Spacious New Home For Hatton Couple
Moving into a four-bedroom detached house has given Faye and Rob, both 32, the chance to make the most of all that space, including having a room devoted entirely to clothes and shoes and plans for a gym in the garage.
The couple moved in together in November, having bought a home at Ashberry Homes’ Cherry Meadow development in the Derbyshire village of Hatton.
They both previously owned two-bedroom properties – Rob in an end-of-terrace house in Brailsford and Faye in a maisonette on the other side of Hatton – and the extra room has given them the space to spread out. In fact, they admit that it was surprising just how much they had accumulated in their previous homes, even though they were much smaller.
Faye says: “I’ve got a dressing room now. An entire room for clothes and shoes. It’s always been something I wanted to have – all that space of a walk-in wardrobe. I love it.”
For Rob, it is the first time he has had a garage and he has plans to turn the space into a gym. Other benefits of the Dunham house design they’ve chosen are the utility room, the abundance of storage space and the dimensions of the rooms.
Rob says: “We were impressed with this house type. It’s got big rooms that are quite generous. Even in what you might call the box room, you could still fit a double bed in it.”
The couple reserved their new home off-plan last spring, seven months before moving in, and visited the site at least once a week during the construction process to see how things were progressing.
Rob continues: “Before this, we were living between our two houses, and we knew we wanted to live together, so at the start of last year we went to look at show homes. Cherry Meadow is up the road from where Faye lived so we went to look around and this house ticked every box.”
Since they’ve moved in, their work life is easier, as Rob, whose workplace is based in Rocester, has a more straight-forward drive to work because their home is within easy reach of the A50. Meanwhile, Faye, an HR advisor, has an office in one of the bedrooms, which is convenient when she is working from home.
Having dedicated space for work also means that when she logs off at the end of the working day, Faye can shut the door on her workspace. In her previous home she was working at the kitchen table, which was much less satisfactory.
Next on the couple’s agenda is getting the garden ready for the summer as they both want to get outdoors as much as possible when the weather is good.
Rob adds: “We will put a patio where the sun hits and put some grass down. It will be nice to do some social things there in the summer.”
With Faye’s parents living a few miles away, Uttoxeter and Derby around 10 miles away and plenty of shops and cafes within walking distance, the couple have everything they need within easy reach.
There’s currently a choice of two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom houses available to reserve at Cherry Meadow, with prices starting from £194,950.
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