Step

Bring Us Your Site.We’ll Tell You What Fits, What It Costs, and When.

The quickest way to understand what we do is to stand on the factory floor. Visits take an hour. Bring the site plan.