Today’s home buyer is looking for modern, spacious and flexible accommodation, and new home builders are meeting this demand with highly desirable town houses, says Anna Bowden.
Today’s home buyers are overwhelmingly demanding space and flexible living when looking for a home, and newly built town houses are just the answer. Built to a traditional Georgian style, with features including three storeys, but also boasting a host of modern conveniences, these homes are all the rage at the moment with buyers looking for that little bit extra.
Banner Homes is currently offering an exclusive collection of just 22 three- and four-bedroom town houses at its Eastbury Park development in Watford, Hertfordshire. The homes are situated in a private gated enclave opposite the beautiful green space of Oxhey Park and have all been designed with space and flexibility in mind. Dee Hawkis, Banner Homes’ interior designer, comments, ‘In the show home I will take into account today’s modern lifestyle and provide creative solutions spread over three floors. The second floor, for example, will be dedicated to the children, giving them their own space, freedom and flexibility and allowing the adults to have the first floor to themselves.’
Kitchens are open-plan so that while one person cooks they can still socialise with friends or family sitting in the adjacent family room; the lounge is on the first floor with, in most cases, a balcony and bedroom; and the second floor offers a range of rooms that can be used for many purposes.
Prices at Eastbury Park range from £399,950 to £535,000. Call 01923 213075 for further information.
Fairview New Homes has a superb selection of three-storey houses available at its Meadow Park development in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, where the four-bedroom Broughton show home perfectly displays the quality and specification of the homes. Offering approximately 1,500 sq ft of living space, the Broughton has been created to provide contemporary, open-plan design in keeping with the modern lifestyle. The ground floor boasts a spacious kitchen/breakfast room looking out onto the rear garden, as well as an integral garage and cloakroom. The first floor houses the master bedroom, with en suite bathroom, plus a guest bathroom; and the second floor offers three further bedrooms, one of which also boasts an en suite bathroom.
David Reed, marketing manager at Fairview, says, ‘The new show home has been created in one of our latest designs of houses, the Broughton. As one of the highest specifications we have created, this four-bedroom home offers a contemporary kitchen with maple units and stainless steel Smeg appliances.’
Prices at Meadow Park start from £319,950 for the Broughton house type. Call 01707 332638 for more details.
Bellway has just released one of its most popular house types at its Newbury Central development on the site of the former King George hospital in Newbury Park, Essex. The four-bedroom Hertford complements existing houses and apartments and ensures that the development offers an excellent range of accommodation for all types of buyer.
The Hertford has been designed with the main living areas on the first floor, including a spacious living room, separate dining room, a bedroom and a cloakroom. The second floor offers the master bedroom plus en suite shower room as well as dressing room, two further bedrooms and a bathroom.
Bellway sales and marketing director Karen Coulson says, ‘The Hertford is one of our most popular properties. When we have released them on other developments, they have been reserved very quickly and we are expecting a similarly enthusiastic response at Newbury Central.’
The Hertford is priced from £350,000. Call the sales office, open daily from 10am to 5.30pm, on 020 8554 9978.
Laing Homes is offering two spectacular town house developments, Quarles Park and Langdon Park in Romford, Essex and Teddington, Middlesex respectively. The former is a beautifully designed collection of new homes set on Grove Road at the heart of Chadwell Heath, all boasting a high specification. Kitchens are fully fitted with integrated appliances, bathrooms feature classic sanitaryware and all homes are fitted with home entertainment facilities, including pre-wiring for security cameras at the front doors.
Quarles Park is perfectly placed for commuters, with direct links into London Liverpool Street station and Newbury park tube station, just over a mile away, allowing access to the Central Line.
Prices at Quarles Park start at £217,000. Laing is also offering a range of incentives for buyers, including five per cent deposit paid plus stamp duty and legal fees (of up to £500). Fully fitted carpets are also included within the price and home exchange is available on four plots. All offers are subject to terms and conditions – to find out more call Laing on 020 8586 4091.
Laing Homes is also currently marketing Langdon Park, set within the 32-acre grounds of a Grade II listed Victorian hospital. The hospital and its accompanying theatre have been retained – while the newly created homes have been inspired externally by that architectural period, the interiors are highly modernised and feature every convenience imaginable, including underfloor heating and underground storage spaces.
The development boasts a number of facilities available only to residents, including a spa and a gym, and the surrounding area offers leisure, retail and sporting opportunities as well as excellent local schools and colleges. Prices for town houses at Langdon Park start from £650,000 for the four-bedroom York house type. Call 020 8973 0848 to find out more.
Antler Homes’ Pavilion Square development has been granted permission by the Royal Mail to retain its name as the official postal address, making it London’s newest garden square. The development, located near Wandsworth Common, comprises a central communal courtyard along with elegant Georgian architecture, to give it authenticity. Stephen Allan, managing director for Antler, says ‘Recognised as areas of tranquillity and greenery within a city, London’s garden squares offer a sought-after and prestigious place to own a home. In a highly unusual move, the elegant square we have developed has been allowed to retain its marketing name as its permanent postal address. As such, not only will residents benefit from the exclusivity of living in this desirable city environment but will also profit from the prestige of a London square address.’
The three-storey town houses benefit from high-specification kitchens plus a number of technological features, including cabling for computer networking and broadband and pre-wiring for an entertainment system which could include plasma screens.
Prices start from £595,000. For further details call the sales office on 020 8769 2503 or visit antlerhomes.co.uk.