About us

Connolly & Callaghan Group  (C&C) is a property development business with an ethical conscience. We have been in the property industry for circa 30 years, and our passion is for property development that incorporates social and environmental values. In addition, we provide emergency accommodation to statutory agencies to help the homeless until more permanent accommodation is found for them.

In 2010, C&C set up Sustainable Britain in order to further its development of sustainable, residential properties. Prior to this C&C successfully built Bristol's first grade 4 environmentally friendly apartments. Our founder was passionate about sustainability. He invested heavily into sustainable construction methods in aspiration of eradicating fuel poverty. 

 

The main companies within the Connolly & Callaghan Group are:

Connolly & Callaghan Ltd 

www.connollyandcallaghan.co.uk

Sustainable Britain Ltd 

www.sustainablebritain.co.uk

 

Our commitment to the environment is realised through the work of Sustainable Britain Ltd, which was formed in 2013 with the aim of constructing high quality housing with a commitment to social and environmental values based upon three fundamental principles:

Affordability- Homes constructed and sold at an open market value.

Sustainability - Homes built to high environmental standards, including up to 90 per cent reduction in heating costs of a standard home.

Community - Homes built in partnership with the local community in selected projects to foster genuine community spirit from the outset.

Sustainable Britain builds super-insulated homes that are carbon negative and at the forefront of sustainable construction and energy performance.

Sustainable Britain is utilising straw bale construction to build homes with thermal performance up to three times higher than current building regulations, and to make large-scale, carbon-negative building a commercial reality.



The commitment of Connolly & Callaghan to meeting essential community needs through practical partnerships and shared values led to the Hamilton House project.

For many years, Hamilton House was a vacant and neglected office block in the Stokes Croft area of central Bristol. In 2008, C&C invited some friends to create a centre for local businesses to grow together. 

C&C provided ongoing support to the Coexist group who managed the building on behalf of C&C. They created a community space in which the tenants could share, collaborate and learn together. The building is now managed by Forward Space and continues to thrive by supporting local businesses and SMEs. Further investment has been allocated to refurbishment works at Hamilton House. As its neighbourhood evolves into Bristol's centre for creative, independent businesses. We look forward to watching it evolve with the changing demands of its surroundings and being a part of that journey. 

Hamilton House is open seven days a week offering co-working, meeting rooms, events and exhibition spaces. The building is home to hundreds of tenants, comprising of SMEs and sole traders.



Our commitment to social responsibility is through Connolly & Callaghan Ltd. The company was formed in 1985 to provide a practical response towards to housing crisis in Bristol. Our founder became involved in this business when he was at risk of homelessness himself.

Today, we remain involved in the social housing sector through the provision of accommodation. These include shared accommodation; self-contained flats; houses and bungalows. This makes it possible to accommodate the majority of individuals or families who have been referred by statutory agencies.

We also have developed private rental accommodation in North Somerset.  We have transformed derelict hotels into beautiful apartments. We did this at a time when high spec apartments were non-existent in the area. We strive to provide tenants with fair rents, excellent accommodation and a highly responsive service.

In response to the serviced accommodation trend, we have diversified into short-term lets within North Somerset only. We have since noticed that the breadth of demographic of our guests has expanded drastically. Through offering luxury accommodation, we aspire to support the area's local authority on their mission to regenerate the area and support locals by attracting people into the area.

 




A sustainable society,
in which individuals can develop and grow,
based on respect for each other, nature and the planet we depend on.