It’s time to get ready for New Homes Week. This year, the consumer awareness campaign from The Home Builders Federation (HBF) takes place from 27 February to 3 March. The campaign has been named ‘Make your move’ and will focus on the many benefits of new build homes. We find out more…
What is New Homes Week
New Homes Week is an annual initiative to shine a spotlight on new-build homes; to communicate their benefits and drive interest in them versus older, established properties. The campaign was started by the HBF back a few years back and has gone on to become a firm fixture in the hew homes calendar. This year’s campaign comes at a time of great uncertainty for many, with sky-high energy bills and a cost-of-living crisis. In fact, these factors are making a cross-section of homebuyers question whether now is a good time to buy. And for this reason, this year’s campaign helps to address the positives around buying a new build home, including the financial ones.
The Make your move campaign
Each year, New Homes Week is centred around a different campaign focus. This year, the campaign concentrates on the concept of ‘Make your move – get on with living’. The idea around it is to educate homebuyers to the many comforts living in a new build home can bring. The biggest benefit is the way new homes are built. Being built to modern standards, a new build home is much more energy efficient (lower bills) and comes with no upgrade works to complete (less stress). Plus, never have there been more consumer protections in place for new home buyers (again, less to worry about). And when it comes to new homes, housebuilders often run incentives or offer discounts – something you’ll never get with an older property. The buying process is far simpler too…
So, rather than hold off from buying a new build home due to current pressures, it’s worth looking at the flip-side and the benefits of buying new. You can then on get on with making your next home move and living comfortably for years to come.
Watt a Save from the HBF
As part of this year’s campaign, the HBF have released updated figures on annual energy savings with new build homes. The Watt a Save report serves to highlight the financial benefits and carbon efficiency of new homes compared to older properties – both being crucial selling points. And financial savings are much welcomed at a time when many people’s finances are stretched. With the rising costs of energy prices and household utility bills, never has having an energy efficient home been more desirable.
Looking at the overall findings in the report, new build home buyers are saving over £500 million a year in energy bills, while collectively reducing carbon emissions by over 500,000 tonnes. When you look at the figures per household, new home buyers save over £2,000 on household bills per year – this equates to around £174 per month. And if you look at the data for houses specifically, as opposed to flats, the savings are greater. With a new build house, new home buyers save £216 per month, which is an annual saving of £2,600.
And of course, energy prices are expected to rise again in April, which will help new build home owners save even more.
Featured developments for New Homes Week
Here at New Homes Place, you can find the latest new build homes from housebuilders large and small, across the country. To celebrate New Homes Week, we take a closer look at a couple of new home developments.
Kings Park in Macclesfield from David Wilson Homes
This popular new development in the historic town of Macclesfield is seeing its selection of 2, 3, 4, and 5 bedroom energy efficient homes selling fast. Surrounded by the beautiful Cheshire countryside, Kings Park from David Wilson Homes features a play area for the children and is only a 20-minute walk from a number of well-regarded schools. Buyers can take advantage of a couple of schemes including the Movemaker Scheme and the Keyworker Deposit Contribution Scheme.
This is an example of a 3-bed detached property on the development, situated on an attractive corner plot. With a South West facing garden and an open plan kitchen/diner, the property is light, airy, and spacious. Ideal for a growing family, the master bedroom comes with an en suite, plus there’s a family bathroom to the upstairs as well as a separate WC to the downstairs.
See the Kings Park development in Macclesfield here.
Bonington Grange in Nottingham from Miller Homes
Located only five miles from the centre of Nottingham, Bonington Grange in Gedling features a choice of well-designed, energy efficient, 2, 3, and 4 bedroom homes. The development from Miller Homes is close to local shops and services, good transport links, and exceptional outdoor amenities. Miller Homes offer a handful of incentives to help buyers, from Part Exchange Plus to paying up to 5% of the purchase price as your deposit.
This is a detached 4-bedroom property on the development, which includes plenty of space and storage options. To the downstairs there is a laundry room off the open plan kitchen/diner, a separate WC, and a handy storage cupboard. The fourth bedroom to the upstairs would make an ideal home office, while the principal bedroom has an en suite.
See more homes on the Bonington Grange development here.
Saints View in Telford from Tilia Homes
With beautiful open countryside on the doorstep, Saints View from Tilia Homes is close to the thriving town of Telford. The collection of 3 and 4 bedroom homes are energy efficient and make the ideal place to buy for couples, growing families, and first-time buyers. There’s a choice of incentives available with Tilia Homes, too. You can either Part Exchange a current property or get 12 months mortgage paid (up to £10,000) or take advantage of £5,000 deposit, turf, and flooring on selected homes when you reserve by 28 February 2023.
This is an example of a 3-bed semi-detached property on Saints View, featuring parking, a living room with French doors to the garden and the main bedroom with an en suite. It’s the ideal place to buy for commuting to Birmingham, with convenient links into London Euston also.
Don’t miss Saints View from Tilia Homes, see more properties here.
Look out for New Homes Week
Keep your eyes peeled for what housebuilders might be doing over New Homes Week. There could be exclusive offers or incentives launched to co-inside with the week. Steve Turner, Executive Director at HBF recently said: “New Homes Week provides a welcome opportunity for homebuilders and associates to increase consumer awareness of the benefits of new builds. Against the challenging market backdrop, I encourage industry to come together to make this year’s campaign a success and maximise the opportunity to amplify the benefits of buying new.”
There will definitely be more focus on new build homes in the coming days, so if you have been thinking of buying a new build, New Homes Week is definitely a good time to get started.
Here at New Homes Place, we make it easier to search for new build property. Simply type in the name or postcode of the area you want to live in, and we will show you the nearest new build homes available. Start your search here.
