New homes in trendy Bethnal Green already half sold

Drapers Yard, Bethnal Green - Barratt’s superb new homes development in the heart of London’s East End - is already half sold ahead of the construction programme.

With work already well advanced on the regeneration of nearby Dalston, Drapers Yard in Dunbridge Street (E2) is capitalising on the increasingly fashionable status of the ‘old’ East End with a range of stylish and contemporary homes.

To prove the point, more than 50 per cent of the 23 homes on offer at Drapers Yard have been snapped up off-plan in less than six weeks.

“After the market gloom of recent months, Drapers Yard has got off to a very encouraging start and performed well,” said Barratt East London sales director Gary Patrick.

“Like the nearby areas of Shoreditch, Hoxton, Stole Newington and Dalston, old Bethnal Green is now seen as very arty and desirable while remaining affordable.”

He added: “We’re less than 100 yards from Brick Lane and the development and show apartment definitely reflect that cool East London vibe.”

Indeed, the retro show apartment at Drapers Yard, by Claude Hooper Interiors, features recycled 1960s and 70s furniture, ornaments and soft furnishings, much of it originally obtained from salvage and auctions and given a modern twist.

Drapers Yard, a £13 million development on a triangular site fronting Dunbridge Street – previously occupied by redundant industrial buildings - was designed for Barratt East London by award-winning ATP Architects.

The project offers a total of 23 private one, two and three-bedroom apartments in three linked elements rising to a maximum of five storeys. Prices start at just £240,000. The development will also include a health clinic.

Drapers Yard is within easy strolling distance of Bethnal Green tube station and Brick Lane, and well positioned for the City, Shoreditch, Haggerston Park, Columbia Road Market and the wealth of shopping, leisure and entertainment that old East London Has to offer. It is also well-positioned to take advantage of the East London line extension which comes to this part of town in 2010.

The fully-furnished show apartment is open at Drapers Yard and a sales office is open five days per week, Thursday to Monday from 10.00am to 6.00pm.

For more information, visit barratthomes.co.uk.