I have spent over 25 years working in architecture and construction worldwide. In that time, I have watched the industry repeat the same mistakes over and over:

  • Traditional developers are bound to land-heavy, extractive models that scar landscapes and communities,

  • Modular startups rushing to scale factories only to collapse because they ignored planning, infrastructure, and long-term stewardship.

Those failures convinced me that the problem isn’t just how we build. It’s the system we build within.

That is why I created THE HYVVE and our housing model, HYVVEBLEND.

HYVVEBLEND is not another modular iteration. It is a system designed to be planning-sensitive, carbon-zero, and infrastructure-light — housing that unlocks land others can’t, reduces strain on the grid, integrates with nature, and offers people homes they can afford, adapt to, and be proud of.

I’ll be honest: there are moments I ask myself, “Who am I to think I can change housing?” But then I look at HYVVEBLEND, and I see the possibility: approvals that move instead of stall, land that is protected rather than destroyed, and economics that work for both investors and communities. That is when I think, “If not me, then who?”

I am not a financier. I am a technocrat, a designer and builder who knows how to deliver housing systems that are efficient, sustainable, and human. Where I seek partners is on the capital side: people who want to create wealth the right way, profit rooted in purpose, growth grounded in stewardship.

HYVVEBLEND is proof that housing can be different. Functional, profitable, and regenerative, not destructive. That is the beauty I see in it, and that is why I have dedicated myself to making it a reality.

— Ranjay Judge, Founder of THE HYVVE

“We don’t want to be a housing developer. We want to make them obsolete.”

Most of what’s built today isn’t housing. It’s product. Volume. Compliance paperwork. A slow, soulless churn of red brick repetition, sold as security but designed for capital..We’re not here to patch that system. We’re here to replace it.

Why THE HYVVE Exists

Housing in the UK is broken.

Housing in the UK is broken, not because we lack land, or skills, or materials, but because we keep playing by rules written by the past.

THE HYVVE is a counter-system. A modular, intelligent, planning-savvy architecture that installs in days, blends with nature, and reduces planning risk by design. No wet trades. No concrete slabs. No false promises. It’s not an idea. It’s a system. And it works.

System in Action

This isn’t future-tense theory. It’s already happening.

  • Prototype live at Kingscote, Gloucestershire, since 2021

  • Planning submitted for dual-unit build in South Bucks

  • UK land bank forming now, ready for HYVVEBLEND activation

  • Partnerships with local authorities, funders, and policy advisors are underway.

Every unit is AI-verified, planning-sensitive, and built with zero wet trades. Installed in 7 days. 96% off-grid capable. Passive thermal performance baked in. Built not for volume — but for change.

Our Operating Principles

  • Modular — because permanence is no longer the goal

  • Regenerative — because sustainability isn’t enough

  • Intelligent — because planning shouldn’t be a war

  • Transparent — because housing shouldn’t be a black box

  • Radically Buildable — because theory means nothing if it can’t be built

A Quiet Revolution

We don’t shout. We build. We don’t run toward the complexity. We make it simpler. We believe design still matters. That beauty is part of resilience. That intelligence and ethics can and must coexist in every home we build.

Just because it is like this, doesn’t mean it has to be like this.

Our People

Ranjay Judge — Founder & Creative Lead

Ranjay is a designer, sustainability advocate, MMC thinker, and systems innovator with more than 25 years’ international experience. He’s led teams across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia — rethinking hospitality, civic living, and complex housing systems. His leadership at Space&Place and subsequent ventures reflect a steady commitment to integrity, intelligence, and new rhythms in how we inhabit.

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Jaspal Jabbal — Director & Commercial Strategist

Jaspal is a commercially-minded project leader whose career has focused on identifying and qualifying high-impact business opportunities — and turning them into reality through structured delivery. With expertise spanning business case development, financial modelling, and strategic project management, he plays a pivotal role at THE HYVVE.

At HYVVEKIND, Jaspal bridges commercial insight with delivery rigour, helping bring ideas like HYVVU and HYVVEBLEND to market as commercially viable, scalable solutions.

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John Spanswick OBE — Non-Executive Director

An industry veteran and former CEO of Bovis Lend Lease, John brings clarity, stewardship, and a grounded commitment to doing things right — not just for profit, but for purpose.

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Tomas Otto Hansson — Advisor & Seed Investor

A long-time advocate of ethical disruption and decentralised design, Tomas provided early support — not just as capital, but as vision and conviction. He continues to champion our collective ambition.

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This team is reshaping what housing can be: not a commodity, but a catalyst for human and planetary wellbeing.