Going for a song in Wolverhampton

An open weekend at a Wolverhampton development saw an unprecedented five family homes sold, but there are two of the 4-bedroom properties left for under £130,000 – and some two bedroom designer apartments at just £67,500!

St Peter’s Walk on the Wednesfield Road by George Wimpey West Midlands is now 95% sold, but this new-style Willow four bedroom, three-storey design is being touted as the saviour for parents who can’t get in the bathroom for kids

This spacious family home offers 1,173 sq,ft to play with and has no less than three separate bathrooms (a well-appointed family bathroom plus two ensuites). Little wonder customers are already saying it’s the only type of four bedroom home in the area that offers this flexibility. With an integral garage, it also features a generous kitchen/dining room with French doors leading out to the rear garden and a front lounge with balcony.

The real bonus, however, is three bathrooms in the form of a family one on the first floor and ensuites to the master bedroom (with double shower) plus bedroom two up in the heavens.

Half a dozen two bedroom Rowan apartments with allocated parking are also still available for just £65,700 - via the innovative ‘EasyStart’ scheme that means you pay just 75% of the price now. The buyer contributes a 5% deposit and secures a mortgage on the remaining 70%, George Wimpey then steps in by providing a rent and interest-free loan on the remaining 25% of the purchase price for up to ten years. From day one, the purchaser owns 100% of their new home for 75% of the price.

Carol Edwards, sales and marketing director for George Wimpey West Midlands, says: “The purchaser owns 100% of the property straight away and is free to make payments during the 10 years period to suit their individual circumstances – this could mean up to three smaller payments, repaying the total amount early or waiting until the end of the period. We firmly believe that this is just the sort of simple and effective scheme that buyers are looking for at the moment and we’re expecting a great deal of interest from those keen to get a move on and onto the property ladder at long last.”

St Peter’s Walk is transforming the Springfield area and is made up of 130 characterful mews style homes, contemporary three storey properties, spacious, family homes and designer apartments – a mixed development that has something for everyone. It’s a timely regeneration of the old Chubb Works site on Wednesfield Road – and reflects the Government’s call for a successful combination of design-led housing, less reliance on the motor car and design that reflects the local vernacular.

And it’s based around the striking central ‘homezone’ concept popular in Europe, with affordable dwellings surrounding and overlooking a large, central area of public open space. These developments combine the modern benefits of city living with the social space usually associated with villages.

For more information, log on to Georgewimpey.co.uk.