Buyers can currently find an array of developments across Essex that offer some excellent brand new homes for sale which provide the space and flexibility for families of different ages as well as proximity to schools, useful amenities and leisure facilities.
We take a look at a few of our current favourite Essex new homes.
City & Country – a developer which has won many WhatHouse? Awards for its specialism is restoring and converting period buildings and complementing them with new build properties – is offering a range of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes at Sanderling Reach, Mersea Island. Just a five-minute walk from the coast, this development is ideally located for access numerous amenities, places to enjoying a family meal, open spaces and leisure attractions including a tennis club, Sailing Club and Yacht Club. West Mersea lies nine miles south of Colchester and 26 miles north-east of Chelmsford which offer a further wide range of shopping, educational and recreational facilities.
A notable family home for sale here right now is ‘The Rushley’ on Plot 100, a detached house priced at £620,000. It’s a very spacious property type, with a total of 1,571 sq ft of living space. It has an open-plan kitchen, dining and family room with integrated top-brand appliances including a wine cooler and induction hob, and there’s a convenient utility room for essential storage. There’s a separate living room which, like the kitchen, has glazed sliding doors to the rear garden. Upstairs, both the master and second bedroom feature fitted wardrobes with sliding glass doors and bedroom one offering a beautifully appointed en suite bathroom, with Laufen ceramics and chrome finished brassware from Vado. There are a further two generous double bedrooms, and a contemporary family bathroom. This property benefits from two parking spaces which are provisioned for electric car charging, as well as a garage with remote-controlled access door. Prices at Sanderling Reach are from £425,000 for a two-bedroom home. Find out more at www.cityandcountry.co.uk.
Cressing is a village situated between Braintree and Witham and it is where housebuilder Countryside is creating three-, four- and five-bedroom traditional style homes The Paddocks. Families will find out ideally located with Cressing Primary School, Ofsted rated ‘Good’, located adjacent to the development. Slightly further afield, the renowned Felsted Independent School is under 10 miles away, whilst two of the best performing grammar schools in the country, King Edward VI Grammar School and Chelmsford County High School for Girls, are both within easy reach. There’s a tree-lined avenue meanding through the development, revealing an abundance of green open space, including a new village green and play area. Cressing has its own station and easy access to a number of major roads. Prices start at £429,995 for a three-bedroom home and £464,995 for a four-bedroom home.
‘The Rosefinch’ on Plot 216 is a four-bedroom semi-detached home with 1,180 sq ft of living space. Passing the cloakroom off the hallway you find the rest of the ground floor in an impressive open-plan room for kitchen, dining and living. There are French doors to the garden at the back. Upstairs, bedrooms one and two both come with an en suite shower room while bedrooms three and four (double and single respectively) can share the family bathroom. This house type comes with a carport and driveway, and is priced from £464,995. Find out more at www.countrysidepartnerships.com.
Mortimer Place
Mortimer Place in sought-after Hatfield Peverel is from David Wilson Homes, part of former WhatHouse? Housebuilder of the Year Barratt Developments. There are currently several ideal family homes for sale here, starting at £640,995. It is a very well served village which offers a variety of things right on the doorstep including schools (St Andrew’s Junior rated ‘Good’, the grammar schools and Anglia Ruskin University both just seven miles away), local shops, open-spaces and play areas pubs and bistro restaurants within walking distance.
Hatfield Peverel’s station less than one mile away from the development and it’s just one stop to Chelmsford, and London Liverpool Street in just 38 minutes away. The A12 passes the village for access to numerous towns from London and into East Anglia. For family holidays, Stansted Airport is conveniently located just under 20 miles away.
There’s a very special limited-time deal on selected family homes here, where David Wilson Homes will pay the Stamp Duty – a saving of many thousands of pounds. One example is Plot 21, the four-bedroom ‘Holden’ house type. The ground floor of this detached property boasts an open-plan, upgraded kitchen/dining area with a useful utility room and a delightful glazed bay with French doors leading to a fully turfed garden – an extended living space in good weather. There is also an airy bay-fronted living room, and a downstairs study. Upstairs there are four comfortable double bedrooms with one having the bonus of an en suite shower room. The others share a bathroom which has bathtub and separate walk-in shower. This home also comes with a single detached garage and two parking spaces. This home is priced from £654,995.
Open seven days a week, house-hunters can book an appointment to meet the sales team and view two show homes here. Find out more about Mortimer Place from David Wilson Homes.
In Hullbridge, which is halfway between the cities of Chelmsford and Southend-on-Sea, Barratt Homes is currently offering three- and four-bedroom houses priced between £419,995 to £462,995 at High Elms Park. When complete, it will be a collection of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes with some great local amenities, schools and countryside surroundings. Just three miles from home is Rayleigh station, providing regular services into London Liverpool Street with a journey time of 48 minutes. This part of the county has several major roads, such as the A130, A127 and A12.
Plot 205, the ‘Fambridge’, is a great example of the three-storey living available at this development Priced from £449,995, this is a four bedroom semi-detached home that will really suit families. The ground floor has an open-plan kitchen/breakfast/dining area with French doors leading to the fully turfed rear garden, there’s also a room which could serve as the fourth bedroom, or perhaps a study for home working. On the first floor are a living room, and bedroom one, which comes with en suite shower room. On the second floor, you will find two further bedrooms together with a family bathroom. This home also comes with a single detached garage and two parking spaces. Find out more about High Elms Park from Barratt Homes.
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