Flexible family living

House hunters interested in the concept of townhouse living can see the benefits first hand by visiting George Wimpey North Yorkshire's new Arlington show home at its popular Forrester Park development in Northallerton.

The Arlington townhouse features four bedrooms over three storeys and is perfect for the modern family market as it offers a fantastic combination of style, space and practicality.

On the ground floor of the Arlington you will find a spacious kitchen dining area, which opens up through French doors onto a private rear garden. The large family living room can be found to the first floor, which features doors to a Juliet balcony overlooking the rear of the property. This level also features the first of four bedrooms and a contemporary bathroom.

The third and final floor of the Arlington features three more spacious bedrooms, the master benefiting from a modern en-suite bathroom.

George Wimpey North Yorkshire sales manager for Forrester Park, Beverley Russell, commented: "The Arlington has a flexible layout that allows families or professionals to adapt their homes to suit their lifestyle.

"By visiting the Arlington show home potential buyers can get a great feel for the way in which living over three storeys can meet their living requirements."

The newly released Arlington townhouses available at Forrester Park also benefit from integral garage space and are priced from £199,950.

The Arlington is available with the £99 move in scheme which relieves first time buyers of all the daunting costs associated with buying a home. Customers pay nothing more than a £99 reservation charge until the day they move in. George Wimpey covers the cost of the 5% deposit, stamp duty and legal costs - saving the customer thousands of pounds.

For those who have already saved for a new home, the package will free up funds when buyers need it most, whilst for others, the financial help could mean being able to buy their first home sooner than they had anticipated.

Forrester Park, which consists of four bedroom townhouses, five bedroom mews properties and five bedroom semi-detached homes, is located on Springwell Lane in Northallerton, set between the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors.

Northallerton's High Street has a range of local amenities which service the surrounding rural villages.

A wealth of leisure facilities in the area includes a riding school, the nearby Romanby Golf & Country Club and Northallerton Rugby Club. Other recreational activities local to the development are stately homes, railways, abbeys, caves, farms and even a brewery.

A major attraction is also available for horseracing fans in particular, with the Thirsk Racecourse only a short drive away.

Forrester Park is perfectly placed for transport, with the nearby A19 and A1 offering commuters easy access to the North and South.

Regular daytime bus services are available to Bedale, Leyburn, Hawes, Stokesley, Ripon, York and Darlington. The nearby train station has services to Thirsk, Middlesbrough, Darlington and York, as well as direct services to London and Edinburgh.

Durham Tees Valley Airport is also only a 30 minute drive from Forrester Park, with scheduled services to Amsterdam and London amongst other destinations.

For information about the development, see Georgewimpey.co.uk.