As Easter weekend approaches, the WhatHouse? team reports on launches, events and special offers at new homes developments across Britain...
NORTH EAST/YORKS
Easter treats at Newcastle/Northumberland developments – Cussins is inviting house-hunters across the North East to a series of events at its developments over Easter weekend, where they can pick up a chocolate egg or two and have complimentary coffee and baked goodies while learning more about the homes available. From 10.00am to 4.00pm, buyers can head to: Meadow Hill, Throckley on Good Friday (two- to four-bedroom homes from £149,950); Greysfield, Backworth Park on Saturday 20 April (three- to five-bedroom homes from £224,950); and Guilden Place, Warkworth (three- to five-bedroom homes from £335,000). Find out more at www.cussins.com
Special offers on Chilton homes this weekend – Homes by Carlton is inviting house-hunters to attend an event about the properties for sale at its Cathedral Gates development in Chilton, County Durham. From 10.00am to 2.00pm on Saturday 20 April, buyers can go to the offices of Urban Base Land & New Homes in Durham to find out more about a special deal to receive ground floor flooring on selected plots, and reserve for only £99. There’s also the housebuilder’s Part Exchange scheme to assist those moving up the property chain. Examples of homes available are: ‘The Deakin’, four-bedroom detached with integral garage, for £269,000; ‘The Canterbury’, with three bedrooms, from £185,000; and ‘The Abbey’, three-bedroom/three-bathroom house, from £189,000. Find out more at www.homesbycarlton.com
EAST MIDLANDS
Next phase construction starts at Derby development – Compendium Living has begun construction on the next phase of homes it is bringing to Derby city centre at its Castleward development. In partnership with Derby City Council and Homes England, the developer is working on this £100m regeneration scheme to bring the next collection of 42 homes, a mix of two- and three-bedroom houses, apartments and duplex properties. Help to Buy is available. Find out more at www.compendiumlivinghomes.co.uk
SOUTH EAST
New show home at Windsor development – Spitfire Bespoke Homes has just opened a brand new show home at St Mark’s Gate, its boutique development of 14 luxury homes in the centre of Windsor. Berkshire property seekers have a choice of five Edwardian-style, three-bedroom townhouses, eight two-bedroom apartments and a penthouse with views of Windsor Castle. Properties here are within easy reach of a number of highly regarded schools and it’s under half-an-hour from Paddington by train. Prices start at £725,000 for the apartments and at £1.29m for the townhouses. Find out more at www.spitfirepg.co.uk or via Strutt & Parker on 01344 636960
Armed Forces offer at Aldershot development – Barratt Homes is offering to pay a contribution to the deposit on a new home to all UK Armed Forces personnel at its Bruneval Gardens development. They will be offered a £500 contribution for every £25,000 of the cost of their new property, up to a maximum of £5,000. Properties start at £276,000 for a two-bedroom apartment, so they all qualify for that £5,000 maximum contribution. Find out more about Bruneval Gardens from Barratt Homes
New show home opens in Wisborough Green – Jones Homes has unveiled a three-bedroom show home at its Bluebell Meadow development in Wisbough Green, West Sussex. The detached ‘Haslemere’ has a kitchen/dining room, utility room, downstairs study and an en suite master bedroom. This house type starts at £600,000. The homes are well placed for easy access to the village’s shop, café, pubs and green. Prices at this site start from £445,000 for a two-bedroom semi-detached home, rising to £950,000 for a four-bedroom detached home. The new show home is open from 10.00am to 5.00pm every day. Find out more at jones-homes.co.uk
Home Exchange scheme a popular option in Banbury – Davidsons Homes is finding buyers keen to use its Home Exchange incentive to help purchase one the homes at Dukes Meadow, a development in Banbury, Oxfordshire. It helps “buy and sell in one easy move”, with the housebuilder arranging an independent valuation to purchase the home from the buyer and avoid estate agents’ fees. Dukes Meadow is delivering a range of two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom houses with prices starting from £219,995. Find out more at davidsonshomes.co.uk
Show home released for sale in Great Bourton – WhatHouse? Awards winner Hayfield has put the five-bedroom show house at its Hayfield Views development in Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, up for sale. The buyer will get the home already fully decorated and with a host of luxury fixtures and fittings. These include the bespoke kitchen and utility room both fully fitted with high-quality appliances, underfloor heating and a landscaped garden. Known as ‘The Bourton’, it is on the market for £640,000. Hayfield Views is open daily from 10.00 to 5.00pm. Find out more at www.hayfieldhomes.co.uk
Show home launches in Farnham this weekend – Saturday 20 April sees the unveiling of a show home at Abbey View, a development from Taylor Wimpey in the popular Hampshire town of Farnham. From 10.00am to 5.00pm that day, house-hunters have a first chance to look around the decorated and furnished ‘Ardale’, a three-bedroom house with kitchen/dining room, separate lounge and en suite master bedroom. Abbey View comprises a range of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes, with some one-bedroom apartments to be released on a later phase. The housebuilder offers Help to Buy here, and its own Easymover scheme. Find out more at www.taylorwimpey.co.uk
New launch of homes in Warnham – Shanly Homes has unveiled a new development in Warnham, West Sussex. The Willows is a collection of 14 new homes comprising 10 two-, three- and four-bedroom houses and four two-bedroom apartments. The development backs on to the green space of Warnham Cricket Club and the design of homes inspired by the local architectural vernacular. All properties here have spacious, open-plan interiors and en suite master bedrooms with a large rear private garden for each house. Warnham train station is under a mile away, which is under an hour from London Victoria. The new show home here is now open, and property prices range from £330,000 to £830,000. Find out more at www.shanlyhomes.com
EAST ANGLIA
Good Friday launch in Gislingham – This Good Friday 19 April, Lovell Homes is launching St Mary’s View in Gislingham, Suffolk. It’s a collection of 40 three-, four- and five-bedroom homes close to the heart of the village, with views of the Grade II listed St Mary’s Church. The towns of Diss and Stowmarket are around 10 miles away and the village is well placed for the A14, A140 and A143. Show homes are due to launch here in May, with the first completions scheduled for this summer. Help to Buy and Part Exchange are offered. Prices on request through sole agents William H Brown. Find out more at [email protected]
Show home now open in Thorpe-le-Soken – Bellway has opened the door to its show home at Henderson Park, a development of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes in Thorpe-le-Soken, a village close to the Essex coast, 12 miles east of Colchester. The show house is a ‘Fitzgerald’, which has an open-plan kitchen/family room, a dining room, a living room, family bathroom and four bedrooms, with an en suite to the master bedroom. Visitors to the site can also look around the undecorated, three-bedroom ‘Japonica’ view home. The current range of two-, three- and four-bedroom homes start at £239,995. Find out more at www.bellway.co.uk
Last two homes left at Harlow development – There are just two homes remaining for sale at Atelier, the Harlow development from Countryside. Both homes have two bedrooms, a private garden and two parking spaces. Prices start from £339,995 and Help to Buy is available. Atelier still has three show homes and a marketing suite open. Find out more at www.atelier-harlow.co.uk
LONDON
New collection of homes comes to Willesden – BEAT NW10 is a new development of six luxury homes available in Willesden Green in north London. Notting Hill Genesis is building the collection of three-bedroom houses which are located in a private gated community just over a mile from well-connected Willesden Junction station and on the doorstep of a numerous shops, amenities and parks. Prices here start at £750,000. Find out more at www.nhgsales.com
Sales success at luxury Islington scheme – Galliard Homes and Cain International hve seen 75% of the properties at their Islington Square development already sold or reserved, 80% of them by people from the local area. The development is not just bringing homes to the site – there's also 125,000 sqft of mixed retail space and 78,000 sqft of leisure facilities including the Third Space gym and a luxury Odeon cinema. One-bedroom suites here start at £685,000, two-bedroom apartments start at £1.05m. Penthouses are priced from £5,793,700. Find out more at www.galliardhomes.com
WEST MIDLANDS
‘Pre-sales’ now open at Solihull development – Crest Nicholson has just announced the launch of pre-sales at its brand-new development, Woodlands Park which is bringing 94 one- and two-bedroom apartments, and three- and four-bedroom homes in Solihull. Off-plan sales are offered by a team at Virgin Active Gym, located opposite the site, until its official launch in June. Buyers will get a year’s free membership. Pre-sale prices at Woodlands Park start from £252,950 for a two-bedroom apartment and from £389,950 for a three-bedroom house. Find out more at www.crestnicholson.com
Good Friday launch for new homes in Telford – There will be a new development for house-hunters in Shropshire to visit from Good Friday 19 April. Lovell is unveiling Principal Point that day, and the first visitors can arrive between 10.00am and 5.00pm to find out more about the 165 one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom homes being constructed there. There are two show homes and an ‘Inspirations Suite’, where customers will be able to view first-hand the options and upgrades available to buy. Help to Buy applies here. Prices will be revealed on the day. Find out more at www.lovell.co.uk
SCOTLAND
Offers at developments across Scotland – Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes are offering incentives at developments across the east of Scotland, with many properties available to move into this summer. The developments concerned are located throughout Edinburgh, The Lothians and Fife with incentives such as enhanced kitchen packages and Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) paid. Many properties are also available with Part Exchange. Offers are available at Barratt Homes @ Langdale View, Kirkcaldy; DWH @ Dovecot Mill, Haddington; Barratt @ The Heathers, Dunfermline; and DWH @ Heritage Grange, Edinburgh. Find out more about all Scottish developments from Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes
Early-bird offers at Newton Mearns development – Mactaggart & Mickel is offering a selected number of ‘early bird’ properties in Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire. The first phase at Stewart Gardens will offer 30 properties ranging from three-bedroom semi-detached to five-bedroom detached homes. These are the first of 114 homes to be delivered here. Early-bird buyers can secure their ideal home free of charge on a flexible, no-obligation basis while the development is under construction. Indicative prices range from £475,000 for a four-bedroom detached home to £520,000 for a five-bedroom luxury detached villa. The marketing team is available from Thursday to Monday between 11.00am to 5.00pm. Find out more at www.macmic.co.uk
Incentives on new homes in Bo’ness – Miller Homes is offering a host of incentives on a number of house types at its Kinglass Fields development in Bo’ness. Among the four- and five-bedroom homes on sale are: the four-bedroom ‘Shaw', just one left at £257,995 and available with a contribution to LBTT; the four-bedroom ‘Hughes', with two remaining from £299,995 with Plot 343 also available with Assisted Move. Find out more at www.millerhomes.co.uk
Introduction of ‘Move for Free’ at Fife retirement development – McCarthy & Stone has brought in its Move For Free scheme, for a limited time only, for the last few apartments at Beacon Court, its over-60s retirement development in Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. It means the last few buyers save on Land & Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT), estate agency costs, legal fees and removal costs if they reserve one of the final few one- and two-bedroom apartments by spring and legally complete by 31 August 2019. The final one- and two-bedroom apartments have been released for sale, with prices starting from £159,000. Find out more at www.mccarthyandstone.co.uk
NORTH WEST
Hesketh Bank homes now available – Persimmon Homes has released the first homes for sale at Douglas Gardens in the Lancashire village of Hesketh Bank. The development will be delivering 212 properties includes types of houses to suit first-time buyers, growing families and downsizers. Keen buyers who purchase now, off-plan, can pick their choice of plots and personalise things like kitchen colours, tiling and fitted wardrobes. Help to Buy and Part Exchange are available. Find out more at www.persimmonhomes.com
Show home opens on Saturday in Culcheth – Cheshire house-hunters can now visit a four-bedroom show home at Culcheth Green, an Elan Homes development in the village of Culcheth, arpund five miles north-east of Warrington. With some plots there already reserved off-plan, there is still a range of four- and five-bedroom family homes for sale. The housebuilder’s own EasyMove initiative has been popular. Current prices at Culcheth Green range from £369,995 to £549,995, with the offer of Stamp Duty paid on selected properties for a limited time only. Find out more at www.elan-homes.co.uk
Easter Open Days at Lancashire developments this Saturday – Redrow will be welcoming visitors to two of its Lancashire sites this Saturday 20 April, between 11.00am and 3.00pm, for an event with an Easter theme, with face-painting and cupcake decorating all part of the fun. The developments in question are The Grange at Yew Tree Park in Burscough (prices from £194,995 to £374,995), and Oldfield Park in Poulton (starting from £156,000), and potential buyers can meet the Redrow team and talk about the homes available and the buying incentives. Find out more at www.redrow.co.uk
SOUTH WEST
New view home in Thornbury – There's a new view home to visit at David Wilson Homes’ Park Farm development in Thornbury, in south Gloucestershire. It’s a three-storey, five-bedroom ‘Buckingham’ house type that demonstrates the design and specification of properties at the site. This particular style of home is priced from £660,000, with open-plan kitchen, separate dining room, lounge and study, master bedroom with en suite and dressing area, four further double bedrooms, family bathroom, double garage and two parking spaces. Find out more about Park Farm from David Wilson Homes
Part-buy/part-rent homes for sale in Torridge – Wainhomes and heylo have teamed up to provide new homes in Torridge, Devon which can be acquired on a Shared Ownership (part-buy/part-rent) basis. Deer Park is in Westward Ho! And there will be six new three-bedroom family homes, complete with parking and private gardens, available to reserve now on the Home Reach scheme. Applicants must live within the Torridge District Council area. There are also private sale homes for sale there, with incentives such as Part Exchange. The site is open Thursday to Monday, 10.00am to 5.00pm. Find out more at www.wainhomes.net
WALES