Miller Homes

Miller Homes is a division of The Miller Group, a major UK property business specialising in housebuilding, commercial property, construction and integrated asset management services. It was founded in 1934. Its corporate headquarters is in Edinburgh. Since its inception, Miller Homes has built over 100,000 homes.

History

Sir James Miller (1905–1977) trained as an architect under his father before succeeding him at the helm of a then one-man practice. He designed and commissioned his first housing scheme in Blackhall in 1925, having been motivated by a developer’s lack of interest in the project. Expansion led to James' brothers, John and Lawrence, joining him and the business was incorporated as James Miller & Partners Limited in 1934. Miller soon became Edinburgh's leading housebuilder, building close to 500 houses a year during the 1930s.

The Second World War led to the cessation of private housebuilding and the start of Miller’s now extensive construction business. The return to housing after 1945 was via local authority work and it was not until the end of building controls in the early 1950s that Miller resumed private housing – often on its extensive pre-war land holdings. Housing operations were later extended to the south-east of England and Yorkshire. However, the group’s emphasis was more on its construction activities and housing sales rarely exceeded 500-600 a year.