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Two Ascot winners for Bewley Homes
Barely a loosening canter and a flat-race sprint from Ascot Racecourse, Bewley Homes, has produced two surefire winners in the property stakes – Montrose Court and Byways, writes John Burbedge.
Both are well-built thoroughbreds and come from proven award-winning stock – in May this year Bewley Homes became the first winner of the ‘Housebuilder of the Year’ title at the inaugural running of the Thames Valley Property Awards, held at Ascot Racecourse.
Montrose Court is a yearling, now with individual luxury apartments for sale from £895,000. Top quality finishes, room space, beautiful fitted kitchens, ample storage, high ceilings, subtle lighting, CCTV security, and an air of careful design for gracious living are immediate features of note, not forgetting underground garaging complete with a heated ramp to overcome winter icing.
Montrose Court is also ‘green’, from its underfloor heating and heat-saving double-glazed sash windows through to it being Bewley Homes first development to use a rainwater harvesting system for its cleansing facilities.
Byways has only just reached the starting tapes, and is looking for a new owner at its leafy half-acre gated location (with a secret garden) off Friary Road in South Ascot. The asking price for this stunning six-bedroom family home set over three
floors around an impressive spiral staircase atrium is £4.25 million and a similar sum is likely to purchase its ‘stable-mate’ Glenmead, currently being built on an adjacent plot.
Bewley Homes has always been very design-led and doesn’t really have a standard house- type within its varied portfolio – some are similar, but they always appear different – and that’s the case with Montrose Court and Byways.
Byways
At Ascot, Bewley Homes has provided elegant, sophisticated and luxurious living with a touch of common sense homeliness and convenience about it. As Colin Brooks, chairman of Bewley Homes said at a ‘guest launch’ event at the two new developments: “We aim to build houses that work really well for their owners, and when completed I like to feel that they are homes that I would like to live in.”
In fact, Bewley Homes has already demonstrated its focus on ‘liveable’ customer satisfaction at Montrose Court by providing design flexibility within several of its 10 apartments and penthouse – allowing for optional room conversions such as additional bedrooms, dining or work-leisure space.
“Developments leave a footprint in an area, a footprint that will be there long after the builder. So, it is important to me that we really try to blend our new-build homes into the local environment while reflecting the heritage, culture or prosperity of the location,” added Brooks.
Well, two very appropriate new footprints have now been placed in Ascot, and soon some discerning ‘punters’ are very likely to be making their own tracks towards them.
Details:
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MEPC completes Enterprise Zone-first in speculative office developments
Two high-specification office buildings in the Science Vale UK Enterprise Zone, at Milton Park in Oxfordshire, have been speculatively developed by MEPC at a cost of £15 million, making them the first to be completed in the UK since the Government launched the Enterprise Zones in 2012.
Milton Park is one of Europe’s largest business and science parks and home to more than 250 businesses and 6,800 people.
101 & 102 Park Drive are brand new buildings set to house 500 staff, offering business rates’ savings of up to £275,000 on 5,000 sq ft to 50,000 sq ft of high-quality, flexible, and energy efficient space. Rated BREEAM ‘Excellent’, they are available as two connected buildings for one occupier or on a floor-by-floor basis. They offer the only new Grade A office space available to rent across the whole of Oxfordshire.
Andrew Barlow, commercial director at MEPC’s Milton Park, explained: “There is a shortage of new office space in Oxfordshire, and demand for these new buildings is high from local, national and international companies looking for high-quality buildings. We are in
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discussions with companies already on the Park who need to expand, and new occupiers who require a superb new office in a world-leading business community.
“We are confident that with the buoyant Oxfordshire economy and our own track record at Milton Park, including an industry-beating tenant retention rate of 90%, this substantial investment will lead to the creation of up to 500 new jobs.
“For any business looking for office space, there are considerations beyond the technical specifications of these EPC A-rated buildings. They can benefit from a successful and growing local economy, and proximity
to two of the world’s leading universities and internationally-renowned centres of excellence. Enterprise Zone status means that qualifying companies can benefit from business rates’ relief of up to £275,000 per organisation over five years.”
During the past 12 months, MEPC has also built, completed and let an additional 67,000 sq ft in Enterprise Zones as part of its ongoing development strategy at Milton Park. This includes Abingdon-based Crowcon Detection Instruments, a leading gas detection company, having successfully relocated 200 people into its brand new, purpose-built HQ at 172 Brook Drive and two speculatively- developed industrial buildings at 119 and 120 Olympic Avenue which were fully multi-let to 10 companies ranging from a Formula One engineering company to a kitchen interiors provider to printers.
The Enterprise Zone at Milton Gate will also see a new Costa Coffee drive-thru and Ridgeway Volkswagen dealership by the end of 2014.
101 & 102 Park Drive have a quoting rent of £26 per sq ft. Carter Jonas and Knight Frank are the leasing agents.
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – DECEMBER14/JANUARY15
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