RSS
What is RSS?
Please select the year:
21 December 2007
Something Old Or Something New? Heatley Mere May Surprise You
Dreaming of a beautiful, big country house with plenty of personality, Nicola Flowers and her partner Rudy had ruled out buying a new build home, believing that it wouldn’t provide the disti...
30 November 2007
Show Apartment Launches at Cliveden Village
Award winning developer Countryside Properties Plc has launched an impressive new show apartment at Cliveden Village its exclusive residential development, within the famous National Trust C...
17 September 2007
Countryside Properties Puts Some Fizz Into The Future of Golborne
Champagne was flowing as Countryside Properties unveiled the latest addition to its spectacular portfolio - a brand new showhome at Byrom Place.
29 August 2007
Life's a breeze being a Blease!
Moving house can be a stressful process at the best of times, but you would have to be mad to combine this with a new job and a new baby… wouldn’t you? Tim and Julia Blease have done just th...
23 August 2007
Downsizing made easier
Countryside Properties’ exclusive retirement development in Hammers Lane, Mill Hill offers buyers an easier option when looking to downsize, with a range of services right on the doo...
27 July 2007
Enjoy a smooth move at Saffron Green
At Saffron Green, the stylish development of new homes in Saffron Walden , the historic market town in Essex, Countryside Properties has launched ‘Smooth Move’, a part excha...
25 July 2007
Demand for detached homes is driving prices
According to the NHBC (National House Building Council), who insure over eighty per cent of all new homes in the UK, the construction of apartments is outstripping detached family houses...
25 July 2007
Demand for detached homes is driving prices
According to the NHBC (National House Building Council), who insure over eighty per cent of all new homes in the UK, the construction of apartments is outstripping detached family houses...
24 July 2007
Lay down your roots at Fenacres, Great Easthall
62 year old David McDuff has been waiting for many years to get a foot on the property ladder, and his first home at Fenacres, Great Easthall couldn’t have proved to be a better choi...
19 July 2007
Break The Chain At Heatley Mere
You’ve found your dream home and that all important buyer for your own, then at the last minute someone below in the chain pulls out and everyone’s sale falls through. The reality of the bro...
18 July 2007
Part-exchange makes moving easy on St Mary's Island
When Olga Gusan wanted to upgrade to a larger house, she was concerned about the stress and upheaval it would cause.  Thanks to Countryside Maritime’s ‘Smooth Move’...
12 July 2007
Green is the new black!
Recent statistics* have highlighted that an increasing awareness of green issues is contributing to more and more Britons leaving their car behind and travelling by bus. Buses are begin...
26 June 2007
Colchester tops list of investment hotspots
Over the next few years the market town of Colchester is set to be transformed with £1.5 billion being spent on regeneration in the area.  This includes major investment into tr...
20 June 2007
Affordable island living - just 50 minutes from London
For many people, buying a home on an island is thought to be an unobtainable dream.  Traditionally fetching higher prices, island homes are some of the most sought after properties on...
20 June 2007
Top Industry Award for Chatham Maritime
The Chatham Maritime Trust has been presented with an award for ‘Property Management in the Public Sector’ at the fifth annual RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) P...
12 June 2007
A downsizer's dream!
Imagine downsizing to a stunning leafy environment, in a bungalow close to London, and enjoying life with more spending money, lower living costs and fewer maintenance costs.  Coun...
11 June 2007
New family finds dream home on St Mary’s Island
New parents, Barry Wood, 28, and Claire Scott, 22, were delighted to welcome their new born daughter into their dream family home. Their two-bedroom house is at Axis, an exciting developme...
11 June 2007
Don’t BUY if you need to DIY
Countryside Properties is warning home owners that they are unlikely to add value to their homes with DIY and could even be lowering it with poorly executed enhancements.   A su...
7 June 2007
Ex-army wife finds a simpler way of life
For ex-army wife, Valerie Mills, who has lived in Colchester for over 25 years, the local community is extremely important.  Having been surrounded by a traditional garrison community...
29 May 2007
Unique Latitude Living at Axis, St Mary’s Island
For local businessman, Mr Lal, progressing up the property ladder whilst retaining his comfortable lifestyle was extremely important. Having lived in his first home in Bromley, Kent, he sa...
24 May 2007
New village living offers more for your money
Having lived in an apartment for three years in Rochester, Lee Bowra and James Henderson wanted to upgrade to a more spacious two-bedroom house but were priced out of their local market. U...
1 May 2007
St Mary’s Island football tournament raises a SMILE
A ‘five-a-side’ football tournament sponsored by Countryside Maritime is taking place this Saturday 5th May on St Mary’s Island in Chatham to raise money for SMILE &ndash...
30 April 2007
5% Deposit Paid: How will you spend yours?
  Purchasers at Countryside Properties’ new development Great Easthall, near Sittingbourne in Kent, are being offering some excellent incentives including part-exchange and 5%...
30 April 2007
Saffron Green is a home away from home
Second home ownership in the UK has become more and more popular over recent years.  According to figures from the Office of National Statistics there are currently more than 200,00...
24 April 2007
Contemporary countryside living, for environmentally friendly family
When it came to choosing a new home, finding a property with plenty of space that was also environmentally friendly were the main concerns for mum Verity Holm and her husband Johan, 28, a...
20 April 2007
Record numbers attend launch of Priors Green
The Thatchams at Priors Green a brand new community in Little Canfield, Essex, by Countryside Properties attracted record numbers of potential buyers at its sales launch last week.  Ove...
19 April 2007
Countryside Maritime bucks the trend in the South East
Recent statistics published this week by Halifax have concluded that public sector workers cannot afford to buy homes in seven out of ten UK towns, and that the most unaffordable areas are...
13 April 2007
Countryside Properties – the perfect tenant
A rare opportunity has arisen to buy the show home at Re: Countryside Properties’ exclusive development for the over 55s in Hammers Lane, Mill Hill.  Countryside Properties is off...
10 April 2007
Easter fun at St Mary’s Island
Children from St Mary’s Island have taken part in an afternoon of Easter fun at a community Easter egg hunt organised by the St Mary’s Island Community Centre Steering Committee...
4 April 2007
New family homes prove popular at Fortuna Park
With over 75% of the first phase already sold, Countryside Annington has recently launched a new phase of elegant family homes at Fortuna Park, its successful development in Colchester.&nb...
2 April 2007
Don’t BUY if you need to DIY
The Easter bank holiday weekend is the most popular time of year for homeowners to embark upon a spot of DIY.  But Countryside Properties is warning home owners that they are unlike...
30 March 2007
Redefining the bungalow
Bungalows make up just two per cent of UK housing stock but are one of the most sought-after property types in the UK.  This demand has increased their value, often commanding...
30 March 2007
Countryside Properties offers the only collection of brand new houses in Saffron Walden
Located in the north-west corner of Essex, some 50 miles outside London and surrounded by unspoilt countryside, Saffron Walden is one of the finest preserved examples of an English medie...
28 March 2007
Rural dreams become a reality at Great Easthall
Countryside Properties is offering purchasers a chance to purchase their dream rural village home at Great Easthall, near Sittingbourne in Kent. For most people true happiness is th...
26 March 2007
St Mary’s Island children walk for a greener and safer island
A ‘walking bus’ scheme recently introduced in Chatham Maritime has received a new funding boost.   Countryside Maritime has donated much needed financial support for...
15 March 2007
Londoner leaps onto the property ladder with a lift from Fortuna Park
Getting onto the property ladder is an unreachable dream for the majority of wannabe first time buyers because of rocketing house prices. However, 22 year old Pratik Shah, a Graduate Manag...
12 March 2007
Home sick Aussie finds Australian living at Fortuna Park
Raised just outside Melbourne, in the wide open spaces of Australian’s wine country, 28 year old Michael Phillips just couldn’t imagine living in a city. But when he viewed the...
10 March 2007
Room to grow at 'Latitude'
Location, Location, Location; everyone knows it’s not always the property itself, but where you live that counts. But, with rising property prices, new buyers are having to sacrifice...
27 February 2007
New homes a favourite with Colchester homebuyers
Over 55% of homes in first phase at Fortuna Park reserved in under a month
8 February 2007
NEW YEAR, NEW START AT BYROM PLACE
NEW YEAR, NEW START AT BYROM PLACE Many see the New Year as the time for a fresh start, and award-winning developer Countryside Properties is this year presenting house buyers in the Wigan...
30 January 2007
How to acheive marital bliss
Recent research has revealed that couples would prefer to get on to the property ladder rather than up the aisle.   Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that as pro...
18 January 2007
St Mary's Island leads the way to green living
Homes are responsible for 27% of all carbon emissions and consume half of all water supplies* (source: Sustainable Development Commission).  Combine this with rising energy prices and...
15 January 2007
Countryside Properties Join Forces With Retail Trust To Redevelop Mill Hill Retirement Community
Countryside Properties has joined forces with Retail Trust, the national charity for the retail industry, to breathe a new lease of life into their retirement community at Mill Hill Estate....
4 January 2007
Sales continue to rise on St. Mary's Island
Sales at Axis, the latest development by Countryside Maritime Limited on St. Mary's Island, are still going strong and the development is almost 50% sold. Last month the scheme launched its...
4 January 2007
New National Museum at Chatham Maritime
A ground breaking new museum project involving a partnership between the National Maritime Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Science Museum and Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, has rece...