Brits demand more family houses

The number of family houses being built across the country has dropped by 21,000 in the last seven years* since the government introduced the PPG3 in 2000. Now in 2007 as the housing crisis has highlighted the shortage of family homes that people clearly want to buy, government legislation is set to take a U-turn.

“People want to buy and live in bigger family houses,” explains Dawn Carritt, director of estate agents Jackson Stopps and Staff, “but there are just not enough to go around and house builders are being forced by planners to build fewer family houses and to add more flats and smaller terraced houses on their new development sites.”

Cuneo Gardens, Antler Homes’ new development in East Molesey, Surrey, is a very rare development that comprises seven highly desirable and spacious three and four bedroom semi-detached and detached family houses on the corner of Ember Lane and Orchard Lane.

Dawn Carritt continues: “Family house developments like this are very rare these days and the level of interest we have already seen from prospective buyers reflects this. Antler Homes tends to develop up-market family houses in desirable locations and Cuneo Gardens is no exception. This blue chip Surrey location is ideal for commuter families, as the trains to London Waterloo take just 30 minutes and the schools in the area are excellent.”

John Taylor, Sales and Marketing Director of Antler Homes Southern, adds: “Antler Homes prides itself on consistently developing larger bespoke properties in locations which are suitable for families and we plan to continually increase the number being built all over the country. Cuneo Gardens in particular benefits from excellent family facilities in the area, such as riding schools and tennis clubs.”

The properties combine traditional gabled roofs and motte brick work with more contemporary designs features such as pillared balconies and extensive glazing. This combination creates a harmonious balance between old and new blending the development into the existing street scene. The houses also benefit from bespoke features such as a covered porch which has either a gabled or pillared roof and stone voussoirs.

Each property comes fitted with a luxury custom built kitchen with granite worktops and appliances which include a Siemens stainless steel oven, a Siemens stainless steel gas hob, an integrated fridge/freezer, an integrated dishwasher and an integrated washing machine. All of the houses incorporate a contemporary kitchen/dining family area, which is ideal for socialising. There are also French doors which lead out onto the garden, flooding the open-plan space with natural light.

Cuneo Gardens is on the border of East Molesey and Esher so it benefits from being near to the Thames and Hampton Court Palace whilst also enjoying the open woodland and common land near Esher. Esher train station is less than a mile from the development where regular trains travel to London, and the M3 and M25 are within convenient travelling distance.

Prices at this development start from £569,950 for a four bedroom semi-detached townhouse and £625,000 for a three bedroom detached family house.

For further information log on to Antlerhomes.co.uk.

*Statistics according to the National House Building Council