First-time buyer secures dream home through Help to Buy Wales scheme


A 29-year-old first-time buyer has been able to move out of her parents’ home to her own place, thanks to the Help to Buy Wales scheme. Kirsty Franklin never imagined she would own a home like the three- bedroom detached house she has purchased at Bellway’s Sovereign Chase development at


Jubilee Park in


Rogerstone, Newport. Help to Buy Wales, which was launched in January 2014, has been used to purchase over 6,400 homes since its inception. Te Welsh Government- backed scheme allows buyers to purchase a new-build property with a five per cent deposit and a 75 per cent mortgage. Te remaining 20 per cent is provided in the form of an equity loan which is free for the first five years of home ownership. Kirsty said: “Te Help to Buy scheme meant I was able to purchase the ideal home for myself. Without it I wouldn’t be moving into a three-bedroom detached house, especially at my age. It has meant


bedroom properties available at


Sovereign Chase, with prices starting from £209,995. Kirsty said: “Rogerstone is definitely an ‘up and coming’ place and that really appealed to me. Te development also has brilliant transport links, which is great for someone like me who travels for work.” Kirsty, a Business


Improvement


Consultant for Legal and General, says that her experience with Bellway was ‘so brilliant’ that she has already been recommending


the housebuilder to Kirsty Franklin with Bellway’s sales advisor Margaret Dalladay


I haven’t had to compromise and have bought the home I really wanted. “I also thought a new-build property would lack character but as soon as I visited the showhome at Bellway’s St


New jobs planned as Barratt development brings


economic boost to Boverton


Barratt Homes sales director, Richard Lawson


More than 150 jobs are to be supported in Boverton bringing a significant economic boost to the local area - thanks to plans for a number of new homes. Sycamore


Chase is Barratt


Homes’ latest development, and the housebuilder says new roles for the project - including tradespeople,


subcontractors


and sales advisors - will be filled mostly by local people. Te news follows reports that Barratt, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, underpinned 1,300 jobs in South Wales last year. And the five star housebuilder expects the benefits to the economy to continue long aſter the new development is complete. Sales director Richard Lawson said: “We know that those who move to our developments


are likely to spend the money they earn in local shops and on nearby services, so it’s not only the jobs market here that will see the positive effects of these new homes. “We’re delighted the introduction of our new developments is having such a major impact on local retailers here,” added Richard. “Not only does it mean an increase in the number of much-needed homes, the local economy is benefitting too.” Barratt Homes is set to build a range of three and four bedroom homes, just minutes from the coast. Tere are good schools nearby and convenient transport links. For further details of homes at Sycamore Chase call Barratt Homes on 0844 5710 385 or visit www.barratthomes.co.uk.


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Lythans Park development in Cardiff, I completely changed my mind. I knew straight away that I wanted to live in a Bellway home.” Tere are currently three and four-


friends. She said: “Te customer service I have experienced from Bellway has been fantastic. Te sales advisors on site are very helpful and have been very open and honest about every aspect of the process, which is important when you’re a first-time buyer.” Home-hunters can find out more about the new homes on offer in Newport by visiting bellway.co.uk.


South Wales site managers win 'Oscars of the housebuilding industry'


Site managers for Barratt Developments South Wales have won top national awards for site quality from the National House-Building Council (NHBC). Chris Davies, John Popple, Paul Oakley and Rebecca Roberts have won prestigious NHBC Pride in the Job awards, considered to be the “Oscars of the housebuilding industry”. Barratt site managers John Popple and Rebecca Roberts won for their work at developments in Barry and Llantarnam, with David Wilson Homes site managers Chris and Paul honoured for their work in Penarth and Monmouth. Now in their 38th year, the Pride in the Job awards recognise the very best site managers from around the country. In total Barratt site managers won 83 Pride in the Job awards, more than any other housebuilder this year. Barratt has now won more Pride in the Jobs awards for a record 14 years in a row, making it the clear industry leader in site management. Each year more than 16,000 site managers enter the competition and are judged against strict evaluation criteria, with just 450 individual winners then being chosen. Every winner has been rigorously assessed during the past twelve months across 37 areas, including their technical knowledge, quality controls, consistency, health and safety and customer service. Steve Williams, managing director from Barratt Developments in South Wales, said: “Tese awards demonstrate that our site managers are building some of the best quality homes in the country. Customers who buy a home on a Pride


Rebecca Roberts, one of the Barratt Developments award-winning site managers


in the Job winning site are benefiting from a really high quality product. By once again winning more of these awards than any other housebuilder it shows the commitment we have made to excellence in construction and putting customers at the heart of everything we do.” Tese awards closely follow Barratt Developments being awarded five stars by the Home Builders Federation for customer satisfaction. To be ranked as five star means that more than 90 per cent of customers would recommend a home to a friend and Barratt is the only major national housebuilder to be rated five star for nine years in a row.


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