Homefocus July 2015

ExpertAdvice

THE LEGAL SHARED OWNER’S
SPECIALIST’S ADVICE EXPERIENCE

Barbara Paul Roberts Stephen Rockley

Director, New Homes Law Now he can sell to anyone

The legal process when selling your share, is no Eight years ago, Stephen Rockley was a trainee
different from selling a non shared ownership barrister looking to buy his first home. His first
property. What is different, is that you must comply with move was put his budget and the area he wanted to live
the terms of the shared ownership lease in relation to into a property portal and, he says ‘The only result it
whom the property can be sold to and that’s why the came up with was a car parking space in West London!
housing association will ask to market the property for This was going to be difficult unless I could bag myself
you, for a set period of time – usually eight weeks. a shared ownership property’.

To get the process started, the lease requires that you Find a shared ownership property was exactly what
inform the housing association by written notice that you Stephen did, buying a 40% share in a brand new
wish to sell so that it can then nominate a purchaser. The apartment in North West London. As Stephen climbed
legal phrase is ‘assignment’ of the property and this is the the career ladder, changing jobs and improving his
term used for the transfer of your interest in the lease to income, he was able to change the level of ownership
someone else. in his apartment, staircasing to 50% ownership and
reducing the amount he paid in rent to the housing
You will need to appoint a solicitor to act for you in the association.
sale and repayment of your mortgage - a number of
them advertise on pages 66-67.Your solicitor will prepare In a further change of circumstances, Stephen got
a contract and answer any enquiries raised by the buyer’s married and with the extra salary, they were able to
solicitors and will also liaise with the housing association. ‘staircase up to 100%’, meaning that Stephen and his
You will sign a ‘Transfer’ and this is the document which wife now own the apartment outright. Stephen says ‘The
‘assigns’ the property into the name of the buyer who will whole staircasing process, from start to finish, took less
become the leaseholder in place of you. than three months. It was pretty simple, involving filling
out a few basic forms and sorting out a mortgage for
When contracts are exchanged, meaning that all sides the remaining 50 percent’.
agree to the transaction, a completion date will be set
and on that date the property will be assigned to the Stephen’s circumstances have changed again. He
buyer and your mortgage repaid.You will also be liable says ‘We have just had our second child, and so are
for payment of rent and service charges up to the date of outgrowing our two bedroom property, so we are looking
completion. to move up the property ladder to somewhere bigger.’
Owning the property outright allows Stephen to appoint
an estate agent and sell the home in the usual way.

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WhereNext

homefinder
Your steps to making all the right moves…

WHERE NOW? LOOK FOR THE LOGO!

If you’ve got the feeling that affordable or low cost home ownership For most of England, the government-backed
(LCHO) can help you, then here’s what to do next schemes will have the Help to Buy logo - so wherever
you see it, you’ll know that there are LCHO options
Step 1 – Get registered available.
If you want to buy through shared ownership or Help to Buy Equity In London you should look for the First Steps logo!
Loan you should register with your local Help to Buy Agent. They’ll
process your application to make sure you’re eligible for the scheme Your local HELP TO BUY AGENT will have a
and provide you with a list of all the LCHO properties on offer in your comprehensive list of all LCHO properties in your
area. It’s a little different in London but there’s still an online LCHO area. That includes shared ownership new build,
portal to point you in the right direction. Or you can go to www. shared ownership resales and Help to Buy properties.
homefocus.co.uk/register and be taken to just the place you need You can visit their website as listed below, or if you’re
to be. The homefocus website will help minimise the amount of not sure which is the correct one for you, go to
duplication you have to go through and offer all kinds of practical help. www.homefocus.co.uk/Help_To_Buy_ Agents and be
redirected. homefocus will help make sure you get to
Step 2 – Work out how much you can afford the right place.
There’s no point falling in love with a place only to find out that it’s way
above your price bracket. Outside London, your Help to Buy Agent LONDON
will take you through a basic financial check, just to confirm that you’re
eligible for shared ownership and/or Help to Buy and will give you an www.sharetobuy.com/firststeps
indication of how much you’re likely to afford. The figures will be more
closely reviewed later on in the process. In London, your housing SOUTH
association will go over the figures with you once you’ve found a home
you like. No matter where you live, we advise that you go to a specialist www.helptobuysouth.co.uk
financial advisor who understands the LCHO market inside out.
SOUTH WEST
Step 3 – Home hunting
Now for the fun part. Take a look at some of the affordable homes www.helptobuysw.org.uk
around, including the ones we feature in our regional property sections
from page 12 of the magazine. There’s a fuller list on pages 56-59 or EAST & SOUTH EAST
at www.homefocus.co.uk/Low-cost-homes-near-you. Or you can go
to www.homefocus.co.uk/Search where you’ll get directions to a full www.helptobuyese.org.uk
listing of LCHO properties in the region you’re searching.
MIDLANDS
Step 4 – Details
Getting down to the nitty- gritty! Once you’ve found the home you www.helptobuymidlands.co.uk
want, and whether you live in London or not, you’ll formally apply
for your home through the housing association or developer and REST OF THE COUNTRY
they’ll give you a more detailed affordability check, often asking an
independent financial advisor (IFA) of their choosing to find out how Homefocus magazine doesn’t cover the north of England, but if you go to
much you can afford. www.homefocus.co.uk/Help_To_Buy_Agents, then you will be redirected to the
appropriate website.
Step 5 – Check the small print
If all goes ahead, then you’ll need to get in touch with a solicitor to HERE’S THE KEY
take you through the legal side of buying a home. We advise using
one with experience of LCHO transactions and you’ll find a list of them To help you on the way to getting the keys to your own door...
advertising on pages 66-67 of the magazine.
We’ve colour coded our development sections on pages 12-31 and
Step 6 – Get moving our homefinder property listings on pages 56-59, to make finding a
Sorry, but there’s still more practicalities to go through before the property in your area a little easier. The key is as follows:
excitement of moving into your own home, like telling DVLA to change
the details on your driving license or registering with a new doctor, n London n South n South West
letting the bank know your new address and organising schools for n East & South East n Midlands
your children. If you’d like a helpful checklist to make sure that you let
everyone (who needs to know) that you’re on the move, go to www.
homefocus.co.uk/Moving_CheckList and download a printable pdf.

WANT MORE INFORMATION? Call homefocus on 0845 474 4734
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ShowDiary

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FIND OUT ABOUT EVENTS NEARYOU!

HELP TO BUY DROP IN HELP TO BUY DROP IN HELP TO BUY SOUTH
EVENT – GRANTHAM EVENT – SEVENOAKS
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta
South Kesteven District Council The Council Offices, Argyle Road Ashton Court Estate
Council Offices, St Peters Hill 6th – 9th August.
Grantham NG31 6PZ Sevenoaks Stands D2 & D3
1st July 10am – 3pm
15th July 2015 3pm – 7pm The London Homebuilding
HELP TO BUY DROP IN & Renovating Show
EVENT – LINCOLN
Excel
City Hall, Beaumont Fee London
Lincoln LN1 1DD 25 – 27th September 2015
2nd July 10am – 2pm

Ocean Housing Shared
Ownership event

Church Meadows, 3 The Sidings
St Newlyn East TR8 5FB
11th July 10am – 4pm

Can we help?

Don’t forget you can contact homefocus if you’ve got a question about low cost home ownership or are interested in
any of the properties we’ve featured. Just call us on 0845 474 4734

or e-mail us at [email protected] and we’ll do our best to help!
Until the next issue of homefocus… happy homehunting!

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PropertySearch

AFFORNDEAABLRE YPROOUPE!RTIES

HERE’S JUST A FEW OF THE HOMES
IN YOUR AREA

Location Name of No of Type of Available Provider
Development Units Properties From
Stonewater Homes
EAST & SOUTH EAST Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
www.helptobuyese.org.uk Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Arlesey Albone Avenue 12 3 bed houses Coming Soon Hightown Homes
2 & 3 bed houses November Hightown Homes
Ashford Oakfields 6 3 bed houses February Hightown Homes
1 bed flat Now Hightown Homes
Ashford Chilham Place 4 3 bed flat Now Hightown Homes
1 bed flat Now Hightown Homes
Ashford Wellesley View 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Ashford Meridian House 1 3 bed houses Now Aragon
3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Aylesbury Oasis at Buckingham Park 1 3 bed houses Now Hyde New Homes
3 bed house Now Hyde New Homes
Aylesbury Abbotswood Park 8 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
1 & 2 bed flats Southern Housing
Aylesbury Mayberry Place 2 2 bed flat Late Summer Orbit Homes
1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
Aylesbury Mayberry Place 3 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Aylesbury Mayberry Place 2 2 bed houses Winter Orbit Homes
2 & 3 bed houses Orbit Homes
Aylesbury New Berry Vale 2 3 & 4 bed houses Launch 2015 Genesis Housing
3 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Basingstoke Swanwick Walk 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
1 & 2 bed flats, 2 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Bexhill on Sea The Point Phase 2 8 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 & 4 bed houses 2016 Affinity Sutton
1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Biggleswade Kings Reach 9 2 bed flats Affinity Sutton
1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Late 2015 Affinity Sutton
Bognor Regis Harrington House 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
2 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
Brighton Super B 53 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Brighton One Hove Park 30 2 bed flat Now Orbit Homes
2 & 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Brighton Portside Mews 8 2 & 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
2 bed flat Now Orbit Homes
Broadbridge Heath Wickhurst Green 5 2 bed flat Now Orbit Homes
flats & houses Southern Housing
Broadland The Pastures 19 3 bed house February Affinity Sutton
2 & 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Broadland Clover Chase 4 2 & 3 bed houses Now Red Loft
2 bed flats 2016 Red Loft
Buxted Totease Mews 1 2 & 4 bed houses Now Heart of Medway
2 bed flat Now Hyde New Homes
Canterbury Chantry Club 16 2 bed house March Orbit Homes
3 bed houses March Orbit Homes
Chatham Admirals Place 8 1 & 2 bed flats Affinity Sutton
1 & 2 bed flats, 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Launch 2015 Affinity Sutton
Chatham St. Marys Island 24 2 & 3 bed house Now Affinity Sutton
3 bed houses Now Hightown Homes
Chelmsford City Park West 9 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now Hightown Homes
2 & 3 bed houses
Chichester The Old School Apartments 14 2 & 3 bed houses, 2 bed flats September
2 bed flat Now
Chichester Affinity Sutton at Graylingwell Park 22 1 bed flat Now
2 bed flats Now
Chichester Bleaches Court 2
February
Chichester St Margarets 8 Winter
Now
Chichester John Rennie Road 1 Now
Now
Cranleigh The Cranes 12 Now

Crowborough Sherlock Shaw 1

Croydon Hampton Mews 10

Dover Church Lane - Deal 21

East Grinstead Birch House 1

East Grinstead Overton Court 1

Eastbourne The Old Pump House 20

Eastbourne Churchdale Road 1

Eastergate Brooks Nursery 4

Epsom & Ewell Ethel Bailey Close 6

Epsom & Ewell Hollymoor Lane 9

Faygate Kilnwood Vale 10

Gillingham Hayter House 2

Guildford Rivett-Drake Close 1

Halling Phase 2 - St Andrews Park 4

Halling Phase 3 - St Andrews Park 18

Halling St Andrews Park Phase 2 31

Hamstreet Lancaster Gardens 5

Hastings Sycamore Chase 7

Hastings Archery Road 26

Hatfield The Frythe 19

Hatfield Princes Gate 13

Haywards Heath Hardham Close 1

Hemel Hempstead Gade Place 1

Hemel Hempstead Oatridge Gardens 3

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Location Name of No of Type of Available Provider
Development Units Properties From

www.helptobuyese.org.uk Pelham Court 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Hertsmere Bridgewater Gardens 23 1 & 2 bed flats Now Red Loft
Hoddesdon Novatis 25 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed house Jan-18 Orbit Homes
Horsham Broadbridge Heath 10 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses February Orbit Homes
Horsham New Church Road 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Hove Stoke Quay 59 1 & 2 bed flats Now Genesis Housing
Ipswich Bedgebury Place 2 3 bed houses Now Aragon
Kents Hill Quibell House 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Lewes Yew Tree Court 10 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Lewes Kingley Gate 8 2 & 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Littlehampton Castle Fields 6 2 & 3 bed houses 2016/2017 Orbit Homes
Mid Suffolk Yorkshire Close 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Milton Keynes Dickens Lane, Newton Leys 1 3 bed house Now Hightown Homes
Newton Leys St Annes Wharf TBC 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 & 4 bed houses 2017 Orbit Homes
Norwich Affinity Sutton at Meridan Square 2 2 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Oxted Westwood Cross 78 TBC 2016 Orbit Homes
Ramsgate Summerson Close 2 2 & 3 bed house Now Affinity Sutton
Rochester Moleynes Mead 7 2 & 3 bed houses 2015 Orbit Homes
Rother Sunderland Road 1 1 bed maisonette Now Aragon
Sandy Dunton Meadows 49 1 & 2 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
Sevenoaks Garthwaite Crescent 1 3 bed house Now Aragon
Shenley Brook End Day House 1 2 bed flats Now Hightown Homes
St Albanns Oriel Court 1 1 bed flat Now Hightown Homes
St Albanns Sharp Court 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Stevenage Biggleswade Road 1 3 bed house Now Aragon
Upper Caldecote Farthing Hill 1 1 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Wadhurst Miller Way 8 3 bed houses Now Heart of Medway
Wainscott Salisbury Mews 2 3 bed house Now Estuary
Westcliff-on-Sea Wicketts End 1 1 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Whitstable Frobisher House 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Worthing Emerald Gardens 3 2 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Yapton

LONDON

www.sharetobuy.com/firststeps

Acton Factory Quarter 27 1 & 2 bed flats Now Genesis Housing
6 Origin Housing
Barnet Axis TBC 1 & 2 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
25 Southern Housing
Bexley Erith Park 4 2 & 3 bed houses, 1 & 2 bed flats Now East Thames
1 Affinity Sutton
Bow Bow River Village 16 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Launch 2016 L&Q
1 Affinity Sutton
Bow The View 11 2 & 3 bed flats Coming soon Affinity Sutton
1 Affinity Sutton
Bromely Hardwick House 2 1 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
1 Affinity Sutton
Bromley Manor Lodge 1 1 & 2 bed flats Coming 2016 Affinity Sutton
69 L&Q
Bromley Archery Lane 5 1 bed flat Now East Thames
32 Octavia
Bromley The Berry Fields 35 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
7 East Thames
Bromley Hornbeam House 45 2 bed flat Now Genesis Housing
11 L&Q
Bromley Krueger House 2 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
4 Affinity Sutton
Bromley William Petty Way 4 1 bed flat Now Viridian Housing
50 L&Q
Bromley Windsor House 30 1 bed flat Now Newlon Home Ownership
15 L&Q
Canada Water Quebec Quarter 14 1 & 2 bed flats September Octavia
1 Affinity Sutton
Chigwell Wanti Terrace 10 1 & 2 bed flats Coming soon L&Q
34 L&Q
Cricklewood Gladstone Village 14 1 & 2 bed flats Autumn L&Q
41 L&Q
Croydon The Point 6 1 & 2 bed flats Now Southern Housing
117 L&Q
Custom House DNA 24 3 & 4 bed house plots (custom build) Coming Soon East Thames
26 Metropolitan
Docklands Jessops at New Providence Wharf 15 1 & 2 bed flats Now Origin Housing
8 Gateway Living
Ealing L&Q @ Liberty Quarter 5 1 & 2 bed flats Now East Thames
70 Affinity Sutton
Ealing The Garden Court Apartments 3 bed flats Now

Ealing The Garden Court Apartments 2 bed wheelchair accessible flat Now

Ealing 45 Queens Walk 2 bed flats Now

Enfield Bolingbroke Park 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now

Enfield Watermill Lane 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed maisonette Now

Epping Arboretum Phase 2 2 & 3 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now

Fitzrovia Cleveland Street@Fitzroy Place 1 bed flats Now

Forest Hill City Walk 1 bed flat Now

Greenwich Ordnance Place 1 & 2 bed flats Autumn

Greenwich L&Q @ Greenwich Peninsula 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Greenwich L&Q @ Platinum Riverside 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Greenwich L&Q @ Enderby Wharf 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now

Hackney The NE5T 1, 2,& 3 bed flats Launch 2015

Hackney The City Mills Phase 2 1, 2, 3 & 4 bed flats Now

Harold Wood Kings Park 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now

Harrow Charter Court 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Harrow Chandos 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Isle Of Dogs Triangle E14 2 bed flats Now

Isle Of Dogs Parkland Place 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Coming Soon

Islington The Fable Apartments at the Lexicon 1 bed Winter

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PropertySearch

Location Name of No of Type of Available Provider
Development Units Properties From

LOND ON

www.sharetobuy.com/firststeps

Islington St Luke’s Centre 7 1 & 2 bed flats Winter Affinity Sutton
Octavia
Kensal Green Retro Bosworth Road 8 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
L&Q
Kensington Grand Union Centre 22 1 & 2 bed flats Winter L&Q
Origin Housing
Lewisham L&Q @ Greenland Place Phase 2 TBC 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Autumn L&Q
Affinity Sutton
Lewisham Thurston Point 42 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Octavia
New Barnet The Approach 5 1 & 2 bed flats Now Octavia
Metropolitan
Newham Chobham Manor 8 1 bed flats, 3 bed houses Coming 2016 Estuary
L&Q
Orpington Amethyst Court 3 1 & 2 bed flats Now L&Q
Affinity Sutton
Orpington William Petty Way 1 2 bed flat Now Hyde New Homes
L&Q
Paddington Merchant Square 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now East Thames
Newlon Home Ownership
Putney Plaza Gardens East Putney 34 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Newlon Home Ownership
East Thames
Redbridge Westview Drive 9 2 bed flats Summer/Autumn Metropolitan
East Thames
Romford Victoria Road 24 1 & 2 bed flats 2016 L&Q

Southwark Harvard Gardens 27 1 & 2 bed flats Spring Octavia
Octavia
Southwark L&Q @ The Arc TBC 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Hyde New Homes
Viridian Housing
Southwark 169-173 Blackfriars Road 10 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Stonebridge Spring South 27 1, 2 & 3 bed flats September

Stratford Stratford Gate 52 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Stratford East Plaza 22 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now

Tottenham Rivers Apartments 65 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now

Tottenham Rivers Apartments 35 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Coming soon

Tower Hamlets The Dockyard 17 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now

Waltham Forest Shernall Street 21 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Summer/Autumn

Waltham Forest The Edgewood Collection 1 & 2 bed flats, 2 bed houses Coming soon

Walthamstow Stadium Place 99 1, 2 & 4 bed houses, 1,2 & 3 bed flats, Now

3 bed maisonettes

Wandsworth Spectra Apartments 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Wembley Westside Court Forty Avenue 2 3 bed maisonettes Now

Woolwich Cannons Corner 24 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Woolwich The Liberty 98 2 bed flats - over 55s Now

MIDLANDS

www.helptobuymidlands.co.uk
Barford Leafield Mews 4 2 bed bungalow, 2 & 3 bed houses TBC Orbit Homes
September Orbit Homes
Bedford West Wixham 10 2 & 3 bed houses Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Bedworth Milliner Court 10 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
May-16 Orbit Homes
Bidford upon Avon The Waterways 5 2 & 3 bed houses September Affinity Sutton
Now Orbit Homes
Bidford upon Avon Friday Furlong 5 2, 3 & 4 bed houses October Orbit Homes
May-16 Orbit Homes
Bidford upon Avon Bramley Way 5 2, 3 & 4 bed houses April Orbit Homes
Now Aragon
Birmingham All Saints Square 1 2 bed flat 2015-2016 Stonewater Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Bishops Itchington Hendry Place 3 3 bed houses Late 2015 Orbit Homes
October Orbit Homes
Bishops Itchington Gaydon Road 8 2 & 3 bed houses Jan-18 Orbit Homes
March Orbit Homes
Blaby Grace Road 5 2 & 3 bed houses Jun-16 Orbit Homes
Aug-16 Stonewater Homes
Brackley Radstone Grange 5 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Jun-16 Orbit Homes
Brackley Radstone Fields 27 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Bromsgrove Church Meadows 10 2 & 3 bed houses, 1 & 2 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
March Orbit Homes
Burton Latimer Glade Gardens 8 2 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
April Orbit Homes
Burton-upon-Trent Steeping Place 18 2 & 3 bed houses January Orbit Homes
November Orbit Homes
Coventry Grange Road 18 TBC September Orbit Homes
November Orbit Homes
Coventry Cromwell Gardens 10 2 & 3 bed houses December Orbit Homes
Now
East Northamptonshire Newland Road 4 2 & 3 bed houses Orbit Homes
September Aragon
Exhall Burbages Lane 15 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Great Witley Great Witley 2 3 bed houses May-16 Orbit Homes
April Orbit Homes
Harborough Road Kibworth Meadows 12 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Hinckley Brook Approach 8 2 & 3 bed houses Late 2015 Stonewater Homes
Now Stonewater Homes
Kenilworth Common Lane 7 2 & 3 bed houses Now

Kettering Waterside 11 2 & 3 bed houses November
Coming soon
Kettering Westhill 4 2 bed houses

Kettering The Gateway 20 2 & 3 bed houses

Kettering West Glebe Road 20 2 & 3 bed houses

Kineton Kineton Mews 11 2, 3 & 4 bed houses

Leamington Spa Elm’s Point 9 2 & 3 bed houses

Leamington Spa The Priors @ Chesterton Gardens 17 2 & 3 bed houses

Leicestershire Bridle Way 16 2 & 3 bed houses

Leicestershire Forest House Lane 6 2 & 3 bed houses

Long Marston Beaufort Mead 29 2 & 3 bed house, 2 bed m’ettes,

2 bed coach house

Markfield Mineral Quarter 10 2 & 3 bed houses

Middleton Cheney Waters Lane 1 2 bed house

Northampton Carey Fields 14 2 & 3 bed houses

Northampton Studland Place 15 2 & 3 bed houses

Northampton Woodvale Gardens 5 2 & 3 bed houses

Northampton Heritage Park 9 2 & 3 bed houses

Nuneaton Viscount Place 6 2 & 3 bed houses

Pineham Butterfly Gardens 37 2 & 3 bed houses

Pinvin The Green, Pinvin 2 2 bed houses

Ruddington Wheatley Fields 12 2 & 3 bed houses

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PropertySearch

Location Name of No of Type of Available Provider
Development Units Properties From
Orbit Homes
MIDLANDS Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
www.helptobuymidlands.co.uk Aragon
Stonewater Homes
Rugby Lower Street 76 TBC Late 2016 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Rushden Woollard Gardens 8 2, 3 & 4 bed houses December Orbit Homes
Stonewater Homes
Shipston on Stour Hornsby Close 2 2 & 3 bed houses October Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Silverstone Paddock Close 1 2 bed bungalow Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Smethwick Windmill Heights 5 2 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
South Northamptonshire Stonecutters, Roade 10 2 bed houses Sept/Oct Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Southam Banbury Road 12 2 bed flats Jul-16
Stonewater Homes
Stafford Effinch Lane 11 2 & 3 bed houses January Affinity Sutton
First Wessex
Stockton Jubilee Fields 3 2 & 3 bed houses Now First Wessex
Spectrum Housing
Stratford-upon-Avon The Chapelry 15 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Now First Wessex
Affinity Sutton
Stratford-upon-Avon Loxley Road 10 2 & 3 bed houses January Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Stratford-upon-Avon Milestone Road 8 2 & 3 bed houses February First Wessex
First Wessex
Stratford-upon-Avon Birmingham Road 5 2 & 3 bed houses April First Wessex
First Wessex
Thrapston The Sidings 28 1 & 2 bed m’ettes, 2 & 3 bed houses January First Wessex
First Wessex
Tutbury Castle Keep 16 2 & 3 bed houses March Affinity Sutton
Spectrum Housing
Warwick Hawkes Meadow 18 2 & 3 bed houses September Affinity Sutton
Stonewater Homes
Wellesbourne Ettington Mews 18 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Stonewater Homes
SO UTH
Affinity Sutton
www.helptobuysouth.co.uk Thurstans Rise 6 2 & 3 bed Houses November Spectrum Housing
Coleford Kingdon Mews 1 2 bed flat Now Spectrum Housing
East Hampshire The Hub 9 2 bed flats & duplex, 2 & 3 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing
Eastleigh Surrey Court 20 2 bed flats Stonewater Homes
Eastleigh Freshwater Fields 10 2 & 3 bed houses September Stonewater Homes
Freshwater IOW Alver Village 9 1 & 2 bed flats Now Spectrum Housing
Gosport Chamber House 1 2 bed flat Now Spectrum Housing
Gosport Issac House 2 2 bed flat Now Stonewater Homes
Gosport Whiston House 1 2 bed flat Now
Gosport Nursery Fields & Manor Farm 6 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Havant Sea Crest Gardens 5 2 bed houses Now
Lee-on-the-Solent Southdown View 24 2 bed flats Now
Portsmouth Southdown View 10 2 bed flats Now
Portsmouth Montague Place 1 2 bed flats Now
Southampton Mayflower Mews 8 1 & 2 bed flats Now
Southampton Hawke House 1 2 bed flat Now
Southampton Centenary Quay 22 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now
Southampton The Cloisters 18 1 & 2 bed flats, 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Southampton Queensway 12 2 bed houses, 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now
Southampton Poets Place 4 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Stanford in The Vale Now
Elderberry Close 1 2 bed house
West Hanney Now

SOUTH WEST Maytrees 1 2 bed flat Now
Woodberry Down 5 2 bed houses Now
www.helptobuysw.org.uk The Paddock 5 3 bed houses Now
Bristol Maple Walk 9 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Lyme Regis South West Quadrant 2 3 bed houses Now
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