Double the fun with duplex living

Enjoying all the space of a family home but with the convenience of apartment living, the beautiful ‘duplex’ properties at Collingwood Crescent, Gloucester are the epitome of luxury living. Duplex apartments combine the best of both worlds. They span two floors, giving the interior appearance and space of a two-storey home while still retaining all of the practical benefits of apartment living.

Lorraine Kendrick, sales director for Redrow Homes (South West), says: “Duplex apartments really offer high-end contemporary living and at Collingwood Crescent you also have the dual benefits of period features with a modern specification.

“The stunning apartments we have created within a refurbished Grade II listed Georgian property have all the ‘mod-cons’ a newly built apartment offers, such as energy efficiency, easy maintenance and even things like a greater number of plug sockets for appliances.

“However, unlike other new properties, Collingwood Crescent also has the added bonus of fantastic period features such as high ceilings, tall sash-style windows and an attractive Georgian exterior.”

The stunning one, two and three-bedroom apartments at the Redrow development incorporate the fabulous contemporary designs of the revitalised interiors, with the classic period features of the former hospital building, which dates from the early 19th century.

Redrow has preserved many original features such as the sash windows, painstakingly numbering and recording the position of every original frame in the building so they could be removed, repaired and replaced in exactly the same position.

Where features could not be repaired, exact copies of the original woodwork, such as six-inch deep, solid wood skirting boards and architraves have been fitted. The building is also capped with rare examples of cast iron roof tiles.

One of the duplex apartments (plot 755), for example, have a total square footage of around 1,327 sq feet, which is roughly the same size as an average three-bedroom detached modern family home.

At entry level, the accommodation comprises of a spacious master bedroom with en-suite shower room, bedroom three, the main bathroom and a beautiful curved study. On the floor above, the property has a large open-plan living/dining room and kitchen, plus the second bedroom.

Lorraine adds: “With only a few properties left we have reduced the prices on the final properties for quick sale. We are also offering new buyers a potential mortgage subsidy of £500 per calendar month for two years as an added incentive.”

A stunning three-bedroom duplex apartment is therefore currently available from £236,000 – a saving of almost £15,000 on its previous price tag.

Those on the lookout for a great home in a development that has lots of character should hurry as there are only four properties remaining and Collingwood Crescent is fast-becoming the chosen postcode for apartment lovers in Gloucester, thanks to the marriage of history and heritage with contemporary interiors and modern specification.

Collingwood Crescent is ideally situated near to Gloucester city centre, within one mile of the bustling shopping streets of Northgate, Eastgate, Southgate and Westgate. The development also offers easy access to the M5 motorway and the city’s train station which provides links to a host of major cities.

For more information about the remaining properties at Collingwood Crescent, visit Redrow.co.uk for more details of this and other Redrow developments throughout the South West.