New build that grows! You can add to it in the future
Government research shows at least 211,000 people are currently seeking to buy property abroad, but the repercussions of a crashed UK housing market is preventing many from selling up to realize their dream. The economic turmoil driving down property prices in the UK and other countries was not felt in Greece and house prices in Crete over the last eighteen months have remained relatively stable.
“Our property buying market is in the UK and in times like these a new approach is called for,” says Mike Saunders, Marketing Director of Snobby Homes, a leading property developer in Western Crete.
“People have aspirations, but their budgets don’t now stretch to what they could afford a couple of years ago. With rising property prices in Crete, there is a danger that waiting means you will never catch up. Recognizing this fact we set to and developed a new concept – Snobby Starter.”
The concept is simple. Price is key – and so too is flexibility.
Snobby have stripped off their normal luxury features, such as air conditioning, retained essentials such as solar water heating and double glazing and designed a house which reflects their original Snobby and three bedroom Snobby Posh Pad. The result is a beautiful and spacious detached villa with beamed ceilings, an arch, stone features and a pantiled roof. Inside there is a large kitchen / dining area and lounge, while an open tread staircase leads to a fantastic gallery master bedroom on the mezzanine floor. Outside there is a gravelled and stone paved garden with walls and fencing for perfect privacy.
At its entry level, the Snobby Starter will sleep 2 – 4 people and cost an unbeatable 99,000€. What’s more, this is a bargain buster price that includes all purchase costs and legal fees.
Limited edition launch
Says Mike Saunders, “We were so excited with our new Snobby Starter, that we wanted our first development to have the ‘wow’ factor that nothing else could touch. We believe we’ve achieved that with our limited edition launch site - The Mandarins – a site of just three Snobby Starters. Each house is set on its own huge plot of approximately a quarter of an acre! Not only have we designed a great house style, but set on a plot like this you are saving around 50,000 euros on what any other developer would charge!
I can safely say that you will not find a new build detached house in Crete at such an unbeatable price. And what’s more, every Snobby Starter is specially designed – with planning capability included – to extend out and have a second double bedroom built in the future, when circumstances allow.”
The Mandarins development has a very green, valley view, studded with citrus groves, set quietly away, off a quiet asphalt country lane. The site runs down to a meandering stream, babbling over a stony course which runs down to the coastal village and beach of Tavronitis, just a short ten minute drive away.
Each Snobby Starter has its own parking area and a private 60 sq. m. gravelled and stone paved garden which is walled and fenced to provide privacy, but opens onto the rest of the quarter acre plot.
Each Snobby Starter costs 99,000 euros all-inclusive, but depending upon budget there are many exciting lifestyle extras available such as a swimming pool.
Location
The market town of Voukolies is less than a five minute drive away, where there’s a a bank, chemist and a whole variety of shops serving all everyday amenities. The beaches and villages of Tavronitis, Maleme, Kolimbari and Platanias can all be reached within 10 - 15 minutes, while Chania International Airport is about 40 minutes away and the beautiful ancient stone walled city of Chania is no more than 25 minutes.
For more information, visit snobbyhomes.co.uk.
