Key Worker Scheme On Housebuilder’s New Norfolk Homes

The efforts and achievements of key workers came to the fore during the Covid crisis and a few of the ‘thank you’ schemes that were introduced to show gratitude are still offered – and the one for Barratt Developments in Norfolk can still save qualifying buyers thousands of pounds on the purchase of a brand new homes.

Barratt Developments is a former WhatHouse? Housebuilder of the Year that sells new build properties under its Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes brands. Its Key Worker Deposit Contribution, subject to terms and conditions, offers a contribution of £750 towards the deposit for every £25,000 of the property purchase price, up to a maximum contribution of £15,000. So if the home costs £200,000, the buyer could qualify for a contribution of £6,000.

The offer is open to a host of professions, including the emergency services and workers in the NHS, education, environmental, local authority, prison services, probation service, Ministry of Defence and Highways England. Qualifying criteria apply.

Here are a few of the brand new properties currently for sale at Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes developments across Norfolk.

Ceres Rise is located on Norwich Road in Swaffham, and right now offers two-, three- and four-bedroom homes with starting prices from £244,995 to £409,995. There are two show homes to visit and explore first-hand.at this development, which also has green open space and a play area. The ‘Allerthorpe’ on Plot 114 is a three-bedroom detached house on a large corner plot and is priced from £369,995, with a Key Worker Deposit Contribution of over £11,000.. There are French doors to south-west-facing back garden from its kitchen/family room and its separate lounge, and there’s also a dual-aspect dining room downstairs. All three bedrooms a generous doubles and there’s an en suite to bedroom one. Upstairs is completed by a study and a bathroom.

Cringleford has been named 'Norfolk Village of the Year' for the last six years and offers a semi-rural setting only four miles from the centre of Norwich. Barratt Homes at Cringleford Heights offers three- and four-bedroom homes with starting prices between £340,995 to £459,995. There’s Ofsted-rated ‘Outstanding’ Cringleford CE VA Primary School, plus plenty of parks and woodland walks on the doorstep. Key workers can ask about a deal on homes including the three-bedroom ‘Maidstone’ terraced home, from £340,995, and from £459,995, the ‘Alderney’ which has three double bedrooms and one single, fully fitted kitchen/family room, lounge, dining room and a single garage with private driveway.

The ’Layton’ house type

David Wilson Homes is also building at Cringleford Heights and currently has a number of luxurious four-bedroom houses for sale. The ‘Holden’ starts at £532,995 and comes with single garage, parking for two cars and a turfed, south-facing garden. All four of its bedrooms are doubles and the principal bedroom has the luxury of en suite and fitted wardrobes. The kitchen/dining/family room comes with utility room and a large glazed bay to the garden. There’s also a lounge and dedicated study. The ’Layton’, from £557,995, is a double-fronted design with a spacious layout: downstairs accommodates an upgraded fitted kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, lounge, study and dining room. Bedroom one comes with fitted wardrobes and en suite, the other three doubles can share the family bathroom.

Wayland Fields in Watton offers countryside and woodland walks close by but is also well connected to the likes Norwich, Thetford and Cambridge from nearby major roads. Three- and four-bedroom homes from Barratt Homes here range from £272,995 to £331,995. The ‘Redgrave’ is an elegant, double-fronted three-bedroom property with kitchen/dining room, dual-aspect living room, two double bedrooms (one with en suite), a single bedroom and a bathroom. There’s a fully turfed back garden, and two private parking spaces.

Barratt Homes is also at Woodland Heath in Sprowston, on the north-eastern outskirts of Norwich and currently offers three- and four-bedroom houses with starting prices from £301,995 to £439,995, set within nearly 16 acres of green open space. You have the idyllic countryside on your doorstep along with the Norfolk coast less than 24 miles away. Families will love the Ofsted-rated ‘Outstanding’ Sparhawk Infant School and Nursery, within very easy reach. The city centre is around five miles away. The ‘Kingsville’ is one of Barratt’s most popular three-storey house types and it’s for sale here from £345,995. There’s a kitchen/dining/family room and study/fourth bedroom on the ground floor, a lounge and en suite bedroom on the first floor, and two more bedrooms and a bathroom on the top floor. Outside are the rear garden and two private parking spaces.

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