Milton Keynes is new build central.

As you’d probably expect from a company based centrally in a new town, Milton Keynes, we are surrounded by a gridded road system and new builds. We use new builds loosely as some developments locally date back to the 60s but there are plenty of new ones springing up at “Vision at Whitehouse” and Shakespeare Park in Kingsmead.

Modern Homes Command a Premium.

There’s no wonder new home sales are buoyant in Milton Keynes and elsewhere as Help to Buy can discount the property price by 30% in a shared equity scheme, where you’re only paying for 70% of the property and with mortgage rates remaining at historic lows, a new build can cost less to live in than rented (providing, of course, that you have access to a hefty deposit).

They have a few clear advantages too:

  • Energy efficiency.

  • Lower running costs.

  • Fewer problems with “snagging” in place.

  • Help to Buy schemes.

New builds then are attractive and not just to big developers like David Wilson Homes, Bovis, Barratt and Persimmon. They are attractive to homeowners who are looking for a contemporary property designed to their specification and not to a defined floorplan for a brochure and site map. That’s where 4G Build come in.

This Trend is Set to Continue

There’s no doubt that building your own property is both exciting and appealing. Look at the viewing figures that “Grand Designs” has garnered over many years, with its most viewed being the one like the Huf Haus episode from 2003, which has a snippet here:

Language, identity, place, home: these are all of a piece – just different elements of belonging and not-belonging.  Jhumpa Lahiri, American author.

Finding that place to belong is a journey and one we can help with at 4G Build. There’s the sourcing of land, the initial design ideas, the input from architects, surveyors, builders and tradespeople, all of whom have their own specialisms and skills, and who we co-ordinate on your behalf.

One interesting fact about the German Huf Haus is that the company is over 100 years old. They’ve been making “new builds” for a century. The project management skills of 1915 are not dissimilar to 2019, but the help you can get from professionals like the 4G Build team has advanced.

Contact us today if you have a new build project in mind.

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