Rare chance to be part of a unique community in Liverpool

There's a rare chance to be part of a unique development in Liverpool - where previous home owners have helped build the properties - without getting your hands dirty!

Housing charity Liverpool Habitat for Humanity is selling one of the homes ready to move into as part of a bid to secure cash for the next phase of development.

LHFH executive director Van Garber said: “Normally our home owners have to spend 500 hours working on site, what we call ‘sweat equity’, in lieu of a £10,000 cash deposit, and for the chance to buy one of the properties on a shared ownership basis. However, we’re selling one home by more conventional methods to lever in some much needed cash.”

The three-bedroom end-terrace on Kingsley Road, in Granby-Toxteth, is on the market for £125,000 through the Allerton office of HomeSales, with carpets and landscaped garden included.

Part of an award winning scheme, it boasts an open plan kitchen, dining and living space, plus cloakroom/wc on the ground floor and three bedrooms and a bathroom above, with energy-efficient double glazing and full central heating installed.

There are double-glazed French doors onto the rear garden, which is a good size for a property of this nature and has been landscaped with a patio area, lawn and planting.

Utilised as a partly furnished show home, the property boasts some eco-friendly credentials, including paint from Eco Dulux, wallpaper from Tektura and kitchen and bathroom floor tiles from Wirral-based Trustland Group, which were sourced via the BuilderScrap.com builders’ exchange website.

Carpets were donated by Desso Carpets and fitted free of charge by apprentices from Huyton Churches Training Service, which offers work based training and also donated the gripper rods, floor plates, adhesive and other sundries at the time.

The ‘budget’ show home was created for Liverpool Habitat for Humanity by interior design consultant Lola Bodansky.

“We’ve built nine of our 32 planned homes and home owners have moved into eight of the properties. We need to invest heavily in infrastructure and a new road before we can commence the rest of the site and are looking to sell the former show home at full market value to raise much-needed cash. It’s a rare opportunity for someone to secure a family home within a unique development that has won several awards and is only a short distance from the city centre.”

For more information contact Liverpool Habitat for Humanity - liverpoolhhf.org.uk.