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McSweeney’s find perfect family home from Millwood in Hastings

Posted 22 February 2017 by Ben Salisbury

Jim and Rosie McSweeney have found not all three-bedroom homes are the same as they toast their move to Millwood's Woodland View Hastings development

Jim McSweeney (41), a teacher, and his wife Rosie (40), a nurse, were already living in a three-bedroom house with their children Joe (9) and Elsa (5), but felt it wasn’t quite big enough.

Looking for more space but not more bedrooms, the family has upsized to their ideal three-bedroom home at Millwood Designer Homes’ new Woodlands View development in Hastings, East Sussex.

 Jim explains: “We were living in Hastings, just down the road from Woodlands View, in a three-bedroom house that was too small for us. We’d toyed with the idea of moving in the past, but had decided to just put up with it because we love the area so much.

“Then, we were driving past Woodlands View one day and decided to pop into the show home on a whim. We weren’t even thinking of moving house but as soon as we walked in we were just blown away. We rang an estate agent from the car park and our house was on the market the next day.”

 Jim continues: “The show home was so bright and airy, and you could tell instantly that Millwood Designer Homes hadn’t cut any corners. The kitchen and bathrooms were really modern and stylish, and all the materials throughout the house were of a visibly high quality. It was everything we had been hoping to find, and in the perfect location, so we just couldn’t pass up the opportunity.”

Woodlands View comprises a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom houses, carefully designed to suit modern living. Nestled in picturesque semi-rural surroundings and backing onto pretty woodland, this exciting new community of homes is situated on The Ridge in Hastings, just minutes from the delightful Old Town. The contemporary homes feature generously-sized bedrooms and modern bathrooms with white suites and chrome fixtures and fittings.

 Jim comments: “Our first viewing was at the beginning of April, but unfortunately the original house we wanted sold while we waited for ours to sell. Then, in June, one of the houses became available again and the sales team got in touch straight away, as they knew how disappointed we’d been. They agreed to hold it for the weekend while we tried again to find a buyer for our house, and, incredibly, the first person who came to view it put an offer in; it felt like it was fate!

“The whole process has been so easy from start to finish. The Millwood Designer Homes sales team couldn’t have been more knowledgeable or professional, always going out of their way to help us. They’ve been so accommodating, letting us visit our new house as often as we’ve needed while the building work is in progress, be it to measure up for new furniture or to put up a new shed in the garden.”

Jim concludes: “Joe and Elsa were so excited about moving once they’d seen the new house. Woodlands View is going to be a lovely place for them to grow up, and our new home is much better suited to family life. It has the same number of bedrooms, but it’s bigger and has been really thoughtfully designed to maximise space. The bedrooms are more generously sized, which is great for the kids, and the open plan living area downstairs is perfect for spending time together.”

Hastings is conveniently situated on the south coast with major cities and towns such as Brighton & Hove and Royal Tunbridge Wells only an hour away. From Hastings station trains into central London currently takes 90 minutes with direct services into Charing Cross, Cannon Street, Waterloo East and Victoria. The proposed introduction of High Speed rail links to Hastings will reduce the journey time from Hastings to Kings Cross to 68 minutes.

Prices start from £235,000 for a two-bedroom house at Woodlands View, £257,500 for a three bedroom house and £465,000 for a four bedroom detached home. For more information, please visit www.millwooddesignerhomes.co.uk or contact 01424 390150.

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