Great choice of new homes available in Northamptonshire
With its busy commercial centres, strong transport links and proximity to other major employment areas, Northamptonshire makes a great location to buy a new home. Whether you hope to find a property in one of its major towns, or in a more rural setting, the nation’s housebuilders are currently focusing a lot of attention on the county and there is a great range of new homes for sale in Northamptonshire right now.
One of the most active is Persimmon Homes, the UK’s largest housebuilding company. At its Heron’s View scheme north of Daventry, there are still some four-bedroom homes for sale, priced £199,950 to £209,950. These family homes are ideally located for the surrounding countryside and for the nearby M1, M46 and M6.
There’s also a choice of family homes for sale in Corby at Oakley Vale. The development in located close to Brook Weston College, the highest-scoring secondary school in the whole of the county, which will be a big attraction to parents with children of 12 and over. The two- and three-storey home styles currently available are priced £179,950 to £234,950 and feature four or five bedrooms. As well as comprehensive road connections to the surrounding area, Corby benefits from a rail station, with direct services to London St Pancras taking just 72 minutes.
At The Grange in Desborough, homebuyers will find another good selection of three- and four-bedroom family properties, ranging in price from £164,950 to £274,950. Desborough is a small town at the centre of a triangle formed by Kettering, Corby and Market Harborough. As with every Persimmon development, a host of assistance schemes are available, including shared equity, part exchange, deposit paid and the provision of a furniture pack. There’s a show home at the development which is open from 11.00am to 5.00pm daily.
Ben Bailey Homes’ Little Stanion development is also open seven days a week. The pleasant village location just outside Corby is bound to attract family buyers, as it’s a safe environment that is close to some terrific countryside and many local leisure facilities that make a great day out. The current phase of three- and four-bedroom homes cost between £139,950 and £199,950.
Buyers looking for affordable new homes in Northamptonshire might consider a shared ownership (part-buy/part-rent) arrangement at Orbit Homes’ Furnace Lane scheme in Kettering. Just £46,000 will secure a 40 per cent share of one of the two-bedroom coach houses or terraced houses on the scheme. A subsidised rent and service charge is payable on the balance and owners can purchase a larger share of their home at a later date, when finances allow.
Lagan Homes’ Pearce Leatherworks development is a landmark scheme in Northampton, in the grounds of one of the UK’s most famous leather factorise. The Art Deco building at the centre of the scheme is being refurbished as commercial premises, and there are some 120 new homes being built around it. Named after glamorous Hollywood legends, there is a fantastic choice of home styles available, including the two-bedroom ‘Swanson’ and ‘Dietrich’ homes from £150,000, the three-bedroom ‘Garbo’ coach house from £180,000, a four-bedroom ‘Stanwick’ semi-detached house from £230,000 and the five-bedroom ‘Valentino’ at £340,000.
For more information, go to whathouse.co.uk.
