Good friends become neighbours in Liverpool
For Jenna and Simon it was love at first sight: “We absolutely fell in love with this house” says Jenna “so we didn’t want to look anywhere else. It is just ideal for us. It was everything that we were looking for. People were just snapping them up.”
For Jenna the established community at Bridgewater Park in Netherley was a great draw: “We came into the street and it was really quiet. All the houses look really well kept and it is a nice peaceful area. It is quite a community feel of the development. On one side is Miller Homes and on the other side are older houses. It felt well established already, even though they are new homes."
But Jenna and Simon were convinced it was an unattainable dream: “We didn’t think we would be able to afford anything like it, because you hear about house prices and how expensive houses are.”
Miller Homes’ Sales Consultant, Wendy Roberts changed that: “Wendy sat us down and talked us through it and it turned out we could afford to buy.”
With the government scheme, Home Buy Direct, Jenna and Simon could get the home of their dreams and Miller Homes’, and their financial advisers, helped them every step of the way.
“Wendy just said “Here is what’s available now, if you would like to buy one, we can help sort it all out for you”. It was refreshing to just be told the truth. There was no hard sale, it was so laid back. She was pleasant, straight talking and very helpful about everything so buying didn’t seem like such a daunting task.
“We would come down at the weekend and get the keys from Wendy and have a wander round. We would weigh up the rooms and say: This is where we’re having the couch; this will be our bedroom suite. Wendy was always saying that the keys were there if we ever needed anything or wanted to look around or measure up. …she always encouraged us to come back.”
In fact it was all so easy and understandable that Jenna and Simon’s experience inspired two friends, Dave and Sally, who are also childhood sweethearts from the same school. “We’ve all known each other for ages, so when we were going through the process of buying and filling out the forms, they were looking to buy somewhere and were asking us about ours. I said, Miller were really friendly and helpful and so and why don’t they talk to them?”
“They came down and looked at our house and they fell in love with it the same way as we fell in love with it. They were really impressed – and they went to talk to Wendy and said “We would like exactly the same please”.
“They had seen the forms (for Home Buy Direct) and they had seen how easy and straightforward it was.”
Sharing the experience with friends has obviously been a great bonus for Jenna. Dave and Sally had researched the housing market and seen many more new homes than Jenna and Paul, so the fact that they chose Bridgewater Park was reassuring and confirmed the deal was right. And now Jenna is looking forward to them becoming new neighbours: “It is a lot nicer knowing that they are going to be there with us. As I look out the back of our new house, I can see the house that is going to be theirs.”
The last few homes at Bridgewater Park are now released. For details visit the Bridgewater Park Marketing Suite and fully furnished show home, located on Brownbill Bank, Netherley L27 7AE.
