Director Shareholding

Bovis Homes Group PLC
15 September 2004


Bovis Homes Group PLC (the 'Company')

BOVIS HOMES GROUP SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN

The Company was today informed that the following Directors purchased

Ordinary shares of 50p each in the Company under the Bovis Homes Group Share
Incentive Plan today, 15 September 2004, at a price of 584.5 per share:-


Name of Director        Shares Purchased                Resultant Holding

M R Harris                   22                            268,612
D J Ritchie                  22                             18,228

The shares purchased will be registered under the name TD Waterhouse Nominees
Limited a/c SMKTNOMS.


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