With so much going on in the new homes market right now, it’s easy to lose track of the things that matter to you, so here, the Whathouse.com team goes region by region to report to you the very latest launches, events and special offers at developments around the country.
WALES
Food festival complements new homes in Abergavenny - House-hunters in Monmouthshire will be on the doorstep of a popular food festival in Abergavenny this weekend, Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 September, when they visit Wedgwood Park from Edenstone Homes. This development offers them a choice of three- and four-bedroom homes, starting at £360,000 for a three-bedroom detached ‘Earlswood’ house. Four-bedroom properties start at £415,000. Show home and sales centre are open daily from 10.30am to 5.00pm. Find out more at edenstonehomes.com
Flintshire sees new development and show home launch - Elan Homes saw a great response to its new Kinnerton Meadows development on launch recently, with three homes sold within the first few days. This development, in Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire, now has a show home open, allowing visitors to see what they might expect at this collection of four- and five-bedroom houses for sale there. Current prices at Kinnerton Meadows start from £369,995 for a four-bedroom detached ‘Milburn’ style house, which comes with an integral single garage. Find out more at www.elan-homes.co.uk
Extra incentive offer at major Cardiff scheme - At The Mill in Cardiff, Lovell is now offering the incentive of paying Land Transaction Tax and carpeting the home for free on properties reserved this autumn with completion taking place in 2018. Currently there is a limited number of two-bedroom apartments available starting from £172,000 at the Hawthorn House phase of a development that will bring 800 new homes to the former industrial site. All these Lovell homes are also available through the Help to Buy Wales scheme and visitors are welcome from 10.00am to 5.00pm daily. Find out more at www.themill-canton.co.uk
YORKSHIRE/NORTH EAST
New homes launched in Swanland - Duchy Homes has unveiled Cygnet Gardens, a luxury development of five-bedroom homes in Swanland in the East Riding of Yorkshire. This is a new collection of nine detached homes alongside four two-bedroom affordable age-restricted bungalows. The Regency-style homes have many high-quality features and details in design and construction. Prices here start from £649,999 and to see them first-hand, the sales and marketing suite on Tranby Lane is now open. Find out about Cygnet Gardens from Duchy Homes
SOUTH EAST
New home styles offered at new Cranleigh development - CALA Homes is bringing a range of brand new homes designs to its new Amlets Place site in Cranleigh, Surrey. Throughout September, the housebuilder is offering incentives packages on ‘The Loxwood’, ‘The Hambledon’, ‘The Rudgwick’ and ‘The Ewhurst’ house types, where it will pay half of stamp duty, £1,500 towards removals and £1,200 towards legal fees. Help to Buy and Part Exchange are also available on a number of three-, four- and five-bedroom houses. Find out more about Amlets Place development from CALA Homes
New show home opens in Chichester - There’s a new show house open at the popular Shopwyke Lakes development in Chichester, West Sussex. CALA Homes as unveiled the fully furnished four-/five-bedroom ‘Oatfield’ to potential purchasers at the development which offers a variety of family homes priced from £475,000 and ready to move into this summer. There are also one- and two-bedroom apartments which will be completed soon at the site, where a sales office is open every day. Find out more about Shopwyke Lakes from CALA Homes
New phase of homes released at Buckinghamshire development - Taylor Wimpey has launched Vale View, the latest phase of homes at the Willow Lake development taking shape in Newton Longville, a village just south of Milton Keynes. Buyers now have a new choice of three-, four- and five-bedroom homes, with no fewer than three show homes that demonstrated layout and specification. The development is conveniently located for road and rail connections. Find out more about Vale View from Taylor Wimpey
Buyer event at Westerham development this week - Fernham Homes is hosting the ‘Home Buyer Event’ at its Downsview development in Westerham, Kent on Thursday 13 to Saturday 15 September from 10.00am to 4.00pm. It’s a chance for house-hunters to meet the sales team one-yo-one and find out about incentives being offered for a limited period. Downsview is made up of just nine luxury family homes priced from £875,000, including the ‘Chartwell’ five-storey, three-storey house. Find out more at fernham-homes.co.uk
LONDON
Help to Buy now available at Southall scheme - From Saturday 15 September, Redrow can offer London Help to Buy, the government-backed buyer initiative, at The West Works development in Southall, in the London Borough of Ealing. One-bedroom apartments start from £389,000 at a development which will be on the doorstep of Crossrail. In all, this development will deliver 302 studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments set in landscaped podium gardens and courtyards. Find out more at www.the-westworks.co.uk
New luxury penthouse opens in Queen’s Park - Anyone seeking a high-end home in northwest London will soon be able to take a close look at a spacious, three-bedroom duplex penthouse, with interiors individually designed by DAPA Interiors at The Avenue from Regal London. It’s a development of 68 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses set in communal spaces with a fitness suite and dedicated concierge service. Apartments currently start at £595,000 with one bedroom and the penthouse is on the market for £2m. Find out more at www.theavenuenw6.co.uk
Launch of new homes in Crossharbour this weekend - Saturday 15 September sees the launch of Liberty @ Crossharbour in Limeharbour, E14, where Notting Hill Genesis will be bringing 27 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments under Shared Ownership. All feature their own outdoor space, with a concierge service private fitness suite and a landscaped piazza and courtyard garden available to all residents. Close to Crossharbour DLR station, prices here for a 40% share of a one-bedroom apartment start at £184,000 (based on full market price £485,000. Find out more at www.nhgsales.com
Shared Ownership homes now open to buyers across London - L&Q has now made its Shared Ownership home at Elephant Park in Elephant & Castle, Southwark available to buyers across the whole of London. It’s a collection of 58 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, including 10 wheelchair-adaptable homes a short walk from the Zone 1 tube station. Prices start from £156,250 for a 25% share of a two-bedroom apartment (full market value £625,000). See the sales team from Thursday to Saturday, from 10.00am to 5.00pm, Sunday 10.00am to 4.00pm and Monday 10.00am to 5.00pm by appointment only. Find out more at lqpricedin.co.uk
Topping out of luxury homes at Southbank Place - Two separate phases at the Southbank Place recently achieved ‘topping out’, with the buildings reaching their full height of 29 and 34 storeys respectively. One Casson Square comprises 213 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, including upper-level penthouses. Thirty Casson Square, located next door, has 166 studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and penthouses. With a host of exclusive residents-only amenities and services, prices at One Casson Square currently start at £1.975m and at Thirty Casson Square from £2.2m. Find out more at www.southbank-place.com
Shared Ownership apartments unveiled in Islington - Peabody has release a collection of Shared Ownership properties in Islington called The City Angel, offer a part-buy/part-rent opportunity on 70 studio and one-bedroom apartments. Designed by Foster + Partners, this building offers high-specification homes will full access to shared outdoor spaces. Located a ten-minute walk from Angel and Old Street underground stations, prices start at £127,500 for a 30% share of a studio apartment (full market value £425,000) and £170,250 for a 30% share of a one-bedroom apartment. Find peabodysales.co.uk
Stamp duty offer at Poplar development - Telford Homes is offering to pay stamp duty on a range of two-bedroom apartments for a limited time to buyers at its Manhattan Plaza development in Poplar, east London, close to Canary Wharf and Docklands. There are four apartments with open-plan layouts and great views under this offer and they are also within the price limit for London Help to Buy, at £599,995. On-site amenities include a private resident's gymnasium, dedicated 24-hour concierge services and private bicycle storage facilities. Find out more at www.manhattanplaza.co.uk
WEST MIDLANDS
New show home now open in Evesham - Worcestershire house-hunters can now visit a brand new show home, just launched by Newland Homes at its Brooklands development in Evesham, Worcestershire. The ‘Hampton’ show home is a three-storey detached home with four bedrooms. The development comprises 47 two-, three- and four-bedroom homes which can be purchased through the government-backed Help to Buy scheme. The marketing suite and show house are both open every day, from 11.00am until 5.00pm. Find out more at www.newlandhomes.co.uk
Autumn launch for new homes in Shipston-on-Stour - Taylor Wimpey Midlands has announced a launch this autumn for Herdwick Ford, its new development of one- to four-bedroom homes in a variety of designs, which will be built in Shipston-on-Stour in Warwickshire. The first releases start from £329,995. These new homes are located conveniently for the A429, M40 and the railway station at Moreton-in-Marsh. Find out more about Taylor Wimpey homes.
SCOTLAND
New view home unveiled at Ratho development - CALA Homes has opened a new view home at Craigpark, its development in Ratho in the west of Edinburgh. The five-bedroom ‘Rutherford’ is typical of design, specification and layout throughout the development, which is a collection from the housebuilder’s Signature Collection of house types. A few homes are available to move into this year, with the ‘Rutherford’ priced at £669,000 including flooring, turf, light fittings and window dressings, and available through Part Exchange. Find out more about Craigpark from CALA Homes
Launch of new development in Edinburgh - Miller Homes has unveiled Manor Wood, a development of 54 homes located off Old Dalkeith Road in Edinburgh, with a special introductory offer of £500 towards legal fees or removal costs. A short drive to the city bypass and a few miles from its centre, Manor Wood has a portfolio of six house types to choose from, such as the three-bedroom ‘Dale’ from £349,995, the four-bedroom ‘Yeats’ from £374,995 and the five-bedroom ‘Chichester’ from £439,995. Potential purchasers can find out more at the marketing suite in the nearby Shawfair development from Thursday to Monday, from 10.30am to 5.30pm. Find out more at www.millerhomes.co.uk
NORTH WEST
95% sold at Rugeley development - Barratt Homes has now just a few homes left to buy at Ravenhill Park, its development in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Some 95% of the properties there have been purchased, but the final three-storey, four-bedroom ‘Faversham’ style homes are still available. The development is well-placed for road and rail links. Prices on the remaining homes start from £246,995. Find out more about Ravenhill Park from Barratt Homes
SOUTH WEST
Last chance to buy at Christchurch retirement development - Just four of 35 apartments remain for sale at Monterey, a popular development from retirement specialists Platinum Skies in Christchurch, Dorset. They are available through the developer’s flexible ownership scheme, allowing purchasers to buy a 50% share and pay a rent on the rest. On the part-buy/part-rent basis, a two-bedroom duplex over 1,082 sq ft for £225,000 or a one-bedroom apartment up to 672 sq ft from £145,000. Find out more at www.platinumskies.co.uk