Affordable and attractive homes for people of North Cornwall provided by Westward and Legacy partnership
Caption (L to R): Carolyn Evans - Legacy Homes customer care manager, Shaun Rendle Westward technical surveyor, Chetna Tucker Westward development officer, Graham Lamb - Legacy Homes project manager, Karen Hulbert – Westward project delivery manager, and Joe Cole Legacy Homes site manager, Greg Robinson - Taylor Lewis employer’s agent.
Regional housing association, Westward Housing Group, is well on the way to providing 26 new affordable homes as part of two larger Legacy Homes developments near Newquay.
The 17 lovely new affordable homes springing up at Highfields in the village of Cubert will provide a mix of 12 rented and 5 shared ownership homes in the shape of a range of flats, bungalows and houses meaning there is something to suit most people locally.
Our second development at The Grange in Goonhavern will provide a further six rental and three shared ownership homes, again for local people, on this attractively landscaped estate with beautiful dry-stone style walls and panoramic countryside views.
The Grange provides much needed homes in a mix of property sizes from one-bed flats to two-bed bungalows and two and three-bed houses. In addition, the range of tenure types mean there are affordable rent and part-rent part-buy options available.
Westward’s Chief Executive, Barbara Shaw, said: “I am pleased that our mixed developments of high quality flats and family homes, for both rent and shared ownership, will provide a range of options to meet high local and affordable housing need in this part of North Cornwall.”
Cubert homes are ready from the autumn and Goonhavern homes will be available in spring 2024. The completed developments will be very desirable as Legacy are attentive to detail and ensure design-led architecture comes to the fore to create great living spaces for modern family life. The two estates will provide a grand total of 60 family homes (the remainder being open market property sales from Legacy Homes).
A local connection for Westward’s affordable homes applies at both Cubert and Goonhavern, so that these homes can benefit local people.
Affordability is a major issue in this area and the average regional income was £18,277 in 2022 whilst the average house price in Cubert was £365,417 and in Goonhavern was £354,000. 48 people in Cubert and 69 people in Goonhavern had registered for a shared ownership property and there were no shared ownership homes available nearer than Crantock.
Legacy Homes Head of Sales & Marketing, Neil Simpkin, said, “Legacy Homes is delighted to be renewing its partnership with Westward at our latest developments in Cubert and Goonhavern, having previously created homes for local families at Crantock.
As a Cornish house builder, we’re proud to be providing new homes that are built to a very high standard and seamlessly create new communities alongside our open market homes. As a result of our ongoing partnership, we are supporting the Cornish economy with over 80% of our trades and businesses partners being Cornwall-based.”
These rural developments are close to Newquay and Truro, offering convenient journeys to work, schools and shops, as well as a stunning outdoor environment with the south west coast path, Holywell Bay and Perranporth on the doorstep.
All of Westward’s rental properties will be let on affordable rents for local people who meet the connection to the area criteria, they will be advertised with Cornwall Homechoice www.cornwallhousing.org.uk/homechoice
Westward’s eight shared ownership homes are on the Westward website www.westwardhousing.org.uk under ‘Homes for Sale’.