Client

Bovis Homes/ Vistry

Project scope

The launch of several new housing developments across Cheshire and the West Midlands featured a diverse range of 2, 3, 4, and 5-bedroom homes. The marketing strategy included leveraging user-generated content, lifestyle photo shoots with seasonal themes like Christmas, and a national campaign centred on "Hedgehog Highways" in partnership with The British Hedgehog Preservation Society, for which Vistry received an award.

Tech spec

A variety of technology was utilised, including video content ranging from short home promos to full-length storytelling, with the customer at the core. During the pandemic, existing video footage was repurposed and enhanced with stock footage to highlight the developer’s access to green spaces.

Property type

Residential.

Creative produced

Brochures, Branding, Video, Photography, Social Media, Event Launches, National Sustainability Campaign.

Results

Sustainability Award for the national Hedgehog campaign including a write up in The Times, The Ecologist and a feature on the national BBC Breakfast News.

Family having coffee round a table in brand new home from Bovis Homes residential developer.

Response to a pandemic.

During the pandemic videos showcasing larger homes with green space were created to match the shift in trends in this space. Utlising previous video content and adding stock allowed us to create feel good content that was then launched across social on both paid and owned. The result of this was action maintained the sales rate throughout the lockdown.

Community focus

A site with low sales due to its location was revitalised through a storytelling video featuring real residents enjoying the playground for the first time. The video was then repurposed into 20-second clips for targeted paid social media campaigns aimed at a family demographic, driving renewed interest. As a result, the site’s sales rate improved during the campaign.