Sales soar at environmental Oxley

Unique new homes are attracting buyers in their droves at Oxley Woods, George Wimpey South Midlands’ stunning eco-friendly development in Milton Keynes. To own one of the exclusive properties – designed by the architects of the Pompidou Centre and the Millennium Dome – is the opportunity of a lifetime, and customers are snapping them up at a rate of almost two per week since they were unveiled at the end of May.

With prices starting from £185,000, the 145-home Oxley Woods development turns an environmentally friendly lifestyle into a reality for house-hunters, and there are 10 different two, three, four and five-bedroom designs to choose from.

Oxley Woods began when George Wimpey and one of the world’s leading architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, put their heads together to win the Government’s Design for Manufacture competition, to create innovative, affordable and environmental homes.
The triumphant design has two distinct areas – a ‘service zone’ of bathrooms, utility space, boilers and staircases, and an uncluttered ‘living zone’ comprising bedrooms, lounges and dining rooms.

Each property is topped with a carbon emission busting ‘EcoHat’ chimney, which gathers warm air from the service zones, tops it up with solar energy, and filters it back through the living areas as warm air ventilation Combined with an eco-friendly timber panel construction and high levels of insulation, owners could save hundreds of pounds on their energy bills.

While sharing this winning environmental design, each property boasts individual character, with balconies and bay windows, canopies and colour schemes, and customers can select from a range of style options, including a ground floor wet room, bathroom and kitchen finishes and appliances, flooring and electrical accessories.

The homes also satisfy the 16 standards of Lifetime Homes and can be adapted easily to suit young couples and families, through to retirement.

George Wimpey’s First Time Buyer Initiative offers an Affordable Mortgage Scheme on brand new homes at the development, reducing the amount on which buyers need to take out a mortgage by up to 50%, without the need for shared ownership.

Further information is available by visiting the Sales Centre, located off the V2 road, Tattenhoe Street and open seven days a week from 11am to 5pm.

Alternatively, information on George Wimpey developments across the region is available by visiting the web site at Georgewimpey.co.uk.