Midlands firm Vantage & Co was named best builder in the UK for its transformation of a historic
Georgian villa in Birmingham. The Solihull-based team scooped the title of overall Master Builder of
the Year at an awards ceremony hosted by DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles. Judges said the
renovation of Old Heaton House in the Jewellery Quarter was a superb example of ‘urban
renaissance in practice’ and a ‘shining beacon of what can be done to the very highest level’.