Meet the team

Mark Barrett

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Inspired after studying and working in the construction industry, Mark established Risby Homes in 1993 with the goal to create high quality residential developments and put home buyers at the heart of the process.

As managing director, Mark discovers new sites for future developments while overseeing the smooth running of the business.

Olly Barrett

CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR

Keeping it in the Barrett family, Mark’s son Olly is responsible for making sure every Risby Home is produced to the same exceptional standard, checking care and attention goes into every element of the build process.

With 15-years house building experience, including the renovation and development of his own home, Olly loves working with customers in the design stage to create fully personalised family homes.

Amy Owen

OFFICE MANAGER

Daughter to Mark and sister to Olly, Amy keeps the Risby team working seamlessly together, responsible for all the administrative aspects of the business.

Amy loves to see the individual touches each buyer chooses for their homes.

Carl Hess

SITE MANAGER

Carl is well experienced in construction. On his tools for 15 years as a bricklayer and with 30 years site management experience, he takes tremendous pride in his work.

Carl ensures the highest standards are achieved throughout the building process of all our properties.

Paul Littlewood

SITE MANAGER

With a keen eye for detail, Paul is the newest member to join the Risby Homes team. As site manager his role is to build a strong team who are passionate about building the highest quality homes.

While he’s only been in the industry for five years, he’s already achieved the highest standards on his previous developments. When he’s not on site, you’ll find him either playing or watching football.

Jemima Clarke

CUSTOMER CARE MANAGER

With 13 years in customer care, Jemima knows the importance of a happy home owner and is here to make sure your Risby home buying experience is one to remember for all the right reasons.

Supporting you from the moment you buy your new home, Jemima will provide first-class aftercare and advice as you get set to move in and make your house a home.

Joanne Allen

INTERIOR DESIGNER

A successful artist and creative at heart, it goes without saying that Jo loves interiors. Since 2016 Jo’s been designing our development show homes, decorating each to demonstrate their full potential.

Her favourite features include the kitchen area bi-fold doors creating an abundance of light on the ground floor and working with features like the secret doors within our latest house types.

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Bethany G

10:55 01 Sep 23

We recently moved into our Risby home and are so happy we stuck with the process.As for any new build and one of the first on the development, you may encounter delays. The correspondence we received from Jemima with updates and visual pictures reassured any stresses we had. Jemima was just wonderful to speak with, friendly and transparent- which is all you can ask for.From selecting flooring, to designing our dream kitchen, we have been supported all the way. Thank you to Risby’s chosen suppliers, East Yorkshire Carpets for our gorgeous herringbone flooring, and to the guys at BMS Kitchens that outdid themselves with helping to design and then fit our incredible kitchen.We could not be happier with the quality, high standard, high spec and overall result. Our home really is a dream home! We are even more impressed with the care and excellent personal service from Risby Homes, you don’t feel like a number, the family owned company definitely makes the buyer feel valued. Thank you again to Olly, Mark, Paul and all the team.

Anne Walker

06:11 25 May 23

We visited the the Risby show homes open day and were very impressed with the high quality of the homes and the professionalism of the staff. We had a lovely time being shown around the site by Richard and meeting and chatting to staff and future home owners. The atmosphere was relaxed and we did not feel under any pressure to buy a home.

Paul Littlewood

10:58 20 May 23

Amazing homes, great staff

Edward Everitt

12:49 06 Jan 23

We love our Risby Home and could not fault the whole buying process from start to finish. Our house is superb quality and is the only house we have ever bought where we could literally not find a ‘snag’. We loved that we could make changes to the plans and individualise everything – we added an extension and made design changes to our kitchen. The range we could choose from was extensive and we fully designed our own kitchen and bathrooms and made changes such as to the staircase and location of the patio. Everyone was so helpful and informative throughout the whole process, particularly Olly and Trina and we would not hesitate recommending Risby to others. We also have a great community on our development which is an added bonus!

Hannah Charlton

19:09 04 Jan 23

We love our Risby home, the quality of the finish surpassed our expectations of any new build home and we loved the process of designing our own kitchen. Jemima has been friendly and efficient in dealing with any snags since moving in and the builders are helpful and friendly.

Thomas Auckland

10:00 04 Jan 23

Cannot Fault the team at Risby homes in anyway. There customer service from Start to finish and even after moving in is fantastic. You can always get hold of someone and are not put through to a switchboard system.There building team clearly take pride in there work and this can be seen in the quality of their homes produced. Plus all the custom designs you can make to your property during the build to really make it your own.Would recommend them to anyone.Even if you don’t like new builds. Miles above the usual suspects.

Chris Gardner

19:37 01 Jan 23

We will be 4 years in our Risby home this year and we would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a new home. Our buying experience was very positive and we were able to make modifications to our design which better suited our needs without any issue. Snagging was no problem, the issues were small and were dealt with quickly at our convenience. The quality of the home is great and better than any national house builders homes we’ve seen. 5/5 highly recommended.

Isobel Colclough

14:51 28 Dec 22

I’d recommend a Risby home to everyone. The care and quality is better than any other new builds I looked at, and the sort of modern features you’d choose for a high-end renovation of an older house (oak doors, underfloor heating etc.) All the staff are friendly and helpful, and two years on we still love it, and the few snags that cropped up were quickly rectified. The company is the right size to give that personal touch.I have no plans on moving, but if I ever do, I’ll be looking at where Risby are building!

Nigel Hayes

07:46 23 Dec 22

Risby build high quality homes. Our new home at Beverley has been above our expectations with the quality of fixtures and fittings being a very high standard.The buying process was very smooth even during the covid outbreak.Excellent customer service and a friendly family firm.I would highly recommend anyone to purchase a new home from Risby homes.

Bethany G

10:55 01 Sep 23