insideKENT Magazine Issue 38 - May 2015 | Page 158
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NEXT STOP KINGS HILL
With London house prices sky-high, so called ‘second steppers’ are looking to buy
outside the capital — but within commuting distance — to get good value for money.
extension to the community centre,
additional allotments, trim trails
and sports pitches for Kings Hill
Sports Park. Land will be provided
for the development of a place
of worship. The HS1 high speed
train service to London is now
operating from nearby Snodland.
The homes at Kings Hill are being
marketed by Kings Hill New
Homes, a forum which includes
Kings Hill developer Liberty
Property Trust, Kent County
Council and house builders
developing on site at any one time
– currently Bellway Homes, Crest
Nicholson and Hillreed Homes.
Families looking to make their next move are choosing Kings Hill, near
Maidstone, attracted by its good rail and road links to London, new houses,
amenities, environment and jobs on the doorstep.
Kings Hill is a contemporary garden village where masterplanning developer
Liberty Property Trust and Kent County Council are creating a vibrant
community where people can have a live/work/play lifestyle.
“With house prices so high in
London we are seeing people who
might traditionally have moved to
somewhere larger in the capital
choosing to move further out to
benefit from good value for money,”
said Annette Cole, sales and
marketing director of Crest
Nicholson Eastern.
Named by the Daily Telegraph as one of the best places to bring up a
family, Kings Hill provides new homes together with shops and cafes –
including Waitrose and Costa Coffee, schools and extensive community,
leisure and sports amenities. There are also over 200 businesses in the
business park providing some 5,000 jobs.
Planning permission has just been granted for a new neighbourhood of
much needed homes, a new primary school – the third at Kings Hill, an
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Currently available at Kings Hill are:
Bellway’s ‘Signature’ collection
of two, three, four and five bedroom
homes with prices currently ranging
from £244,995-£548,995; Crest
Nicholson’s ‘Woodland Place’ two
and three-bedroom cottages and
four and five bedroom houses from
£275,000-£495,000 and Hillreed’s
‘The Poppies’, a development of
two, three, four and five bedroom
homes from £405,950 to
£539,950.
For more information visit
www.kings-hill.com.