Whether you are looking to buy your first home, upgrading from an existing property or downsizing to somewhere that is easier to look after, there are plenty of launches, offers and events in the new homes market this week…
First Time Buyer Home Show takes place this Saturday
With an impressive range of apartments and houses on offer, visitors to the latest edition of this popular event this Saturday 17 February will be able to see what choice they have in London and the Home Counties to get on the property ladder in a new build home.
The First Time Buyer Home Show is free to attend and takes place at Stratford Town Hall in east London from 10.00am to 4.00pm. It not only offers visitors the chance to meet face-to-face with a wide range of housebuilders and housing associations, but also a range of seminars, as well as legal and finance professionals to talk them through the buying process along with information about schemes such as Help to Buy and Shared Ownership.
In addition to sponsor SiteSales, an agency that markets an array of new homes sites across the capital and South East, the Show features L&Q, Which? Mortgage Advisors, Berkeley Homes, Taylor Wimpey, Help to Buy London, Metropolitan, Southern Home Ownership, Direction Law, Lawcomm Solicitors, Notting Hill Sales, Currell, Redloft, Stepladder, The Leasehold Advisory Service and www.mortgageshop.com, among others.
Lynda Clark, managing director of First Time Buyer Group, says: “Londoners still face some of the biggest challenges when it comes to buying a first home, so we are once again hosting our popular home show in Stratford. This appealing part of London is a massive draw for aspirational homebuyers looking to benefit from better value for money, yet enjoy the ever-increasing benefits of the ongoing regeneration.”
Murray Smith, managing director of SiteSales, adds: “We are delighted to be involved in what promises to be another great First Time Buyer Home Show. Our large team of property experts will be on hand to offer first time buyers advice as they start their journey towards home ownership. We have a number of developments available in many parts of London and the home counties, many of which we develop ourselves. We look forward to showcasing these as well as the affordable purchase options, available to buyers, such as Shared Ownership and Help to Buy”.
Find out more at www.ftbhomeshow.com
Final unit for sale at high-end Edinburgh retirement scheme
The last apartment at the prestigious Eighteen Murrayfield Road development in Edinburgh is now for sale, with a helpful financial benefit for a buyer who can complete on their purchase by 28 April.
Located in the sought-after Murrayfield area of the Scottish capital, the final home for sale at this 16-unit development by specialist developer McCarthy & Stone’s Lifestyle Living brand is located on the ground floor in the conversion part of the development. It is designed to appeal to purchasers from 55-years-old: this luxury two-bedroom flat, priced at £740,000, has an impressive floorplan and an interior specification that includes a fitted with integrated Siemens appliances, a walk-in wardrobe in the master bedroom; and stylish sanitaryware. The residents also share a landscaped garden area.
If the buyer of this property reserves by 26 March 2018 and legally completes by 28 April 2018, the company will provide the bonus of paying the Land & Buildings Transaction Tax on the purchase. New residents can also access a removal service, where the team can pack, help with de-cluttering and then transport everything safely to the new home.
Lorraine Paterson, sales and marketing director, says: “We’ve created a truly wonderful place to call home at Eighteen Murrayfield Road. This is a bespoke, age-exclusive development that redefines apartment living for the discerning property buyer who is looking to embrace urban living in an exceptional world-class location. A visit to the development is the perfect opportunity for buyers to get a real sense of the luxurious living they could own with a move to Eighteen Murrayfield Road, Edinburgh.”
Find out more about this luxury retirement property
New show apartment at luxury central London development
The opportunities to live within the City of London are rare, but there are still seven properties left for sale at Blake Tower in Barbican, where Redrow is opening a brand new show apartment on Saturday 17 February.
Blake Tower is a converted listed building that now comprises 74 luxury units in the heart of Zone 1, perfect for a buyer who is looking to be on the doorstep of The City and the extensive public space and arts facilities of the Barbican Estate. The new show apartment is on the eighth floor, a two-bedroom property with a luxury interior designed by Conran & Partners and views across the capital. Prices for the remaining two-bedroom homes start from £1.465m.
Simon Halfhide, sales director of Redrow London, says: “Blake Tower is the perfect fusion of the Barbican’s history and contemporary living that buyers are looking for today. We are very excited to unveil our new show apartment and give people a glimpse of what it is like to live in such a striking yet iconic building in one of the Capital’s most creative districts.”
Visitors to the launch, which takes place from 10.00am to 4.00pm, will be able to listen to a a talk on Blake Tower’s interiors and how the heritage of the Estate has influenced its design by Rob Burton, director at DAPA Interiors, who says: “I am excited to be invited to speak at the launch of the new show apartment at BlakeTower. It is a magnificent building and it is only right that the exterior design and heritage should influence the interiors.”
Find out more at www.blaketower.com
New homes across Motherwell and Fife to be ready for March
Dundas Estates is able to cater for house-hunters in Scotland looking for a quick move with a number of new luxury homes that will be ready to live in by March, at developments in Motherwell and Fife. The company is offering the bonus of a reservation fee of just £99 and a£500 contribution towards a missive deposit on the homes reserved by the Wednesday 28 February.
Just a few miles from the Fife coast is Ostlers Way, located in the Chapel area of Kirkcaldy. Prices here start at £168,500 for a mix of three-, four- and five-bedroom detached and semi-detached homes. In Dunfermline, the Annfields development offers coastal views across the Firth of Forth and the three bridges. Here, there is currently one home remaining at this development for a March move – the three-storey, five-bedroom ‘Fullarton’ house type, priced at £287,000. At Barons Gate in Motherwell, there is a selection of one- and two-bedroom apartments that are priced from £94,750.
Heather Birrell, sales and marketing manager for Dundas Estates & Development Co Ltd, says: “There’s no better way to get 2018 off to a roaring start than with the purchase of a brand new home – especially now that spring is on its way, as this will make development visits much easier. We’ve had a hugely successful start to the year and have seen new build demand continue to grow.
“We’d therefore encourage any keen househunters to get in touch with us as soon as possible to be in with the chance of securing one of our March move in properties.”
Find our more at www.dundas.co.uk
Three show homes open at Berkshire development
Bellway has announced a collection of three new show houses at its Amen Corner development in Binfield, Berkshire, all of which have been professionally decorated and one of which has a distinctive ‘Glass House’ exterior design.
The ‘Clancy’ stretches over 1,700 sq ft, where one side and the front elevation have been designed using full-height glass, distinguishing this house type within this collection of family homes. It has four double bedrooms, two of which have en suites, and interior designers Jane Clayton & Co have themed the show home as a place for a family with older children, where everyone can have their own space.
Along with this home are two other show properties: the three-bedroom semi-detached ‘Glover’ has two double bedrooms and one single room and has been designed with a bold, fun and quirky scheme; and the ‘Emin’, another semi-detached house with a kitchen/dining room, a utility room, andtwo double and one single bedroom which may suit young families in mind.
Of the development, where prices start at £360,000 for a two-bedroom house, £430,000 for a three-bedroom house and £465,000 for a four-bedroom house, sales manager Zoe Dobbs of Bellway Homes North London, says: “The Amen Corner community is well suited to appeal to a range of buyers, with easy travel links to London, beautiful outdoor spaces and amenities on the doorstep, and the designs from Jane Clayton and Company really show off the potential of our beautiful homes.”
Find out more at www.amencornerchronicle.co.uk
Ed Sheeran-themed Open House event at Northamptonshire development
David Wilson Homes is hosting an Open House event at one of its Northamptonshire developments this Saturday 17 February which – as it’s the popular singer’s birthday – will have an Ed Sheeran theme.
The event takes place at The Avenue in Overstone and will encourage visiting house-hunters to take part in an ‘Ed Hunt’, taking pleace at 1.00pm, a competition to find a number of Ed Sheeran face masks hidden around the ‘Manning’ show home. One of the bedrooms in the show home has also been decorated with a Sheeran theme.
Jackie Day, sales director at David Wilson Homes South Midlands, says: “We wanted to find the perfect occasion to display our wonderful Ed Sheeran themed bedroom at The Avenue, and the ‘Ed Hunt’ is a great way to encourage visitors to join in the celebration of the singer’s birthday.We are looking forward to providing keen homebuyers and their families with a fun activity, in addition to information and guidance on making a move to the development.”
The Avenue offers a selection of three-, four- and five-bedroom homes available with prices starting from £284,995 and is within easy reach of the M1 and A43, and Northampton railway station
Find out more about The Avenue from David Wilson Homes
View home opens at Wiltshire development this Saturday
Edenstone Homes is opening a view home at its Athelstan Park development in Crudwell, Wiltshire this weekend, as sales for the first phase of homes continue apace.
The company has secure four off-plan purchasers already at the scheme, where the first phase offers just six large four- and five-bedroom properties, with prices starting at £575,000 and Part Exchange and Help to Buy available. Subject to planning, a further phase of up to 40 homes will offer an increased choice of house types.
Priced from £730,000, the five-bedroom ‘Kingsholm’ is a double-fronted property with natural stone elevations. Inside, it has an impressive open-plan kitchen, breakfast area and family room, with a separate utility room. The ground floor also has a separate lounge, a dining room and a cloakroom. Upstairs, two of the bedrooms have an en suite, with a family bathroom to serve the other three bedrooms.
Andrea Nippe, sales director for Edenstone Homes, says: “Crudwell is an idyllic place in which to live and the combination of the village setting and our superb specification have contributed to the early success of Athelstan Park. We anticipate that the opening of a finished example of the ‘Kingsholm’ house type will inspire further sales. It’s a substantial property and so we have kitted out key areas as a lived in home, but left other rooms as a blank canvas so that potential purchasers can visualise how they would furnish and decorate the space available. ”
Find out more at www.edenstonehomes.co.uk
Competition launched by Explore Living with Uri Geller
Developer Equinox Living has teamed up with the legendary Uri Geller to launch winaflat.net, a game-of-skill competition that offers the chance to win a one-bedroom apartment at the company’s newest development, the 40-unit Abbey House in Bracknell, Berkshire.
Those paying just £5 to participate in the game will be tested on their knowledge of the town’s new £240m town centre, which is very close to the development. The apartment prize is valued at £210,000, and any adult with a UK residency can participate as many times as they wish. Uri Geller will reveal the winner by random selection in a live video this summer, which will be streamed on the winaflat.net website, and the property will be completed and ready to move into in the second half of the year.
Darius Ziatabari, co-founder of Equinox Living, says: “The housing market is in need of initiatives that can help kick start activity and we are proud to be the first developer launching a competition of this nature, which is designed to provide a life changing opportunity to win a high specification new build home. Our debut scheme, Mercury House in Worcester Park, sold all 17 apartments off-plan and within the first six weeks of launching and we expect our new development to attract similar levels of interest.”
Uri Geller comments: “I wish everyone who enters good luck and can’t wait to introduce the winner of the Equinox Living apartment. It is exciting to be involved with this competition, which is the first of its kind for a new development. Come summer, one lucky winner will have a brand new flat to call their own.”
Find out more at www.abbeyhousebracknell.com