homefocus November 2015

MORTGAGE ExpertAdvice
CASE HISTORY
CONVEYANCING
Richard Stone CASE HISTORY

Consultant Andrew Theoff

Partner, Direction Law

Says, here’s what Censeo customer Eddie Blake Says, here’s what our client, Suswati Basu has to say:
has to say: ‘When I was offered my new shared ‘I had always expected that buying my home would
ownership flat, I discovered two things. Firstly that I was be complex and take months and I was led to believe
asked to move on everything as urgent - but my bank that it’d be even more so because I was buying through
expected me to wait two weeks for an appointment with shared ownership. So, when it came to appointing
their mortgage advisor and secondly, that my budget a solicitor to work for me, I was more than just a bit
was based on putting down a 10% deposit, but my bank relieved when the housing association recommended
wanted 25%. So my calculations were really out. solicitors with extensive experience of shared
ownership.
I was referred to Censeo who, I was told, was one of just
a few companies that specialise in arranging mortgages I contacted Direction Law and realised that they had
for shared owners and work with housing associations worked with many shared ownership buyers before.
all the time. I was sceptical at first but I have seen I sensed that not only did they know what they were
the advantages. Because of the housing association talking about but they knew what questions I would and
connection, I was seen within 48 hours and then during should ask.
a very long meeting, they looked at my finances in the
same way as the housing association would, to make Their quotation was easy to understand and they gave
sure that I could afford the mortgage and was likely me a fixed fee with no hidden charges, so I knew what
to be approved. They looked at several lenders with to budget and didn’t worry that the price would go up if
me and at fixed, variable and tracker mortgages (a I wanted to ask them something. They kept me informed
minefield!) and once we decided what was best, they throughout.
completed the mortgage forms on-line and submitted
my application then and there. From appointing them to exchange of contracts took
19 days! So any fears that had been put in my head
I received my mortgage offer in time and was able to about the legal complexities of buying through shared
go ahead with the flat within the deadlines that were ownership have proved to be unjustified and I’m now
set. And I felt that by having a mortgage advisor I had confident that, by using experts in their field, I need not
someone on my side dealing with my questions and worry now, or in the future.
acting on my behalf with the mortgage company and
the housing association’. The most important lesson I learnt when purchasing my
home is the importance of using a firm of specialists that
know and understand how shared ownership works’.

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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. shared ownership resales and Help to Buy properties.
You can visit their website as listed below
Step 2 – Work out how much you can afford
There’s no point falling in love with a place only to find out that it’s way LONDON
above your price bracket. Outside London, your Help to Buy Agent
will take you through a basic financial check, just to confirm that you’re www.sharetobuy.com/firststeps
eligible for shared ownership and/or Help to Buy and will give you an
indication of how much you’re likely to afford. The figures will be more SOUTH
closely reviewed later on in the process. In London, your housing
association will go over the figures with you once you’ve found a home www.helptobuysouth.co.uk
you like. No matter where you live, we advise that you go to a specialist
financial advisor who understands the LCHO market inside out. SOUTH WEST

Step 3 – Home hunting www.helptobuysw.org.uk
Now for the fun part. Take a look at some of the affordable homes
around, including the ones we feature in our regional property sections EAST & SOUTH EAST
from page 12 of the magazine. There’s a fuller list on pages 56-59.
www.helptobuyese.org.uk
Step 4 – Details
Getting down to the nitty- gritty! Once you’ve found the home you MIDLANDS
want, and whether you live in London or not, you’ll formally apply
for your home through the housing association or developer and www.helptobuymidlands.co.uk
they’ll give you a more detailed affordability check, often asking an
independent financial advisor (IFA) of their choosing to find out how REST OF THE COUNTRY
much you can afford.
Homefocus magazine doesn’t cover the north of England, but if
Step 5 – Check the small print you go to www.helptobuy.org.uk, then you will be redirected to the
If all goes ahead, then you’ll need to get in touch with a solicitor to appropriate website.
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 HERE’S THE KEY
advertising on pages 66-67 of the magazine.
To help you on the way to getting the keys to your own door...
Step 6 – Get moving
Sorry, but there’s still more practicalities to go through before the We’ve colour coded our development sections on pages 12-31 and
excitement of moving into your own home, like telling DVLA to change our homefinder property listings on pages 56-59, to make finding a
the details on your driving license or registering with a new doctor, property in your area a little easier. The key is as follows:
letting the bank know your new address and organising schools for
your children. If you’d like a helpful checklist to make sure that you let n London n South n South West
everyone (who needs to know) that you’re on the move, contact info@ n East & South East n Midlands
homefocusmagazine and we will send you an electronic version to
download and keep.

WANT MORE INFORMATION? email [email protected]

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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
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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 2 & 3 bed houses Coming Soon Affinity Sutton
Stonewater Homes
Ashford Oakfields 6 2 & 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Ashford Chilham Place 4 3 bed houses February Affinity Sutton
Hyde New Homes
Ashford Poppy Mead 1 2 bed house Now Hyde New Homes

Ashford Tower Point 1 2 bed flat Now Southern Housing
Orbit Homes
Ashford Wellesley View 1 1 bed flat Now Orbit Homes
Affinity Sutton
Baldock Philosophers Gate 2 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Borehamwood Danziger Way 1 2 bed duplex Now Orbit Homes
L&Q
Bracknell The Parks 2 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Bracknell Canterville Place 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Brighton One Hove Park 5 1 & 2 bed wheelchair accessible flats Now Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Brighton Brighton Rocket 10 1 & 3 bed flats, 2 bed wheelchair Now Hyde New Homes
Aragon
accessible flats Heart of Medway
Hyde New Homes
Broadbridge Heath Wickhurst Green 5 2 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Broadland The Pastures 19 2 & 3 bed houses Phase 2 - 2016 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Broadland Clover Chase 4 3 & 4 bed houses Now Southern Housing
Hyde New Homes
Buxted Totease Mews 1 3 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Canterbury Chantry Club 16 1 & 2 bed flats 2016/2017 MHS
MHS
Chatham Admirals Place 8 1 & 2 bed flats, 2 bed houses Now Heart of Medway
Orbit Homes
Chatham St. Marys Island 24 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 & 4 bed houses 2016 Affinity Sutton
Orbit Homes
Chelmsford L&Q @ Beaulieu TBC 1 & 2 bed flats Early 2016 Orbit Homes
Genesis Housing Assn.
Chichester The Old School Apartments 14 2 bed flats Spring Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Chichester Affinity Sutton at Graylingwell Park 22 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Spring Heart of Medway
Orbit Homes
Chichester Bleaches Court 2 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Affinity Sutton
Chichester St Margarets 8 2 bed flats Spring Orbit Homes
Stonewater Homes
Chichester John Rennie Road 1 1 bed flat Now Orbit Homes

Chichester The Dunes 6 2 & 3 houses Now

Chichester The Heritage 36 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now

Cranfield Home Farm 15 1 & 2 bed flats, 2 & 3 bed houses Now

Dartford Brent Way 4 2 bed house Now

Dartford HNH at Phoenix Quarter 51 2 & 3 bed houses Now

Dover Church Lane - Deal 21 2 & 3 bed houses February

Eastbourne The Old Pump House 20 flats and houses 2016/2017

Epsom & Ewell Ethel Bailey Close 6 2 & 3 bed houses March

Epsom & Ewell Hollymoor Lane 9 2 bed flats March

Ferring Meadowside 4 2 bed flats June

Fishbourne The Oaks 3 2 bed houses Now

Guildford Weatherill Close 2 2 bed flats Now

Guildford MacDowall Road 1 3 bed mid terrace house Now

Halling Phase 3 - St Andrews Park 11 1 bed flats Now

Halling Phase 3 - St Andrews Park 7 2 bed flats Now

Halling St Andrews Park Phase 3 21 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Now

Hastings Archery Road 26 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses Feb-18

Haywards Heath Ashurst 2 3 bed houses Now

Horsham Novartis 25 1 & 2 bed flats, 3 bed house Jan-18

Horsham Broadbridge Heath 10 2 bed flats, 3 bed houses February

Ipswich Stoke Quay 8 1 & 2 bed flats Now

Lewes Keymer Avenue 3 2 & 3 bed houses Spring

Littlehampton Courtwick Lane 23 1 & 2 bed flats, 2 & 3 bed houses Summer

Maidstone Tonbridge Road 12 2 bed flats Now

Mid Suffolk Castle Fields 6 2 & 3 bed houses 2017

Milton Keynes Yorkshire Close 2 1 bed flats Now

Milton Keynes Oakgrove 17 2 & 3 houses Now

Norwich St Annes Wharf TBC 1 & 2 bed flats 2017

Polegate The Mill 3 2 & 3 bed houses Now

Rother Moleynes Mead 7 2 & 3 bed houses 2015

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PropertySearch

Location Name of No of Type of Available Provider
Development Units Properties From
Affinity Sutton
www.helptobuyese.org.uk 3 bed house Now Orbit Homes
1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Rother Tithe Barn Field 1 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Sevenoaks Dunton Meadows 49 2 bed mid terrace house Now Estuary
2 bed flats, 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Steveange Stephensons Mews 2

Stevenage Miller Way 1

Wealden Conquest Drive 2

Westcliff-on-Sea Sunlight Mews 8

LONDON

www.sharetobuy.com/firststeps

Bexley Erith Park - 2 & 3 bed houses, 1 & 2 bed flats Now Orbit Homes
1, 2 & 3 bed flats Summer Southern Housing
Bow Bow River Village 25 2 & 3 bed flats Coming soon East Thames
1 & 2 bed flats Early 2016 L&Q
Bow The View 4 1 bed flat Affinity Sutton
3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Bromley Manor Lodge 16 2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
2 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Bromley Warwick House 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now Hyde New Homes
1 & 2 bed flats Now L&Q
Bromley The Vale 2 1 & 2 bed flats Early 2016 Genesis Housing Assn.
1 & 2 bed flats Winter 2015 East Thames
Bromley Krueger House 2 1 & 2 bed flats Coming soon Octavia
1 & 2 bed flats Spring Genesis Housing Assn.
Bromley Hardwick House 1 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now L&Q
2 & 3 bed flats Summer Origin Housing
Bromley HNH at Regent’s Place 24 1 bed flats Winter 2016 Octavia
1 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Canada Water Quebec Quarter 69 1 & 2 bed flats Now L&Q
1 & 2 bed flats Early 2016 L&Q
Canning Town Rawalpindi 8 1, 2, 3 & 4 bed flats Now L&Q
1 & 2 bed flats 2015/2016 Metropolitan
Chigwell Wanti Terrace 5 1 & 2 bed flats Now Origin Housing
1 bed flats Winter 2016 Affinity Sutton
Cricklewood Gladstone Village 32 1 & 2 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
1 & 2 bed flats Spring Affinity Sutton
Docklands Jessops at New Providence Wharf 25 1 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now L&Q
Enfield Bolingbroke Park 42 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now L&Q
1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Affinity Sutton
Enfield Saffron House 10 1 & 2 bed flats Spring Origin Housing
1 bed flat, 3 bed houses Winter 2016 L&Q
Fitzrovia Cleveland Street@Fitzroy Place 14 1 & 2 bed flats 2015/2016 Octavia
1 bed flat Now Affinity Sutton
Forest Hill City Walk 1 1 & 3 bed flats Now Southern Housing
1, 2 & 3 bed flats April Octavia
Greenwich Ordnance Place 10 2 bed flats Now Metropolitan
3 bed flats Now Southern Housing
Greenwich L&Q @ Greenwich Peninsula 32 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Estuary
2 bed flats Now Estuary
Hackney The City Mills Phase 2 116 1 & 2 bed flats Now L&Q
1 & 2 bed flats Early 2016 Affinity Sutton
Harrow Charter Court 26 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Hyde New Homes
1 & 2 bed flats Now L&Q
Harrow Colart 7 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now East Thames
1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Newlon home Ownership
Islington The Fable Apartments at the Lexicon 12 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Newlon Home Ownership
1, 2 & 3 bed flats Now Metropolitan
Islington St Luke’s Centre 7 1, 2 & 4 bed houses, 1, 2 & 3 bed flats Coming soon L&Q
3 bed m’ettes Early 2016
Kensington Grand Union Centre 13 1 & 2 bed flats Metropolitan
1 & 2 bed flats Coming soon Viridian Housing
Kingston upon Thames Carisbrooke House 1 1 & 2 bed flats Now Viridian Housing
3 bed maisonettes Now Octavia
Lewisham L&Q@Greenland Place Phase 2 55 2 bed flats - over 55s Now Viridian Housing
Now
Lewisham Thurston Point 42 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Lewisham Tanners Hill 43 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
New Barnet The Approach 5 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Newham Chobham Manor 8 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
North Kensington Retro Bosworth Road 8

Orpington Amethyst Court 1

Peckham BASE15 8

Putney Walpole Lodge Plaza Gardens Putney 34

Redbridge Westview Drive 9

Rendelsham Road The NE5T 2

Romford Vickers House 37

Romford Victoria Road 10

Southwark Harvard Gardens 27

Southwark The Residence 10

Stonebridge Spring North 27

Stratford Stratford Gate 52

Stratford East Plaza 22

Tottenham Rivers Apartments Phase 2 35

Tottenham Rivers Apartments Phase 1 65

Waltham Forest Shernall Street 21

Walthamstow Stadium Place 99



Wandsworth Oakhill Park 8

Wandsworth Arcadia @ Riverside Quarter 11

Wandsworth UP 12

Wembley Westside Court Forty Avenue 2

Woolwich The Liberty 85

MIDLANDS

www.helptobuymidlands.co.uk

Barford Leafield Mews 4 2 bed bungalow, 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Now
Bedford Greenlakes Rise, West Wixham 10 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Now
Bedworth Milliner Court 10 2 & 3 bed houses Jul-16
Now
Bidford upon Avon The Waterways 5 2 & 3 bed houses Now
May
Bidford upon Avon Friday Furlong 5 2, 3 & 4 bed houses

Bidford upon Avon Bramley Way 5 2, 3 & 4 bed houses

Bishops Itchington Hendry Place 3 3 bed houses

Bishops Itchington Gaydon Road 8 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 February Orbit Homes
Now Stonewater Homes
www.helptobuymidlands.co.uk Now Orbit Homes
Blaby Grace Road 5 2 & 3 bed houses Orbit Homes
January Metropolitan
Brackley Radstone Grange 5 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Bromsgrove Church Meadows 10 2 bed house, 1 & 2 bed flats Phased Metropolitan
Jan-18 Metropolitan
Burton Latimer Glade Gardens 8 2 bed houses March Orbit Homes
Coming soon Orbit Homes
Burton-upon-Trent Steeping Place 18 2 & 3 bed houses Phased Stonewater Homes
June Orbit Homes
Cotgrate Colliery Cotgrave Colliery 64 houses Apr-17 Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Coventry Grange Road 18 18 Plots Now Orbit Homes
January Orbit Homes
Coventry Cromwell Gardens 10 2 & 3 bed houses Orbit Homes
Now Aragon
East Leake Meeting House Close 8 2 & 3 bed houses March Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
East Leake Lantern Lane 21 houses Mar-17 Stonewater Homes
January Orbit Homes
East Northamptonshire Newland Road 4 2 & 3 bed houses 2016 Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Exhall Burbages Lane 15 2 & 3 bed houses Now
Now Orbit Homes
Great Witley Great Witley 2 3 bed houses Nov-16 Orbit Homes
Jun-17 Orbit Homes
Harborough Road Kibworth Meadows 12 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Orbit Homes
Hinckley Brook Approach 8 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
May Orbit Homes
Kettering Westhill 4 2 bed houses August Stonewater Homes
Now Stonewater Homes
Kettering The Gateway 20 2 & 3 bed houses January Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Kettering West Glebe Road 20 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Kineton Kineton Mews 11 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Coming soon Orbit Homes
Early 2017 Orbit Homes
Kings Sutton Hampton Drive 10 3 bed houses January Orbit Homes
Oct-16 Orbit Homes
Leamington Spa Elm’s Point 9 2 & 3 bed houses Now Orbit Homes
July Orbit Homes
Leamington Spa The Priors @ Chesterton Gardens 17 2 & 3 bed houses January Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Leicester East Grangewood Manor 13 2 & 3 bed houses Jan-17 Orbit Homes
Now Orbit Homes
Leicestershire Bridle Way 16 2 & 3 bed houses April
January Hyde New Homes
Leicestershire Charnwood Chase,Forest House Lane 6 2 & 3 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Now Stonewater Homes
Long Marston Beaufort Mead 29 2 & 3 bed houses, 2 bed m’ettes, Nov-16 Affinity Sutton
First Wessex
2 bed coach house Now Affinity Sutton
Now Affinity Sutton
Markfield Mineral Quarter 10 2 & 2 bed houses Now First Wessex
Now Southern Housing
Northampton Carey Fields 14 2 & 3 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Now Affinity Sutton
Northampton Studland Place 15 2 & 3 bed houses Now First Wessex
Now First Wessex
Northampton Woodvale Gardens 5 2 & 3 bed houses Now First Wessex
Now Affinity Sutton
Northampton Heritage Park 9 2 & 3 bed houses Now First Wessex
Now Spectrum Housing Group
Nuneaton Viscount Place 6 2 & 3 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing Group
Now Affinity Sutton
Pineham Butterfly Gardens 37 2 & 3 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Now Stonewater Homes
Pinvin The Green, Pinvin 2 2 bed houses Now
Now Affinity Sutton
Ruddington Wheatley Fields 12 2 & 3 bed houses Now Affinity Sutton
Now
Rugby Lower Street 76 TBC Now

Rushden Woollard Gardens 8 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Summer
Now
Shipston on Stour Hornsby Close 2 2 & 3 bed houses

South Northamptonshire Stonecutters, Roade 10 2 bed houses

Southam Banbury Road 12 2 bed flats

Stafford Effinch Lane 11 2 & 3 bed houses

Stratford-upon-Avon The Chapelry 15 2, 3 & 4 bed houses

Stratford-upon-Avon Loxley Road 10 2 & 3 bed houses

Stratford-upon-Avon Milestone Road 8 2 & 3 bed houses

Stratford-upon-Avon Birmingham Road 5 2 & 3 bed houses

Thrapston The Sidings 28 1 & 2 bed m’ettes, 2 & 3 bed houses

Tutbury Castle Keep 16 2 & 3 bed houses

Warwick Hawkes Meadow 18 2 & 3 bed houses

Wellesbourne Ettington Mews 18 2, 3 & 4 bed houses

SOUTH Morley’s Green 4 1 & 2 bed flats
Rowden Lane 2 2 bed houses
www.helptobuysouth.co.uk Thurstans Rise 6 2 & 3 bed houses
Ampfield Kingdon Mews 1 2 bed flat
Chippenham Surrey Court 12 2 bed flats
Coleford Issac House 2 2 bed flat
East Hampshire Camber House 2 2 bed flats
Eastleigh Alver Village 6 1 & 2 bed flats
Gosport Oaklands Country Estate 4 2 bed houses
Gosport Bourne View 6 2 & 3 bed houses
Gosport Affinity Sutton at Drayton Park 13 2 & 3 bed flats & houses
Gurnard, Isle of Wight St Marys 4 3 & 4 bed houses
Hook Norton Southdown View 23 2 bed flats
Portsmouth Southdown View 7 2 bed flats
Portsmouth Raleigh House 1 1 bed flat
Portsmouth Mayflower Mews 2 1 bed flats
Portsmouth Centenary Quay 3 2 bed flats
Southampton Steeple View 8 2 bed flats
Southampton The Cloisters 18 1 & 2 bed flats, 2 & 3 bed houses
Southampton Queensway 12 2 bed houses, 1, 2 & 3 bed flats
Southampton
Southampton Poets Place 6 2 & 3 bed houses
Southampton

Stanford in The Vale

SOUTH WEST Emersons Gateway 7 2 & 3 bed houses
Maytrees 1 2 bed flat
www.helptobuysw.org.uk
Bristol
Bristol

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PropertySearch

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

SOUTH WEST Putton Lane 9 2 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing Group
Tors Reach 8 3 bed houses January Spectrum Housing Group
www.helptobuysw.org.uk Stoke Road 10 2 & 3 bed houses Stonewater Homes
Chickerill Woodberry Down 2 2 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing Group
Chudleigh Hele Park 9 2, 3 & 4 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing Group
Henlade, Taunton Elberry Gardens 3 3 bed houses January Spectrum Housing Group
Lyme Regis Hooe Lake 4 2 & 3 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing Group
Newton Abbot Chilmark Glade 4 3 bed houses Now Spectrum Housing Group
Paignton Hayes End 3 3 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Plymouth Monkton Heathfield 8 2 & 3 bed houses Now Stonewater Homes
Shaftesbury Pemberley 1 2 bed house Now Stonewater Homes
South Petherton Now
Taunton
Weymouth

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