Buying a home is probably the biggest investment anybody will make in their lifetime. What makes a house a home? Ask any homebuyer and its likely there will be a raft of boxes to be ticked. First and foremost, it’s often the way a home looks from the outside.
At Countryside, we pride ourselves on taking a design-led approach to the way we build homes and ultimately thriving communities. We take the time to understand the origins of an area – its cultural and historical heritage – which plays a key factor in the way we reinvigorate areas.
Design-led building looks beyond the obvious aspects of how an individual home appears within the four walls to its residents, high-quality design also considers transport infrastructure, education and community facilities, leisure spaces and the way in which residential dwellings integrate with one another in order to make a positive economic and social impact on an area. The influence in which the architectural design of a development, down to the very street level, is powerful.
At Beam Park in Rainham, we have focused on creating new facilities that mean buyers can build a life there, not just own a property. Beam Park is ideally located for anyone travelling into or out of London, with a new proposed National Rail c2c line station providing a direct service to Fenchurch Street in just 20 minutes. We will be building brand-new facilities, including schools and recreational areas, making it ideal for young families. Additionally, Romford and Lakeside offer an abundance of shops and restaurants to residents of Beam Park and our nearby Trinity Place development, so there is never a shortage of things to do.
For anybody with a love of the outdoors and looking for green open spaces, New Avenue in Oakwood, north London, has been designed to combine modern, high-specification apartments and duplexes against a setting of landscaped greenspaces, a community centre, an eco-garden and an orchard.
We often choose our homes dependent on our children and their futures. We understand that homebuying is a long-term decision and most of our developments ensure there is easy access to good quality schools. The Assembly, a 284-home development in Hounslow encompassing a beautifully landscaped garden square, is moments from one of the UK’s largest primary schools. As part of our work, we created new state-of-the-art premises for the school which is flourishing. Located in Zone 4 and just a five-minute walk from Hounslow East station, residents benefit from excellent connectivity into Central London and to Heathrow airport via the Piccadilly line.
At a time when new homes are a precious commodity, it’s important to remember that quality of design and build should never be compromised for speed of delivery, and we wholeheartedly practice what we preach. With over six decades of experience in producing sustainable homes, we are proud to be building communities and creating places people love.