Present Made has formed a joint venture with homebuilder Miller Homes to deliver a 650-home mixed-tenure community in Bedfordshire, currently named Mill View. 

The 170-acre site will provide a mixture of private-sale, affordable and single-family build-to-rent (BTR) housing.

Alan Penfold, Managing Director at Present Made, said: “In Miller Homes, we have a five-star, best-in-class delivery partner renowned for its quality of product and speed of execution. The delivery partner model will help Present Made achieve scale faster while ensuring we maintain the highest design, build and operational standards. 

“This relentless focus has defined Apache Capital’s purpose-built prime multi-family build-to-rent strategy and will see us deliver a new community at Mill View that sets new benchmarks for excellence.”

Located in a cluster of villages 13 minutes south of central Bedford, the site forms part of the wider Wixam Park masterplan, which includes over 1,500 homes and five-acres of employment land. The site benefits from outline planning consent for a new primary school, community infrastructure and an 87-acre country park.

Benjamin Massey, Divisional Managing Director at Miller Homes, said: “We are pleased to have formed this joint venture with Present Made to deliver 650 mixed tenure homes in Bedford, enabling us to complete this significant land acquisition together, and we hope it forms the foundation for other opportunities.”

Construction is planned to begin in Q4 of 2024, with the first homes set to be delivered in 2025.