insideKENT Magazine Issue 100 - August 2020 | Page 96
PROPERTY
Work-life balance and quality downtime:
MAKE THE MOVE TO THE
COUNTRYSIDE THIS SUMMER
THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN HAS SEEN ALL OF US SPENDING MORE TIME THAN USUAL IN
OUR HOMES, FOR MANY OF US IT’S BEEN A TIME TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE AND
ENJOY REVITALISING OUR HOMES WITH NEW PAINTING SCHEMES, OR MAKING NEW
AREAS IN OUR GARDENS FOR VEGETABLE PATCHES AND REDESIGNING PLANTING BEDS.
But what if you’ve found sharing your house with
your extended family members has made you feel
the need for more space? Or you have a balcony
but now long for a garden? Many people are reevaluating
their lives following the lockdown, and
know they don’t want to return to their daily stressful
commute into London, or other large urbanised
areas. They are now thinking about moving out to
the countryside, perhaps to work more from home,
which may be easier now that companies are realising
that a workforce who have a better work-life balance
can be even more productive, and they can save on
spiralling office costs. Living in the countryside is
appealing on lots of levels; wide green space, fresh
air, the potential of an out-door lifestyle, and quality
downtime with the family.
Kent’s varied landscape offers charming villages,
historic houses built in the local vernacular, miles of
footpaths along coastal paths and through ancient
woodlands and fields, cycle routes across the whole
county, long stretches of pebble beaches and sandy
coves, and the opportunity to enjoy a variety of
outdoor pursuits, both land and sea-based.
Good commuter links to the major London terminals
of Charing Cross, London Bridge, Cannon Street,
and Victoria, including the fast service to St Pancras,
makes it an easy trip to the office if it’s necessary.
Forstal Mead, in the village of Coxheath on the
outskirts of Maidstone, offers a delightful semi-rural
setting in a country lane, with some of the new homes
overlooking a vista of the River Medway Valley.
Coxheath is popular with local buyers who move
there for the schools; Coxheath Primary School
(www.coxheath.kent.sch.uk) and Cornwallis Academy
(at nearby Linton) (www.cornwallisacademy.com);
and the good range of shops; including a Post Office,
bakers, butchers, and local supermarket. Plenty of
local clubs are active for indoor and outdoor pursuits
for all the family.
Forstal Mead, an Optivo in partnership with
Westerhill Homes development, is open by
appointment only for viewings of their two show
homes and offers a mix of 3, 4 & 5 bedroom
homes with prices starting at £345,000 for The
Betony 3 bedroom semi-detached house with two
parking spaces.
The Moving Made Easy scheme being offered at
the development makes the move to the countryside
even less stressful with agent’s fees paid and the
whole process managed for you.
To book a viewing appointment call the Sales Office
on 07521 104198.
www.forstalmead.co.uk
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