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CLASSIFIEDS.............................. 49
NEW HOMES.............................. 46-49
RESIDENTIAL
Allan Morris.................................. 24-25
Andrew Grant............................... 27-34
Cawley......................................... 21
Connells....................................... 6
Fisher German John Sanders.......... 14-15
G Herbert Banks........................... 5
IMPROVED: 31 Rowley Hill Street. Griffiths & Charles......................... 35
Halls............................................. 36-37
Enjoy the Hills Estate Agents.........................

John Amos....................................
Knight Frank.................................. 10-13
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Michael Tuck................................. 38
Parkinson Wright.......................... 39
Phipps & Pritchard.............................. 26
Philip Laney & Jolly........................ 23
this home RA Bennett...................................

Reeds Rains.................................. 18-19
Shelton & Lines.............................
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Taylors......................................... 40-41
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A MUCH improved Victorian The Property Centre..................... 16-17
terraced property 41 Rowley Hill Town & Country Property Services.. 1-3
Street is in St John’s, Worcester. Your Move.................................... 43
On the ground floor is a hall, a
living room with a cast iron BE BOLD:
working fireplace and stripped GREAT PLACE TO LIVE: 64 Tiree Avenue, St Peter’s, Worcester, has four bedrooms and attractive gardens. Put some
Southern comfort
wooden flooring, a separate colour on
dining room and a refitted your walls.
Shaker-style kitchen. Page 20.
On the first floor are two double
bedrooms and a refitted bathroom LETTINGS
with a period style suite. The Allan Morris Lettings..................... 59
property also has gas central Andrew Grant Lettings.................. 55
heating and double glazing. Belvoir!......................................... 53
HEAD south out of Worcester to sitting room, a breakfast kitchen Number 64 Tiree Avenue has a Griffiths & Charles......................... 54
There is an easy to maintain St Peter’s and you’ll find the four and a dining area with sliding tarmac driveway with mature
enclosed rear garden with G Herbert Banks........................... 50
bedroomed detached house at patio doors to the rear garden. shrub beds. The rear garden has a Hills Estate Agents......................... 52
panelled fencing and gated access 64 Tiree Avenue. There is also a utility and a patio and a lawn with mature
to the rear. Houselets..................................... 50
A great family home it has cloakroom. shrub borders. John Sanders................................. 57
majority leaded upvc double All the bedrooms are upstairs –
BUYER’S INFO glazing, gas central heating, an the master has an en-suite shower BUYER’S INFO Northwood.................................. 59-60
Premier Places.............................. 51
PRICE: £152,950 alarm system and TV aerial room – and the family bathroom PRICE: £239,950 Reeds Rains.................................. 53
AGENT: PHILIP LANEY & JOLLY connections in most rooms. has a shower. Outside is a garage AGENT: PARKINSON WRIGHT Simply Lets................................... 56
CALL: 01905 26664 The ground floor has a hall, a and a garden shed. CALL: 01905 425167 Town & Country Property Services.. 58
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Converted building ensures

new owners get total privacy
Mike Pryce went looking for homes in South Worcestershire and discovered this totally beautiful building in an inspirational setting
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OUTH Worcestershire, its
familiar skyline enclosed by
the spine of the Malvern
Hills, the mound of Bredon
Hill and the outline of
Broadway Tower, is dotted with
pretty villages.
It’s an area where there are
plenty of excellent properties for
sale, whether you are a millionaire
or have more modest needs.
Starting at the top end, in the
village of Hanley Swan, Home
Farm is in a superb location
looking across to the Malvern Hills
and is an excellent conversion of
an older building. The rooms are
spacious and ideally suited for
entertaining or as a comfortable
family home.
There is an excellent combined
kitchen/breakfast room with an
adjoining sitting room. Both are
large and light rooms – the kitchen
has up-to-date appliances, floor and
wall mounted units and a four-oven
gas-fired Aga. The sitting room has
a triple aspect, a pitched roof and
electric underfloor heating.
There is also a drawing room with
large double height opposing glass PEACEFUL: Home Farm, Hanley Swan, near Malvern, is an isolated property with views and a four-bedroomed bungalow in its beautiful grounds.
walls and a fireplace with a wood
burner. The room has matching The gardens and grounds at and including a rubber-based There is also a courtyard with a room, four bedrooms and a
gallery mezzanines – a Home Farm are mostly lawn with menage. There is also a field secondary access. bathroom. It is surrounded by a
study/library area on one side; a mature trees and herbaceous bordered by mature woodland. The property has wonderful terrace and planted flower beds.
wet room, guest bedroom and borders. They are dominated by a Home Farm has a stable block views of the Malvern Hills. It is
master bedroom suite on the other. lake that has a wooden bridge to an that is presented in an open completely private and is situated BUYER’S INFO
A second staircase leads to two island planted with more trees, American barn style arrangement. in a quiet and peaceful location. PRICE: £1,750,000
more bedrooms and a bathroom. shrubs and flower beds. It has liquid rubb er flooring, six Home Farm also has a guest JOINT AGENTS: KNIGHT FRANK
Surrounding the house is a paved Beyond the formal gardens are a stalls fitted with automatic bungalow. Screened from the main AND ANDREW GRANT
terrace with a seating/dining area series of post and rail paddocks drinking bowls, two tack rooms, a house it has a sitting room, a CALL: 01905 723438 OR 01905
enclosed by a low wall. designed for equestrian purposes solarium and a wash down area. kitchen/breakfast room, a garden 734735
THREE MORE OF A KIND: HEAD SOUTH TO FIND A PLACE FULL OF CHARACTER

THE OLD RECTORY, UPTON-UPON-SEVERN CORNER COTTAGE, CLIFTON, SEVERN STOKE VIEW FARM, POWICK
The Old Rectory at Upton-upon-Severn was home to the town’s Corner Cottage at Clifton, Severn Stoke, near Upton-upon View Farm in Malvern Road, Powick, near Worcester, is a period
vicars from 1787. The central doorway has an open pediment Severn, is a handsome period property with nearly an acre of family home with views across to the Malvern Hills.
and off the hall are three reception rooms – the dining room gardens. Grade two listed it was originally part of the Croome The accommodation has been much improved by the current
has a moulded ceiling cornice. Court estate. owner but there is the opportunity of developing the attic.
There is a large breakfast kitchen with exposed ceiling timbers It has exposed timbers, pretty fireplaces, oak mullioned The ground floor accommodation includes two reception
and domestic offices include a cloakroom, a laundry/utilty, a windows and has been extensively renovated. The layout rooms, a cellar, a fifth bedroom, a utility, a cloakroom and a
walk-in pantry with a cold slab, a boot room and cellars. includes a large sitting room, a spacious dining room and good large open plan dining room leading to the kitchen.
On the upper floors are seven double bedrooms, a bathroom sized study. There is also a breakfast kitchen, a cloakroom and Upstairs is a master bedroom with an en-suite shower room,
and shower room. a large garden room, which doubles as a utility. On the first three more bedrooms and a newly-fitted family bathroom.
Outside is a detached coach house, which includes the original floor are four bedrooms and two large bathrooms. View Farm also has ample parking, double glazing, gas central
grooms’ accommodation and a large walled garden. heating and formal lawned gardens.
PRICE £525,000; AGENT FISHER GERMAN JOHN SANDERS; PRICE £360,000; AGENT THE REEDS RAINS; CALL 01905
PRICE £650,000; AGENT HALLS; CALL 01905 611066 CALL 01905 726220 619904
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PUTTING ON THE STYLE
Add colour
and texture
to rooms in
your house GET THE
LOOK:
Gabrielle Fagin says that wallpaper is an excellent Horizon
paper,
way to bring impact to an otherwise blank canvas £20, in
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black-
ONE are the days when coverings. The company’s taupe from
a feature wall painted in designers collaborated with the
a bright colour was Digetex, using its digital printing Superfresc
considered the ultimate process to make a custom-fitted o Easy
in interior design. “alluring eyes” image that matched collection
Unless you’ve been living in a the dimensions of the wall to the by Graham
cave, you’ll have noticed that millimetre. & Brown.
wallpaper has been staging They hung a mirrored wallpaper
something of a comeback. design from Osborne & Little on House Couturier has a stunning watercolours and bold block the appearance of antique gilded
Digitally printed or hand the ceiling as a contemporary nod range of papers including a Quilter colours for an eclectic twist.” glass with each rectangular pane
embroidered, retro or luxuriously to the bachelor pads of the 1970s, Lacquer wallcovering, from £98 a Pretty blooms feature on the fixed with a cluster of crystal
glam, the stylish options for your then created a digitally printed linear metre, and its Glam Grass company’s Lacework and Passion rocks. It costs £560 a roll.
walls are infinite. dartboard wall covering, topped metallic paper woven wallcovering, Lily papers, £30 a roll, and its Top tip: A glamorous, Fifties-
According to Kate Kingston, with a competition dartboard. handcrafted in Japan, which has a Superfresco collection, from £20 a inspired style will dominate this
managing director of interior Digetex has a range of shimmering effect, starts at £74 a roll, also has attractive prints. year, predicts Lizzie Deshayes,
design company Kingston Shaw, imaginative wallcovers including linear metre. Little Greene’s Fifties Line Papers design director at wallpaper
wallpaper is key to transforming a its Dickens Bookcase wallpaper Top tip: Wallpaper hanging collection, from £38 a roll, features company Fromental, whose papers
house into a stylish home. mural that mimics shelves full of methods have changed. These days beautiful floral designs and, are hand-painted and hand-
Kingston, who has been designing books and starts from £129. you usually paste the wall, not the unusually, others inspired by embroidered by artists in London
interiors for private and corporate Other wallpapers start from paper. herbs. Papers £44.50 a roll. and China.
clients in London, Los Angeles and around £20 and bespoke digital But Kingston says it’s important Top tip: Great floral colour She said: “We’re forecasting that
Milan for more than 20 years, says prints from £180. to always line walls before hanging combinations include purple and the key trends will be prints based
wallpaper gives homeowners a Top tip: Digital printing means your chosen wallpaper to ensure a fresh greens, midnight blues with on naturals such as woods, stones
chance to express their personality you can blow up a personal image smooth, professional finish. teals, reds with greys, and yellows and water and there’ll be a lot of
and individuality. that you love – even one from your with fresh greens and taupes.
FULL-ON FLORALS bold black and white prints.”
She said: “That’s why it excites life – and hang it on your wall.
designers. Wallpaper is an excellent Kingston said: “If it’s your own Flower prints and patterns never
TRACK A TREND CELEBRATION WALLS
way to inject colour, texture and personal photo I’d advise having it go out of fashion but interpretation Wallpaper and wall art trends often
impact onto a blank canvas.” enlarged first and pinning it on the Designers at Mini Moderns have
of nature’s blooms is ongoing, and follow catwalk fashion, but created an exclusive print to
Melanie Adams, wallcoverings wall to decide if it's really suitable ensures there's always a fresh look nowadays leading design brands
expert at Wallpaperdirect, says to be seen day after day.” celebrate the 60th anniversary of
to pick from. are even expanding their ranges to the Festival of Britain.
homeowners are becoming more Paula Taylor, colour specialist at include wall coverings.
adventurous about how they use TOUCHY FEELY Its geometric design features
Graham & Brown, said: “Floral Kingston said: “It’s a sure sign of
wallpaper – and are prepared to Dramatic wall treatments may not highlights of the event in 1951 and
designs have come straight off the the growth, popularity and staying
experiment in certain rooms, be to everyone’s taste but that the paper is printed using water-
catwalk this spring. There is a hot power of wallpaper that luxury
including bathrooms. doesn’t mean there isn’t a based inks. It costs £50 a roll.
trend for smaller floral designs. brands are also entering the wall
It’s weasy to work out ways with wallpaper out there to suit your Wimbledon fans could mark the
“Larger floral prints are mixed covering market.
walls to suit your home with advice home. occasion with green and yellow
and matched with smaller French brand Hermes, famous for
from the experts. If you’re nervous by the thought Tennis wallpaper, £72 a roll, with a
botanicals to create a co-ordinated its silk scarves, launched a small
of covering your walls in bold geometric design of rackets and
PERSONAL PRINT look. selection of wall coverings in
designs, Kingston suggests going balls. It’s from Turner & Pocock’s
“Colour combinations are bold March, starting from about £120 a
There are plenty of amazing papers for texture rather than pattern. Sports range at Garrendenny Lane
and striking with multi-coloured roll.
available, but new technology She said: “To avoid that flower heads and big traditional Interiors.
Swarovski has just unveiled its
means you can create a special oppressive feeling of a busy bouquets hand-painted with Alternatively, Graham & Brown
opulent wallpaper range, which has
design just for your home. patterned paper on all four walls, makes it easy to turn walls into a
Kate Kingston says advances in create a focal point by choosing a crowning glory with its
digital printing mean designers
and manufacturers work with
feature wall and painting the
others in sympathetic neutrals.
WRITING ON FTHE WALL monochrome Crowns and Coronets
design wallpaper – perfect for this
homeowners to create stunning, “Using a textured wallpaper will year’s busy wedding season. It’s £25
one-off wall art. add interest to a wall, without DIGETEX: 0161 KINGSTON SHAW: kingstonshaw.com. a roll and can be accessorised with
She said: “We have found that allowing the design to dominate.” 8738891/digetex.com. LITTLE GREENE: 0845 8805855/ jewels, £7 a pack.
bespoke wall coverings are There aren’t any rules about FROMENTAL: 0203 ittlegreene.com. Top tip: Paula Taylor said: “People
becoming increasingly desirable to where to hang your chosen 4102000/fromental.co.uk MINI MODERNS: 0207 7376767/ are becoming aware that it’s possible
our clients. They appreciate the wallpaper. GARRENDENNY LANE INTERIORS: minimoderns.com. to have fun with walls.
exclusivity that a unique design Kingston said: “Get creative. 00 353 “With easy-to-hang papers it’s
Wallpaper can be hung on the
OSBORNE & LITTLE: 0207 perfectly possible to change a wall
delivers.” 861051007/garrendennylane.com. 3521456/ osborneandlittle.com.
Kingston Shaw recently created a ceiling or pasted on panels. if you decide it’s no longer to your
“Or you could try it in strips or
GRAHAM & BROWN: 0800 SWAROVSKI: 0207 3687700/
bachelor pad in a penthouse taste. You can refresh a scheme by
geometric shapes on top of neutral
3288452/grahambrown.com. swarovski-elements.com.
apartment in Liverpool’s choosing new wallpaper or painting
prestigious One Park West painted walls to add warmth and HOUSE COUTURIER 0207 WALLPAPERDIRECT: 01323 over it, which is particularly
development, using bespoke wall depth.” 3719255/housecouturier.eu. 430886/wallpaperdirect.co.uk. effective if it’s textured.”
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PROPERTYPROFILE
UNDER THE HAMMER
Neighbouring homes in Leswell Lane
All this and acres of land, too
WHISTLEWOOD stands in about
Kidderminster, are being auctioned later 10 acres of land overlooking the
this month. Number 51 is a two-bedroom village green at Sinton Green,
end terrace with a guide price of
near Worcester.
£55,000-£60,000. Number 52 has three
The accommodation includes an
bedrooms and should sell for in excess of
entrance hall leading to a
£65,000. The auction is being organised
reception hall with cloakroom
by Bigwood in the Holte Suite at Villa
Park Conference Centre, Trinity Road, and beyond is a well appointed
Aston, Birmingham, on Thursday, May 19. and good sized kitchen with a
range of wall and floor mounted
cabinets, some granite working
surfaces and a twin plate four-
oven oil fired Aga.
There is also a built- in pantry
cupboard.
Beyond is a home
office/potential fourth bedroom
with double glazed and wood
block flooring.
Whistlewood also has an
attractive large through
lounge/dining room with timber
laminate flooring and twin double
glazed doors that open onto
decking in the rear garden.
There is also a utility/boot room
with a door to a garage.
Upstairs are three double
bedrooms – the master has fitted ROOMS FOP THE HORSES: Whistlewood, Sinton Green, near Worcester, has stabling and 10 acres of land.
wardrobes – and there is an
impressive recently created the area of decking that has timber gates in the front stock proof fencing.
en-suite shower room with a timber balustrading, a pond and a driveway. There is timber stabling – it was
separate shower cubicle. timber pergola. Also in the garden is a children’s built about three-years ago and is
The family bathroom, has a There are a good-sized lawned play area with a summer house divided into two boxes both with
heated floor, a panelled bath with gardens, a raised vegetable bed and recreational equipment. power and concrete hard
a shower attachment and a and attractive side borders filled Another big attraction of standing.
separate tiled shower cubicle.
Outside is the single garage.
with flowers and shrubs.
The house also has two useful
Whistlewood is a superb block of
pasture land that is ideally suited
BUYER’S INFO
The main part of the gardens sheds and a side gravel hard for buyers with equestrian interests. PRICE: £525,000
are at the back of the house and standing area providing space for This is divided into three fields, AGENT: HALLS
face south. Directly at the rear is a car or caravan. There are twin all with water and enclosed by CALL: 01905 611066
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TRADITIONAL SEMI HAS BEEN REFURBISHED
A traditional semi-detached family home,
66 Sebright Avenue can be found in the
Battenhall area of Worcester.
Refurbished in 2003 by the current
owner, the property has gas central
heating, double glazing and private west-
facing views at the rear.
The accommodation includes a lounge
with a bay window, a wood burning stove
and a stripped wooden floor, a
conservatory and a combined kitchen
and dining room with floor and wall
mounted units.
On the first floor are three bedrooms and
a bathroom.
There is a garage, off-road parking and
gardens.
PRICE £225,000; AGENT HALLS; CALL
01905 611066
RUSTIC: The Barn, Hucks Farm, Martley, near Worcester, has four bedrooms and original features.
Barn’s high standards

THE Barn at Hucks Farm, fireplace and woodburning The rear garden has an
Martley, near Worcester, is a stove and a formal dining room. exceptional outlook over
part brick and timber framed Further accommodation on sweeping lawns and a flagstone
property, which has been the ground floor includes a patio that is deal for
beautifully finished to an study/fourth bedroom with an entertaining and relaxation.
exceptional standard. adjoining shower room and a There is a five-acre paddock
The fitments and fittings and utility. with hedge and fence
quality of workmanship are The Barn has three good-sized boundaries and separate access
enhanced by many original bedrooms, a family bathroom from a field gate onto the lane.
features. with a large double ended bath
There is a magnificent living and a separate shower.
BUYER’S INFO
kitchen/family room with wide Outside is a long sweeping PRICE: £675,000
windows enjoying the outlook, drive to a gravel courtyard and AGENT: ANDREW GRANT
a sitting room with a brick a garage/workshop. CALL: 01905 734735
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PUTTING ON THE STYLE
Give your skirting Mediators in the

decorating wars
boards a new look ACCORDING to a new survey for
Crown Paints, 20 per cent of
couples who live together are at
war over how to decorate their
home.
DIY guru Julia Gray shares some of her tips for refreshing tired looking rooms And 60 per cent of newlyweds
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say that their different ideas
HEN decorating a about how to decorate are one of
room, the skirting the biggest causes of arguments
boards should be between them.
the last thing you Just 40per cent of women are
tackle, apart from happy to compromise their tastes
the floor. If you’re just doing the to keep their partner happy,
skirting boards, you’ll be amazed compared with 60 per cent of men.
by what a difference revamping While 15per cent of men suffer in
them can make to the whole room. silence about their partner’s
It’s essential to sand thoroughly choice of colour and decoration,
before painting your skirting women are much less likely to do
boards. Use an electric sander on this, with only 7per cent admitting
the flat parts and sandpaper where to letting their partner have free
the sander can't reach. Even if the rein with the decor.
existing paint is in reasonable The study was commissioned for
condition, you still need to sand it the launch of Crown'’ Colour for
to help the new paint adhere, Life counselling service. The DIY: Don’t argue about the decor.
especially if the old paint is gloss service is aimed at couples who
and make sure you clean the wood live together, or are planning to, here to help. The brochure, which
thoroughly after sanding. and are struggling to agree about is being distributed to DIY stores
If your skirting boards are in how to decorate their home. now, has a step-by-step guide to a
poor condition, scrape and sand off Warring couples get a home visit job, plus a QR code, on each page.
any chipped, flaking or cracked from a Crown colour consultant, You simply take a picture of the
paint and fill the repairs with who will advise them about how code with your smartphone and it
flexible wood filler. Sand smooth best to combine their tastes and links to a how-to video on the
when the filler is dry and then wipe which colours and decorating Polycell website.
them clean. techniques will suit their home. Because a lot of young people
If you’re painting over bare wood, Engaged couples can even have have smartphones and are unsure
apply a couple of coats of knotting their own personal paint colour about how to do DIY, this is a
solution to the knots first to seal created to mark their wedding – great way of getting them the
them and stop the resin in them got to crownpaint.co.uk. information they need quickly
from ruining your paintwork. If you find home improvement a and easily.
Afterwards, apply a quick-drying bit daunting thenthe latest Watch the how-to videos at
primer and undercoat – or a product brochure from Polycell is polycell.co.uk.
combined product that does a
similar job.
Alternatively, use Ronseal
KnotBlock Wood Primer &
ASK THE EXPERT
Undercoat, from £10.98 for 750ml,
which seals the knots as well as Q: What’s the best sort of paint although you usually need to do
priming and undercoating. RENOVATE: Skirting boards are just as important as the walls or a room. to use on my skirting boards? quite a few coats.
Use masking tape to protect your In my opinion, nothing beats
walls and floor when painting your option is to remove and reapply the to help to stop the paint from A: I always recommend water- white skirting boards and the
skirting boards, but don't leave it masking tape between coats and to bleeding underneath. After you’ve based quick-drying wood paint good thing about white water-
on too long because it can form a use low-tack masking tape. removed the tape for the final time, because it’s nice to use, easy to based wood paint is that it doesn’t
seal with the dry paint and tear the Brush in towards the skirting you may need to touch up your clean off things it shouldn't be on, yellow over time, unlike oil-based
paint when removed. The safest board when painting over the tape paintwork for a neat finish. and takes very little time to dry, alternatives.
Buyers must take care if they decide to share

DESPITE the warnings from increase demand at the bottom of lack of mortgage finance hinders “This may be your home but it’s possible to borrow significantly more.
gloomsters, house prices currently the market. The decision to make first-time buyers, buying with a also a business transaction and one e Keep paperwork safe: Documents
refuse to fall, says the Assetz investors pay stamp duty on the friend or relative can be a sensible of the biggest decisions you’ll ever must be accessible to both parties,
House Price Watch, which reckons average value of properties way of getting into the market. take.” and those relating to the home or
the average price of a home at purchased rather than their total “Twice the number of bedrooms These are the NAEA guidelines to the mortgage should be in the
£197,100 is up £1,300 since the start value will also encourage doesn’t always mean twice the cost, shared owners: names of each co-buyer.
of the year. professional landlords and large so sharing the price of a home, e Consider the worst case scenario: e Count the pennies: A joint bank
At Assetz, which takes its figures institutional investors into the along with the deposit, the bills Buying a home should be a positive account may be the best way to
from five surveys – Rightmove, market. These buyers have played and the maintenance costs can experience, and buying with ensure that mortgage/utility
Nationwide, Halifax, Department an increasingly important role in make real financial sense. friends or family should assume a payments are made promptly.
for Communities and Local supporting house prices over the “Both owners don’t need to live in high level of trust, but don't When all parties have access to
Government and Acadametrics, last few years.” the property: a person living in overlook the legalities. an account, it is easier to ensure
chief executive Stuart Law predicts With house prices standing London could invest in a town with Get lawyers to draw up a co- financial transactions are handled
further price rises in the second surprisingly firm despite so much lower house prices with a friend ownership contract and decide in transparently and not the sole
quarter. gloomy economic data, the who lives there, and rent out the advance what happens happens if responsibility of one owner.
He says: “The launch of FirstBuy National Association of Estate second bedroom. one owner’s circumstances change. e Know who owns the sofa:
Direct, a new Government scheme Agents (NAEA) says more first- “However, for anyone considering e Get the right mortgage: Some are Drawing up an inventory of non-
which will allocate a share of £250 time buyers are getting on the joint ownership I would stress the tailored specifically for shared shared items at the start should
million to at least 10,000 first-time property ladder by a shared importance of a transparent, open ownership, so shop around for the ensure no confusion about which
buyers, will work in tandem with a purchase with friends or family. relationship between all parties best deal. The joint wage gives items belong to whom. This also
number of other shared equity NAEA chief executive Peter involved to ensure a smooth buyers much more financial helps if one owner decides to move
schemes currently available to Bolton King said: “At a time when a purchase and ownership process. firepower and should make it out.
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AROUND THE DEVELOPMENTS
Check out new offer of

100 per cent mortgage
FIRST time buyers with no deposit mortgage helps overcome the variable rate for the remainder of
who have given up hope of ever deposit issues that many first time the 30-year term (which is
owning their own home should buyers face and provides a route currently 4.99per cent).
visit Taylor Wimpey Midlands into home ownership. We speak to For example, a house priced at
Diglis Water development in many parents who would love to £189,995 will equate to monthly
Worcester where a new 100 per cent help their children get onto the payments of £1,012 and will require
mortgage offer has been unveiled. property ladder and this is one way a minimum joint income of £50,000 HELPING
The mortgage, provided by a local they can do so without having to and equity of £65,000. HAND:
building society and arranged by shell out thousands of pounds to Taylor Wimpey is committed to Taylor
the Mortgage Bureau, is available cover a deposit. responsible lending. Each applicant Wimpey
to those with parents who have “If they have enough equity in will be carefully considered on an Midlands
equity in their own home. their own home and know that invidual basis against robust has
It has been designed to provide an their children can meet the lending criteria. Buyers wishing to launched
effective way for parents to help monthly mortgage repayments purchase a new Taylor Wimpey a new
their children who have good then it’s an ideal way of giving home using the scheme should mortgage
incomes but not enough deposit to their children a head start. Anyone seek independent financial advice offer on its
buy their first home. interested in finding out more can from recommended IFAs who are houses at
Instead of the usual deposit, part speak to our team of experts who familiar with the product and Diglis Water,
of the equity in the parent’s home can talk them through the finer understand the requirements for Worcester.
is used as a guarantee. The amount details of the scheme and assess all parties.
of equity required is about 34 per whether it’s a viable option for Diglis Water, which has won an apartments, three bedroom For further information and to
cent of the price of the house being them.” NHBC Quality Award and a Seal of penthouses and three and four view a fantastic virtual tour of the
purchased and parents need to Those taking advantage of the Excellence Award, is situated bedroom townhouses. development, visit the marketing
have confidence in the ability of 100per cent mortgage, which is where the Birmingham and Prices start at £139,995 for a one- suite and show homes in Diglis
their children to keep up with the available to first-time buyers on Worcester canal meets the river bedroom apartment, £184,995 for a Dock Road, call 0845 6724033
monthly mortgage repayments. houses only and is subject to terms Severn and has breathed new life three-bedroom townhouse and between 10am and 5pm daily or log
Anne Wallace, regional sales and and conditions, will pay a 4.89 per into Worcester’s riverside. from £459,995 for a three-bedroom onto taylorwimpey.co.uk/digliswater.
marketing director for Taylor cent discounted rate until April Currently available is a range of penthouse with stunning views Alternatively text TW40 to 84840
Wimpey Midlands, said: “This new 2013, reverting to the standard stunning one and two-bedroom over Worcester. for instant details and photos.
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AROUND THE DEVELOPMENTS
Enjoy rooms with views on the Malvern Hills
THE idea of owning a beautiful new Persimmon Homes South Midlands, and the second floor has three further
home shouldn’t just be about room said: “Our four-bedroom Kensington bedrooms and a bathroom.
sizes and the layout it should also take townhouse is in an excellent position The Kensington is priced from
into account the property’s location and has wonderful views of the Malverns.” £214,995 and alternative two, three and
and surroundings. It has a spacious kitchen and informal four bedroom properties are available
At Persimmon Homes’ Malvern Vale dining room, a cloakroom and handy with prices starting from £137,500 for
in Malvern, purchasers are certainly integral garage. the two bedroom Rockley design.
enjoying every aspect of these factors. Upstairs is a sizeable lounge, the For details, call the marketing suite
Alison Reading, sales director for master bedroom with en-suite facilities, on 08444 900482.
SPACIOUS: A kitchen at Little Acre, Lower Broadheath.
Four unique
designs in a
country lane
FOUR bespoke four and five- detached home.
bedroom detached homes It has an entrance hallway
are being built in a with a storage area and
Worcestershire village guest cloakroom, a study, a
Each unique property at large family living room, a
Little Acre, Bell Lane, formal dining room, a
Lower Broadheath, near contemporary open plan
Worcester, has been kitchen complete with
designed to the highest integrated appliances and a
standards that are perfectly separate utility area.
demonstrated with an There is also a light and
enhanced specification and airy garden room that is
quality finishes such as oak truly the heart of the home,
cladding to the exterior and providing a generous
under floor heating to the amount of living space and
ground floor. direct access to the rear
Sue Adams, sales and garden.
marketing manager at There is a master bedroom
Kendrick Homes said: suite withfitted wardrobes
“With just four properties and a contemporary en-suite
available, all finished to a shower room, the second
high specification, bedroom has an en-suite
exceptional views from both shower room and there is
the front and the rear of the also a house bathroom.
homes and set in a peaceful Outside there are gardens
location but within easy to the front and rear of the
reach of the historic city of property, whilst a separate
Worcester, Little Acre is an double garage and driveway
ideal development for family provide ample off-road
living. We are sure these parking. Prices at Bell Lane
properties will be snapped start from £450,000.
up quickly.” For further details, go to
One of the properties is kendrickhomes.co.uk or call
Bramley Cottage a Allan Morris & Peace on
wonderful four bedroom 01527 874646 .
CONTEMPORARY: Stylish decor from Kendrick Homes.
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customers prepared to At Eckington Grange, Cala
recommend the company’s homes by the findings of independent outcomes of the independent Homes is building four and five-
to a friend, Cala Homes won five housebuilding industry surveys. bedroom homes, ranging in price
out of a possible five stars in both specialists In-house Research He said: “I am delighted that all from £315,000 to £349,950.
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industry picking up the Robert Monkman, sales and the very heart of everything we For more information,
maximum five star awards in marketing director of Henley-in- do. telephone Cala Homes on 01386
these key categories. Arden-based CALA Homes “They also recognise the hard 750223 or log on to the website
The HBF results are backed up (Midlands), welcomed the work undertaken in every area of calahomes.co.uk.
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