Don’t be late for Lake View School
A good school always attracts home-buyers to the area, but at Lake View it’s the homes that have attracted a good school. Lake View is Bloor Homes’ village development at the visionary Wixams community at Elstow, Bedfordshire, and the new Lakeview School has been built as part of the essential infrastructure of the scheme. It has been designed specifically for families living at Lake View, ensuring a school that reflects the scale of its community and is within easy walking distance of its pupils’ homes.
Now only three properties remain available at Lake View, all comfortable family homes. And as the routine of the new academic year kicks in, no doubt many families will be looking to exchange rush-hour traffic for a bucolic stroll to school and make the most of the new community’s relaxed, community-focused atmosphere; those three homes are not likely to remain available for long.
Lake View is the first of the new villages that will make up the cutting-edge Wixams community, a new township that draws on the best features of Bedfordshire’s classic market towns to create a sustainable, picturesque environment in which to live and work. As the name suggests, many of Bloor’s homes at the site overlook the large lake that is a wonderful feature of the new village, which comprises a delightful selection of two-, three-, four-, five- and six-bedroom houses, each designed to appeal to a broad range of buyers and fit the needs of a comfortable family lifestyle.
Vanessa Macnee, Sales Director of Bloor Homes comments: “At Lake View we believe we have done all we can to create the perfect environment in which to live, work and bring up a family, creating a blueprint for how residential developments can be planned for maximum desirability and sustainability.
“The community spirit of the Wixams scheme has proved very attractive to our family buyers, and the promise of a brand new school designed specifically for the needs of the new community is a huge draw.”
The bright, modern design of Lakeview School ensures that each classroom incorporates a grassy area to facilitate outdoor learning, as well as two hard play spaces and a field with adjacent woodland teaching area. The school also boasts an exciting learning centre which includes ICT facilities, an interactive library and an arts centre. Small classes accommodate children aged between three and nine. In time, five other schools will cater for the needs of older children in the overall Wixams development.
The remaining properties at Lake View comprise two of the four-bedroom Shawford design (priced from £299,950) and one of the five-bedroom Worsley (priced at £335,000). All feature three bathrooms – two en-suite – study, kitchen/breakfast room, separate dining room, cloakroom, utility and single garage.
Wixams is a unique, self-contained new township which will have its own employment area, schools, health services, leisure and recreation areas, transport links and community centre. Spanning the north-east perimeter of the development is the picturesque Elstow village lake. Properties at Lake View ensure a social mix of residents and scope for climbing the property ladder without relocating.
Ideal for families and commuters alike, Wixams is perfect for modern living. The village is surrounded by countryside and is just over 10 miles from both the M1 and A1. Nearby Bedford station provides a direct service to London St Pancras in 40 minutes. The bus route to Bedford and the surrounding area is already established; there is easy access to the A6, A1 and the motorway network; and the railway station at Bedford, offering fast services into London St Pancras, is just six miles away. A new station at Wixams is expected to be completed in 2015, providing fast links to mainline stations.
Prices at Lake View start from £299,950. For further information, visit bloorhomes.com. The site’s sales centre is open from 10am–5pm seven days a week.
