Even before the lockdown-inspired surge in interest in towns and cities outside of London, Cambridgeshire was seeing a great deal of interest thanks to its own buoyant economy, educational and job opportunities, connectivity and plentiful natural beauty.
The WhatHouse? team has found some of the very latest news about new homes for sale around Cambridgeshire.
In Cambridge itself, WhatHouse? Housebuilder of the Year Hill has a special offer for a limited time at Timberworks. Those who reserve an apartment before 31 May 2021 can take advantage of a three-month mortgage holiday. Selected apartments are available to first-time buyers with the Help to Buy: Equity Loan.
Timberworks is a collection of one- and two-bedroom apartments and two-, three- and four-bedroom houses, suiting a broad range of buyers and budgets. Designed around a 0.72 acre central park that extends the full length of the development, residents here have access to green space on their own doorstep, featuring a variety of public art created by local artists.
Timberworks
All of the houses feature well sized private gardens and many have been positioned with an outlook onto the park, whilst all of the apartments are complete with either a balcony, terrace or winter garden as well as car and bike parking. Cambridge station is just an eight-minute cycle ride from home, and it’s six miles to the M11.
Prices for a one-bedroom apartment at Timberworks start from £318,950. Prices start from £659,950 for a three-bedroom, three-storey house. Find out more from Hill.
Hill has also just released a new collection of townhouses at Ironworks. Four of these three-bedroom homes are currently available with no Stamp Duty to pay, thanks to the government’s Stamp Duty holiday extension, and as an added bonus Hill will cover the remaining amount payable on the proportion over the £500,000 price threshold. These properties start at £675,000.
All of the residences at Ironworks have been set in mews streets and positioned around landscaped green open spaces. Once completed, this development will house a brand new community centre and commercial spaces, providing residents with the opportunity to meet with friends, family and their new neighbours, further enhancing the schemes community feel.
Ironworks
The newly unveiled show home has been designed by award-winning interior designers SUNA, and provides interested buyers with the opportunity to picture the lifestyle of offer at Ironworks, as well as the chance explore these impressive new homes for themselves. Rebecca Hunt, director at SUNA Interior Design comments: “We wanted to keep the quirkiness and cultural interest of Cambridge, as we had done in the show apartment, and cater that towards families. Overall, we wanted to design a home where buyers could envisage living, somewhere that was inviting yet also reflected the owner’s individuality.”
Set on Mill Road, Ironworks is just a short walk from Cambridge city centre. Mill Road itself is home to a variety of community groups, independent boutiques, international supermarkets, delis and cafés creating an exciting neighbourhood. Cambridge station is just a three-minute cycle ride from home. Find out more from Hill.
Barratt Homes recently unveiled a new show home at Darwin Green on Huntingdon Road in Cambridge. The three-bedroom apartment within The Courtyard will give property seekers a great way to get a feel for what living at Darwin Green will be like as well as providing inspiration. It has been designed using the latest trends in a minimalistic light grey, which is contrasted by striking black furniture. The property also boasts a large and spacious terrace area that benefits from a ‘living wall’, meaning residents will gain from the greenery of a garden, and will also help to attract wildlife to the area.
Darwin Green
Will Phair, head of sales at Barratt Homes Cambridgeshire, said: “We are really excited to show off our new show apartment to Cambridge homebuyers. The interior design of the apartment will offer a vital visual tool for buyers to see the layout, practicality and high specification of the build. If you’re interested in the apartments, we advise you get in touch with our sales advisers as there is limited availability with just eight apartments now left.”
The remaining one- and two-bedroom apartments to Darwin Green start at £325,495. All of them also currently benefit from the Stamp Duty holiday. Prices. Find out more from Barratt Homes.
David Wilson Homes has released the first collection of homes at its Ramsey Park development on Biggin Lane in Ramsey, a few miles north of Huntingdon. The selection of three-, four- and five-bedroom properties will be the first chance for keen house-hunters to secure their place at the 188-unit development. As the onsite marketing suite and show homes are set to launch this summer, the properties are currently available at the development’s sister site, David Wilson Homes @ Warboys.
Ramsey Park
Jason Hearn, sales director at David Wilson Homes South Midlands, said, “As with every development we build, the location has been chosen with the customer in mind. The development offers residents easy access to great local amenities and commuter links.We have already received a high level of interest for the site, so would advise anyone who does want to secure their dream home here to book an appointment with our sales team and find out more about what’s on offer.”
There are a range of amenities just a mile away including a post office, shops, restaurants, pubs, a bakery, coffee shops, doctors, dentist, vets, and a supermarket. Also within two miles are Ofsted-rated ‘Good’ schools available for children aged 4-18. Just 14 miles away is Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough with a wealth of popular shops and restaurants.
Prices at Ramsey Park start at £305,995. Find out more from David Wilson Homes.
For first-time buyers on a limited budget, Shared Ownership (or ‘part buy-part rent’) is a great option. Housing provider heylo has a scheme called Home Reach which offers a real range of brand new properties this way. Qualifying house-hunters can buy a proportion of the new home – usually 50% – and pay a subsidised rent on the rest, and when your finances allow you can buy further shares until you own 100% of it. The real benefits of this scheme are that you need a much smaller deposit and mortgage than buying outright, but you get the benefits of homeownership and an all-important first step on the property ladder.
Pemberton Park
For Cambridgeshire house-hunters, Home Reach is available at Pemberton Park in Ely on two current plots. One is the two-bedroom ‘Holly’ house type. This has a kitchen/dining room facing the rear garden, a separate sitting room, a downstairs WC, under-stairs cupboard, en suite to bedroom one and another storage cupboard in bedroom two. This home is priced £126,250 for a 50% share, based on a full market price of £252,500.
For more space, there’s a three-bedroom ‘Rowan’ house type priced from £143,925 for a 50% shared (full market price £287,850). This has an open-plan kitchen/living/dining room with breakfast bar on the ground floor, with French doors to the garden, downstairs WC, two double bedrooms (one with en suite shower room), a single bedroom/home office and a family bathroom.
Find out more about Pemberton Park from Home Reach.
Whittlesey Green
There’s a final Home Reach house for sale at Whittlesey Green. The ‘Ashton’ is a semi-detached, three-bedroom house. This has a fully fitted kitchen at the front of the home and a living/dining room to the rear, with French doors to the garden. There’s also a downstairs cloakroom. Upstairs, bedroom one come with an en suite while bedrooms two and three are a double and single respectively and share the family bathroom.
Whittlesey Green is in a market town just a few miles east of Peterborough and a short drive from a number of major roads, including the A1(M), making numerous major towns and cities easy to reach. It’s also got its own station on the Peterborough-Ely line. Find out more from Home Reach.
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