Homes in Focus

By Andrea Watson
Posted: 2008/10/13

A perfect home for first-time buyers....

A FORMER railway works in Wolverton, outside Milton Keynes, is a good stop for first-time buyers.

The 10-acre site will offer a choice of 300 homes with prices starting at £69,995 for a 50 per cent share of a studio apartment.

The mixed-use scheme, alongside the Grand Union Canal, includes two Grade II listed buildings and new-build apartment blocks.

The developer, Places for People, believes the complex will give people the chance to step on to the property ladder.

There is also a small business area in one of the old railway buildings which could be useful for entrepreneurs.

INFORMATION:
01908 306262


WEST Hall, a Grade II listed house in Yorkshire with a walled garden, has come on the market priced at £1,350,000.

The property has been refurbished since its last appearance and offers six reception rooms.

The house is in Middleton Tyas near Richmond, which has good connections to Darlington and Newcastle as well as Leeds.

Values in the area are said to have remained firm despite the market slowdown with distinctive, well-converted properties still in demand.

INFORMATION:
01325 370500/ www. smiths gore. co. uk


A SUPERB Gothic mansion near Mayfield, in East Sussex, that has been uninhabited for several years has found a new lease of life.

Suited to the well-to-do retiree, Mayfield Grange offers 12 converted apartments in the original great hall and new properties priced from £595,000.

Huge respect has been paid to architectural elements and many original details have been retained.

Owners can look down on cultivated gardens and a village cricket pitch.

Mayfield is in an unspoilt area of the South-east and is within easy striking distance of the capital.

INFORMATION:
01279 873 333/ www. westonhomes. co. uk