New homes are streets ahead in Devizes

The carefully crafted homes in the New Heritage Collection are helping to set Redrow apart from its competition in Devizes.

These highly distinctive, ‘Arts & Crafts’ influenced properties are now available at the award winning house builder’s Willowbrook venture.

But it’s not just their traditional looking exteriors with period-style features that make this traditional collection of homes stand out from the crowd; they also boast a superior interior specification unseen in most new homes.

“There’s an emphasis on convivial open plan living spaces, fashionable kitchen designs with floor to ceiling cabinets, top brand name appliances, including totally integrated ovens, fridge-freezers and microwaves, ” said Hayley Zaple, area sales manager for Redrow Homes (South West).

“We also include fitted wardrobes, built-in book shelves, outside lights and under lighting to kitchen units as part of our standard specification. Bathrooms are sleek, modern and pleasing to the eye, with a tile range that is unique to Redrow. It’s fair to say this top-notch specification is unrivalled among most of our peers – and customers have been amazed at how much is included as standard.”

Just as the Arts & Crafts era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries grew from the desire to bring back the skill and creativity of the individual craftsman and revive the simplicity and honesty in the way buildings and furnishings were made, Redrow has deliberately set out to reintroduce a high degree of individuality to the way its homes look and feel.

One of the most popular and enduring of domestic architectural styles, the Arts and Crafts influence can be seen in many so-called ‘character’ homes from later periods, especially the 1920s and 1930s. External features which typify the era include dropped eaves, bay windows and timber or tiled canopies over doors and windows.

Hayley added: “Research among our customers told us they wanted a traditional looking home, preferably detached, with a good size garden and, ideally, its own garage; a home that was perhaps evocative of the one they grew up in. Their list of ‘must-haves’ included statement-making kitchens and bathrooms, high quality fixtures and fittings and built-in energy efficiency. We’ve successfully wrapped all this up in The New Heritage Collection.”

Willowbrook is close to the shops, schools and services of Devizes and offers good commuter access to Bath and Swindon.

Three, four and six bedroom homes are available priced from £250,000 to £410,000.

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