Make the ‘village of choice’ your chosen destination

To celebrate the launch of Tallsticks, the first phase of ‘greener’ homes planned for the new urban village of Cheswick, near Bristol, a special event will take place this Sunday (February 3).

Tallsticks is the first of several smaller ‘villages’ being built by Redrow at Cheswick and the first of these homes will go on sale at the much-anticipated launch event, which will be marked with the release of 500 biodegradable red balloons into the skies.

Anyone attending the launch event will be invited to fill in a tag and attach it to one of the balloons in a bid to see if their balloon will travel the furthest. The prize at stake is an exclusive flight for two people* in Redrow’s very own hot air balloon at a balloon fiesta taking place this year.

The Cheswick site, previously owned by Hewlett Packard, gets its name from the Chaucerian word ‘Ches’ meaning to choose, and ‘Wick’ an ancient word meaning village or hamlet. And Redrow is certainly hoping that it will quickly become the village of choice for discerning homebuyers in the Bristol area.

Set in leafy surroundings close to Bristol city centre, Redrow’s flagship venture, in Filton, will create an entire village of environmentally-friendly homes, which go above and beyond the current building standards for sustainability.

Tallsticks, consisting of contemporary apartments, terraced homes, detached properties and three-storey villas, will form part of the new larger village of Cheswick, complete with shops, places to eat and all the local amenities of an established residential community.

Initial homes for sale include one and two-bedroom apartments and three and four bedroom semi detached homes, currently priced from £164,995 to £336,995. The first properties should be ready to move into this summer.

The masterplan for the 77-acre site to the North of Bristol allows for a mixed-use neighbourhood centre at the heart of the development, where uses could include a supermarket and other retail, restaurants, a public house, doctor’s surgery, pharmacy and children’s nursery, together with residential apartments. There is also a proposed primary school site adjacent to this area.

The homes in Tallsticks are designed to achieve level three of the new Code for Sustainable Homes – two years ahead of targets set by Government. Under the code, all new properties are graded on a scale of one to six, in terms of their impact on the environment. Each property is marked on nine separate categories, which take into consideration everything from energy efficiency to water usage.

Redrow’s superb properties will contain a range of features that make this standard achievable including aerated flow-regulating taps, which can almost half the amount of water flow, energy efficient boilers, low fill baths and sinks, and use of thermal solar panels, which can provide hot water during periods of sunshine at a minimal cost.

Other methods of reducing carbon emissions include energy-saving light bulbs fitted as standard, water butts coupled to rainwater down pipes and cycle storage to promote greener transport use.

Karen Anderson, sales and marketing director of Redrow Homes (South West), said: “We have called Cheswick ‘the village of choice’ because it is built for modern life in the 21st century.

“It will be a sustainable and practical place to live, work and play and will suit a range of homebuyers. Redrow is proud to be playing its part to help reduce carbon emissions and help homebuyers who want to live in a more environmentally friendly community.

“The streets and open spaces have been designed to give priority to the movement of people over that of cars with a series of dedicated pedestrian and cycle routes.”

Join Redrow at Cheswick, in Filton this Sunday (February 3rd) between 10am and 5.30pm and find out how you could soon be flying high with a brand new home – and maybe even a hot air balloon ride to celebrate. The balloon release will take place at 3pm.

Visitors can also enjoy refreshments and view plans and computer-generated images of the development, while children will be entertained by Redrow’s mascot Buster the Bear.

For more details on the homes available, log on to Cheswick.redrow.co.uk.

General information about Redrow and its properties can be found online at Redrow.co.uk.