Lancashire Developments Offer Comfortable Working From Home

With working from home becoming a long-term reality for many people in Lancashire, Barratt Homes is urging homebuyers to take a look at its Highgate Park development in Warton and The Brooks in Clitheroe for flexible homes in a peaceful location.

Research from Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) shows that 40% of employers reported that 75-99% of their workforce is now working continuously from home. As a result, two in five workers, out of 3,000 surveyed, said that a suitable space to work from home is important when searching for a new property and 72% of regular home workers said that they customised their workspace, meaning that a dedicated workspace is needed.

Property seekers looking for a new home that ticks all of the boxes post-lockdown should look no further than Barratt Homes’ Lytham Road development where there is a selection of three- and four-bedroom homes available.

There’s a three-storey ‘Helmsley’ house type as a show home. It’s a semi-detached home that comes with a single garage. The hub of the home is on the ground floor, a spacious kitchen/dining/family room a the rear of the house that comes with a full-height glazed bay with French doors to the garden. As well as a couple of handy storage areas and the downstairs cloakroom is a dedicated home office at the front of the house, which could equally function as playroom, hobby room or single bedroom.

The first floor is shared by a lounge at the rear and the master bedroom at the front, which comes with an en suite. On the top floor are two more double bedrooms, which share a family bathroom.

Plots 175, 176 and 177 are all ‘Helmsley’ house types for sale and all are priced at £224,395

Michaela Lancaster, sales director at Barratt Homes Manchester, said: “Lockdown has been a massive change for most, with home schooling and home working and this is changing people’s views on how and where they want to live. A home office is high on the list of priorities for a lot of buyers since the pandemic and our properties at Highgate Park do not disappoint.

“With flexible three-storey properties, homes that already have a dedicated working space and those with large gardens, whatever your lifestyle needs there is sure to be a property to suit anyone here.”

At The Brooks, the four-bedroom ‘Radleigh’ show house shows how work and family life can live side-by-side. This is set out over two floors but also has a study at the front of the house. There’s a lounge and across the width of the house at the rear, a kitchen/dining/family room, off which is a utility. Upstairs, all four bedrooms are spacious doubles, with an en suite to bedroom one. This home comes with a double garage.

The range of two- to four-bedroom homes here currently range in price from £200,000 to £372,500. This includes some homes where one of the residents has to be aged 55 or over, and a variety of semi-detached and detached house types.

Philippa Stewart, head of sales at Barratt Homes North West, said: “Lockdown has triggered a huge change for most people in the UK, with home schooling and home working, it is changing people’s views on how they would like to live. A home office is high on the list of priorities for a lot of buyers since the pandemic started and our properties at The Brooks provide the ideal spaces for working from home. With homes that already have a dedicated working space, those with spare rooms and properties with large gardens, whatever your lifestyle requires, there is sure to be a property to suit anyone here.”

Find out more about Highgate Park and The Brooks from Barratt Homes.

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