In 2005, Kenny Crowe and John Ashfield met at the home of Paul Hulme. All three had been involved in the construction, building and letting of property of all shapes and types from private houses to commercial office buildings. It was felt by all three that there was a need to build affordable homes in Norfolk and Suffolk that have a real quality to them. They had seen the competition and were not impressed.

The first project undertaken was a development opposite the site of the old swimming pool in Norwich. A very tight site with limited access and difficult services. The project was finished this year, by which time all thirteen units had been sold or let. With this site Portland Property Investments were entered by Mills Knight into the Archant Property awards, where Portland received a second in the small development category. A great start and a good point to build from. 

Meanwhile a site had been acquired in the Martham area from a local farmer. The plan was to build four typical North Norfolk style homes with traditional brick and flint. Three of these homes have now been finished and are available for purchase. They combine the years of experience and knowledge of the Portland team.

Sadly in 2007 Paul left the Portland team to work on his own projects. Shortly after this Portland acquired a new site in Norwich, just off Magdalen Road known as Zipfels Court.This site is current at time of writing and the first units within the barn conversion will be ready in November 2008. We hope you like them and if you need any further information about us or the beautiful homes we build please see the contact section of this website.