Essex Property News

When it comes to choosing somewhere to live, the old mantra that location is everything still rings true. House hunters want it all – a well built, stylishly designed home in a great location, close to shops, restaurants and amenities and a short walk to a station or bus routes. Many purchasers are increasingly looking for a home that is also close to green space, so they have somewhere they can go to get away from it all.

New homes purchasers struggling to get onto the property ladder should pay a visit to ‘The Gateway’ a new homes development in Harwich, Essex where developer Inner Circle Homes is offering 10% off two of its most popular properties, The Admiral and The Hamilton.*

Barratt West London has exciting news for first time home buyers who may have thought they could not afford to purchase property in London. Apartments in Great West Quarter, less than ten miles from central London, are now available on Barratt's ‘Head Start' offer.

A select new development of contemporary, high specification homes has launched in Chelmsford. Mulberry Mews, a Countryside Properties development, comprises of one and two bedroom apartments and two and three bedroom houses, on Chelmer Road in Chelmsford, Essex.

Barratt North London was recently presented with an award at the national Considerate Constructors Scheme 2008 Awards in recognition of the high standards it maintains at Fifth Avenue in Harlow.

Commuting to work everyday can be a very stressful experience for many people but this can be avoided by working from home. Charles Church's Bellrope Gardens development in Thaxted offers purchasers the chance to work from home as all of the properties benefit from having their own B1 office use annexe.

Enjoying a healthy lifestyle is much easier when you live within walking distance of your work, a town centre and the local station. This is what Colchester dentist Dr Philip Burger found when he bought a one-bedroom apartment at Horizons in Colchester, a new riverside development by Barratt Eastern Counties. Horizons is within easy walking distance of Colchester town centre and the main railway station.

A three story, four-bedroom townhouse is not the typical purchase for a first time buyer, but for Catherine Byrne, 39, just such a property proved perfect to accommodate her new family. Catherine, together with her partner, has recently bought her first property at Countryside Properties and Annington Homes new development, Fortuna Park, in Colchester.

George Wimpey is making it easy for first-time buyers to get on the property ladder - by only paying for 75% of the price of their new apartment at its Tamarinds development in Colchester, Essex.

Barratt Eastern Counties is preparing to launch a new development of 49 luxury four and five-bedroom detached houses in the rural area of Little Canfield, Essex and is inviting prospective homebuyers to register their interest now.

Visitors to Images and Invito – the breathtaking new George Wimpey developments in Gants Hill, Essex - are invited to go ‘through the keyhole' and see the stunning interior designs of the new show apartment. This ideal home has been beautifully decorated and styled throughout with exquisite furniture, fittings and features beautiful shades of Teal throughout.

With summer on the way what better place to be than by the sea? With beautiful one and two-bedroom apartments now under construction close to Jubilee Beach in Southend, people can reserve their place in the sun.

Bellway Essex has announced a launch date for an exciting new housing development in Basildon. The 10.3 acre site off High Road, Laindon, called Radford Park is due to open for sale on Saturday 24th May.

It is widely reported that first-time buyers are finding it harder than ever to afford a home, which is why Barratt Eastern Counties is offering a substantial helping hand through ‘Head Start’ - a special limited period offer that allows first-time buyers to purchase a home for just 85 per cent of the price, whilst owning 100 per cent of the property.

Located moments from the glorious Essex countryside is Bocking, a small village in the Braintree district, where Bellway is building The Edge, a stunning new- homes development on the bank of the River Pant.

Beaulieu Park in Chelmsford is a location that has become one of the most exclusive addresses in the area. Bellway has two, three and four bedroom houses available for sale from £230,000 at its new-build development – Prospectus. Homes are set amongst this landscaped setting of rolling parkland and lakes in the Springfield area, just two miles from the town centre and station, making this ideal for 21st century lifestyles.

If you are looking for a house that is exceptionally large, spacious and slightly out of the ordinary, chances are you will be looking at older properties. But Bellway’s ‘Home of the Week’ will make you revise your views and consider a brand new home instead. The house in question is a stunning, new-build house at Bellway’s Clarendon Gate development in Colchester, Essex.

Housebuilder Bellway has announced that it is to build a collection of 163 new homes at a new site in Purfleet to be called Watt’s Wood Park. This exciting development will comprise studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments plus two-, three- and four-bedroom houses. Prices for a one bedroom home start at a very reasonable £135,000.

If you are looking for a house that is exceptionally large, spacious and slightly out of the ordinary, chances are you will be looking at older properties. But Bellway’s ‘Home of the Week’ will make you revise your views and consider a brand new home instead. The house in question is a stunning, new-build house at Bellway’s Clarendon Gate development in Colchester, Essex.

Inner Circle Homes has reported the successful launch of ‘The Gateway’, its new homes development in Harwich, Essex where 50% of the first phase was snapped up by eager purchasers during the launch weekend.

Flapper dancers and a Charleston orchestra performing vintage classics provided the entertainment at the recent launch of the Art Deco style foyer in Wallis House, a Barratt West London restoration project, part of the regeneration of Great West Quarter, Brentford.

Saturday 10th May sees the launch of one of the most prestigious Manor Houses in Essex. The Manor, at Stapleford Tawney, is a beautiful regency building, which dates back to 1540 in some parts, and is situated within 18 acres of mature grounds and woodland. The gated scheme has been extensively but sympathetically restored by a local developer into nine two bedroom apartments and a single one bedroom apartment.

Bellway Homes Essex division has launched for sale the final phase at Clarendon Gate in Colchester. Just 11 homes are available on this popular scheme of one and two bed apartments and three and four bedroom family homes.

People are being given the chance to win a brand new apartment at the sought-after 24 Central development in Southend-On-Sea - simply by cracking the code to George Wimpey's safe!

As Thaxted's premier estate agent, it was only right that Carl Fisher was appointed as the selling agent for the town's premier new housing development, Charles Church's Bellrope Gardens.