Cruckton Affordable Housing

80% OF MARKET VALUE
*LOCAL CONNECTION CRITERIA APPLIES*

Please note: On Thursday 19th September, the ‘local area’ shall be widened to include a ten kilometre radius of the site (excluding from that radius any settlements exceeding 3,000 persons), and if the settlement is part of a ‘community cluster’, all parishes included within that cluster. By the 31st October the definition of ‘local area’ will be extended further to include anywhere within the Shropshire Council administrative area, including settlements exceeding 3,000 persons.

FOUR, TWO BEDROOM HOUSES
ASKING PRICE: £200,000

TYPE 1
PLOTS 3-6

ACCOMODATION IN BRIEF
• Approx. 79sq meters gross internal area
• Entrance hall
• Kitchen/breakfast room, separate WC
• Living room with dining area
• Study
• Two bedrooms
• Family bathroom
• Landscaped gardens to the front
• Off road parking for two cars

TWO, THREE BEDROOM HOUSES
ASKING PRICE: £228,000

TYPE 2
PLOTS 1 - 2

ACCOMMODATION IN BRIEF:
• Approx. 93sq meters gross internal area
• Entrance hall
• Kitchen/breakfast room, separate WC
• Living room with dining area
• Three bedrooms
• Family bathroom
• Landscaped gardens to the front
• Off road parking for two cars

HIGH SPECIFICATION INCLUDES
• Mellow brick elevations with tiled roof
• White UPVC double glazed windows, French doors & front door
• LVT floor covering to the ground floor, carpeted stairs & first floor bedrooms, bathroom with LVT floor covering
• Bespoke fitted kitchen to include worktops, stainless steel sink with mixer taps and draining board, fan assisted oven, induction hob with extractor above, integrated fridge freezer, space for washer/dryer
• French doors from the living space to outside
• Under stairs storage cupboard
• Bathroom: to include; bath, WC and vanity unit with sink above, partially tiled walls
• Ground floor WC with basin & tiled splashback
• Fitted wardrobes to both bedrooms in Type 1 house
• Fitted wardrobes to bedrooms 1 & 2 in Type 2 house
• Landscaped front garden with level lawns
• Two tarmacked car parking spaces to the rear

DISTANCES IN APPROXIMATE MILES
Shrewsbury 4m | Oswestry 17m | Telford 19m | Shifnal 21m | Bridgnorth 24m | Birmingham Airport 60m

LOCATION
The houses are located just two miles outside of the historic market town of Shrewsbury, benefitting from far reaching views over the surrounding Shropshire countryside. Shrewsbury is an idyllic market town which offers a wide range of amenities, including shops, pubs, restaurants and recreational facilities such as 18-hole golf course, as well boasting a high-quality cricket club, football team and rugby club. Shrewsbury has several pre-school nurseries as well as primary schools St Thomas and St Anne's Primary School in Hanwood and Mary Webb Secondary in Pontesbury.

The property enjoys its rural prominence, whilst also benefitting from excellent communication links, being just one mile from the A5 which will take you onto the M54 or A49 beyond. The property is within a 10-minute drive to Shrewsbury train station which has a wide variety of access to many other locations such as Birmingham New Street which can provide further connections to London Euston.

DIRECTIONS
What three words: royally.spotty.freezers

From Shrewsbury ring road (A5), take the B4386 towards Westbury and after 1.2miles the plots/houses will be seen on your right-hand side, clearly marked by a for sale board.

PROPERTY INFORMATION
TENURE: Freehold
PREDICTED EPC: rating C
SERVICES: mains water, electricity, treatment plant which discharges into a natural water course,
air source heat pump
LOCAL AUTHORITY: Shropshire County Council
COUNCIL TAX BAND: yet to be assessed

QUALIFYING CRITERIA
FOR SALE TO LOCAL QUALIFYING PURCHASER

TWO OF THE QUALIFYING CRITERIA FOR AT LEAST ONE ADULT MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD NEEDS TO BE MET.

See definitions below:-

QUALIFYING CRITERIA
• Their parents were permanently resident in the Pontesbury parish (local area) at the time of applicant’s birth.
• They were in permanent residence in the Pontesbury parish for any period of five years as a child attending a school in the Pontesbury parish or who for special reasons attended a school outside of the Pontesbury parish but would have been expected to attend a local school but for those special reasons.
• They are currently lawfully resident in the Pontesbury parish and have lived there for at least the last three years.
• They don’t currently live in the Pontesbury parish but have previously lived there at some point for 15 continuous years as an adult.
• They are currently employed or routinely carry out self-employed work within the Pontesbury parish or 5 km of the site.
• They have a confirmed written offer of permanent work within either the Pontesbury parish or 5km of the site.
• They can demonstrate active community involvement in the Pontesbury parish sustained for at least the previous two years or are determined by the Pontesbury Parish Council as having some other form of strong connection with the local community and or its hinterland. (Active is not just attending community events but taking an active part within the community for example key holder for local hall and having to lock up at the end of an evening).
• Their parents currently live in the Pontesbury parish or another close family member who provided or requires a substantial degree of support to someone who currently lives in the Pontesbury parish.
• If over 55 years of age they have a close family member currently living in the Pontesbury parish.
• A buyer will need to also confirm that the property will be their only or principal home, they are a first-time buyer or be able to show to Shropshire Councils satisfaction that their current home is unsuitable, they will also need to prove that they are unable to afford to purchase anther property on the development an application pack will be provided by Shropshire Council and the interested purchaser will have to provide supporting information to show they have need and local connection.
• Please note: Shropshire Council will confirm potential buyer’s local connections and provide confirmation for conveyancing and Land Registry purposes.