Fern Hill FARNDON
An exclusive development of 3, 4 and 5 bedroom detached family homes in a village environment A wonderful place to call home Located by the River Dee just eight miles from Chester, the charming village of Farndon is a special place to call home.
The master plan for Fern Hill is simple: to offer a rewarding new way of life for its residents in harmony with the village environment. The 38 homes will encompass a selection of three-, four- and five-bedroom family residences. Each carefully selected home has been designed by our award winning architects, to offer spacious, light and airy homes set in a green and spacious environment. There are no fewer than 8 house styles to choose from.
There’s a strong sense of tradition here, with a butchers that sells home-made sausages, a county market every Wednesday morning, a fine choice of pubs and restaurants, and free fishing on the river for salmon, trout, dace and roach.
The village is noted for its excellent school, for children aged three to eleven, and there’s an outstanding high school eight miles away in Malpas. Farndon is convenient for a wide variety of destinations. Wales is only a mile away, via the 14th century stone bridge across the River Dee to the medieval village of Holt and the busy town of Wrexham. Transport links include the M56 motorway, about fifteen miles from Chester, with easy access to Manchester airport.
Fern Hill has been created with you at its heart.
1 Nothing beats coming home to Fern Hill. Located in one of Cheshire’s most charming villages, just eight miles from Chester, Fern Hill is a special place to call home. Farndon is noted for its excellent primary school and strong sense of tradition (it was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086). There’s a country market every Wednesday, free fishing on the River Dee and a fine choice of pubs and restaurants. Transport links include the M56 motorway, about 15 miles from Chester, with easy access to Manchester airport.
At Stewart Milne Homes, we never That’s why this brochure includes not forget that a home isn’t just where you only the details you’d expect – sizes, live, it’s how you live. And moving into specifications and styles – but also a new home is a fresh, exciting start shows something of the life you’ll live at and often one of life’s most inspiring Fern Hill. After all, this isn’t just a sales moments. brochure.
This is your new home.
2 3 Within the village and the surrounding series of half-timbered galleries dating Neighbouring towns/facilities include: area there is an extensive range of from as far back as the thirteenth century. Liverpool 35 miles via M53 facilities, including excellent schools, both In Wrexham, about seven miles away, the Birkenhead 27 miles via M53 state and private, infant, primary and Eagles Meadow shopping centre is home Your new neighbourhood secondary levels. to two large department stores, cafes, Manchester Airport 40 miles via M56 bars, restaurants and over 40 other shops. In March 2016 Farndon primary Set in one of Cheshire’s most attractive The Pyramids centre in Birkenhead is a Welcome to Fern Hill. school received a highly positive report Make yourself at home. shopping hub with more than 50 stores. M6 areas, close to the River Dee yet only eight by Ofsted, noting the school’s strong family-orientated, nurturing and caring Nearby attractions include Chester M62 MANCHESTER miles from Chester, Farndon village is ethos. It provides an excellent education Cathedral, an architectural masterpiece, ST HELENS for children aged three to eleven. At with beautifully coloured stained glass LIVERPOOL known for its strong sense of community. secondary level, pupils progress to the windows and medieval carvings. Chester M62
Bishop Heber High School eight miles Zoo is a fantastic attraction for all the WARRINGTON M56 BIRKENHEAD At Fern Hill, this is truly a wonderful place away in Malpas, which received an family, with 20,000 animals from 500 M53 ‘outstanding’ report by Ofsted in 2010/11. different species. Stretton watermill, at RUNCORN to call home. There are also noted public schools – the nearby Malpas, is a working 14th Century
Bishops’ Blue Coat Church of England watermill in beautiful countryside. Chirk M56 High School and the Queen’s School – in Castle, a half-hour drive away, is a ELLESMERE PORT A49 Chester. magnificent medieval fortress with glorious NORTHWICH M53 M6 gardens and parkland full of ancient trees Besides the shops in the village, there’s and wildflowers. CHESTER a great choice of retail outlets in nearby A51 Chester, noted for the Rows, a unique
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4 WREXHAM 5 OUR COMMITMENT Each home is spacious, light and Stylish features of the bathrooms and OUR QUALITY Fern Hill provides a rewarding new airy, with well-planned living areas master en-suites include contemporary At Stewart Milne Homes, we pride way of life in harmony with the village for entertaining and family pleasure. VitrA washhand basins, set into smart ourselves on building innovative and environment. The homes are part of Adaptability is a key feature, and in many vanity units for concealed storage. Tall high quality homes. Each home is quality Your choice of home our exclusive Woodlands collection, cases you will have the option to remove chrome towel radiators are a feature of checked at various stages of its build and offering you a choice of three, four and or add partition walls, creating either most homes, as well as Porcelanosa tiling inspected by the National House Building Within Fern Hill we’re creating an five bedroom detached spacious family more intimate formal rooms or open-plan and useful shower mixers to the bath – Council. homes as well as a range of attractive contemporary spaces. even when the bathroom has a separate We use a high level of specification exclusive collection of individually- three bedroom mews homes. shower enclosure. Value-added features include en- in materials, and apply superior designed homes. To create a vibrant community and suite bath or shower rooms with chic Buying a home at Fern Hill gives you the craftsmanship. In particular, we build to interesting streetscapes, we have contemporary sanitary ware to the master reassurance of long lasting value and exacting standards, and create homes designed a variety of house styles: and guest bedroom of each home. There peace of mind. We design all our homes that are long-lasting. eight in all. Each has been positioned are also built-in wardrobes or walk-in to be stylish and to meet the needs of All our homes come with a 10 year to optimise views and light, and many wardrobes to both bedrooms. Expertly family living. You’ll find spacious interiors, warranty, giving you peace of mind. bespoke details have been added to crafted kitchens contain fully integrated stunning kitchens and attractive exteriors exteriors to complement the character of appliances, including dishwasher, fridge/ to suit buyers from young couples starting the village. freezer, microwave, multi-function oven, out to growing families and professionals. gas hob and cooker hood.
6 Elevation treatments, specification and landscaping may vary from those shown. Please refer to architectural drawings for details. 7 Step inside As soon as you step inside a Stewart Milne home, you’ll see and feel the difference. This is no ordinary property – this is something special. A home where clever design achieves the perfect balance between elegance and practicality. Where every fitting and appliance is of the highest quality. Where the renowned Stewart Milne Homes’ attention to detail ensures a superb level of finish.
8 9 Start at the heart... Getting comfortable...
The kitchen is the heart of any home, While you’re admiring the kitchen in shelves above for your linen, some even The next stop on your tour is likely to be the and it’s likely this is where you’ll head terms of space and practicality, take a have a convenient space at the side for main living room. For welcoming friends and first as you explore. For most families moment to appreciate the fittings and hanging clothes and storing your ironing entertaining or for relaxing at the end of a long day, it’s the busiest, hardest-working room Smeg appliances. Depending on the board. If there isn’t a laundry zone, then this is a space to really enjoy. We’ve designed ours in the house, so we’ve designed each of location and house style, specification will these house styles will usually either to make the very most of what sunlight we get in vary, but typically you’ll find beautifully- Britain, with large feature windows and, in many our kitchens to be particularly spacious. have separate laundry or utility room designed stainless steel hobs, cooker homes, French doors opening onto a patio for a We’ve also taken care to locate the with space and plumbing for washing hoods, multi-function ovens, microwaves/ lovely inside-outside living space. kitchen in the optimum position, given machines and tumble dryers as well as the likely flow of traffic through the grills, integrated fridge freezers and plenty of cupboard storage. Different people, different lifestyles - that’s why we dishwashers. Fitted optional breakfast household. Practical connections to a build homes either with a separate dining room – if bars also feature in many homes. dining or family room, a utility space If you reserve your new Stewart Milne you entertain regularly, a formal dining room may or laundry zone, or to the garden We understand your home needs to be home early you will have the opportunity be essential – or we combine the dining area into * through French doors are essential in functional as well as comfortable so in to personalise it with a choice of kitchen a large open kitchen dining space that’s great for making the kitchen more effective and many homes for instance, to maximise and vanity unit finishes, worktops and family and friends alike. welcoming than ever. Naturally details space, we have created a practical and handles and wall tiles in bathrooms and vary depending on the house style, but discreet “Laundry Zone”. Just open two en-suites. the common factor is that we’ve thought bi-fold doors and you’ll find the space, about how you’ll use the kitchen most, plumbing and wiring for a washing and designed it to work perfectly. machine and tumble dryer, some with
*Choice of kitchen and choice of fittings subject to build programme. Information is correct at time of going to print but is subject to change. For more information 10 speak to one of our team of Sales Consultants. The specification included in this brochure gives a general specification applicable to this development. Please 11 check the specification relating to the individual plot you have chosen with our Sales Consultant at the time of reservation. Moving on upstairs... Take a closer look...
Now you’ll probably climb the stairs to larger homes. We provide a superb chrome lever handles, chrome hinges sanctuary. That’s how many people think choice of co-ordinated Porcelanosa and latches. Our homes are wired for of the bedroom – and as you spend tiling and, in many houses, fitted vanity the modern world, with an abundance of Out and about... The finishing touches... Depending on the home you’re visiting, When you buy a new home you’re buying a about a third of your life in it, it has to be furniture for the family bathroom and socket outlets, telephone and TV points, there’ll be more to explore outside - such blank canvas. You can make it look and feel just right. The Fern Hill range of homes master en-suite. Most of our homes while smoke and heat detectors are as a high specification garage with steel exactly how you want it to, with minimal fuss. has three, four or five bedrooms, ranging within the Fern Hill range have an naturally wired-in to the mains. doors and built in power-sockets, turfed Once you have reserved your new Stewart from palatial master suites to cosy single additional en-suite bath or shower room and landscaped front gardens. Whatever Milne home you then have the opportunity to rooms. Every master and guest bedroom to the guest bedroom – again available the location and the specifications, you’ll personalise it with a wide range of choices, enjoys the benefit of either a luxury with a choice of tiling. Naturally bathroom Warm and snug... Did you know that, compared to a second find the exterior space as attractive and including; kitchen unit finishes, worktops, walk-in wardrobe or built-in wardrobes. suites, shower cabinets and bathroom hand home, a new home is, on average, as welcoming as the inside of the home bathroom vanity unit finishes, handles and Television points are conveniently hardware are all high-specification six times as energy efficient? Due to - although naturally a new garden needs tiles. Just ask for details. positioned in every bedroom, and a examples from respected manufacturers the immensely improved insulation a little time to develop and look its best. telephone point is included in the master including VitrA Ltd and Vado. specification in new homes, you will be As you complete your viewing – and listen bedroom. As you make your way through a Stewart amazed to see the savings you can make to the reassuringly solid sound of the door Today the bathroom is as much a place Milne home, you’ll appreciate the high while ensuring your home is appropriately closing behind you – you’ll leave with an to enjoy as a functional necessity, so quality of fittings and finishing. Internal warm and cosy. At the heart of the central idea of just how good it could feel to call a we build bathrooms and en-suites with walls and ceilings are painted with at heating system there’s a modern, highly- Stewart Milne home your own. If there is indulgence and pampering in mind least two coats of paint, and internal efficient and environmentally responsible anything you’d like to know about a specific including larger showers, rain showers woodwork with three. Elegant white gas boiler, while thermostatic radiators give development, house-style or plot, then and chrome heated towel rails in our panelled doors are fitted with attractive you independent control for each room. please get in touch – we’re here to help.
12 13 The bigger picture Every home in our range has an abundance of key features. The table below shows our range of homes available at Fern Hill and some of the great features you can expect to find.
KITCHEN UTILITIES BATHROOM BEDROOMS
Master Bedroom Guest Bedroom Bedroom 3
HOUSETYPES Choice of Kitchen Unit Door Finish Finishes Choice of Worktop Choice of Upstands Choice of Kitchen Unit Door Handles Breakfast Bar Stainless Steel 4 Burner Hob Stainless Steel 5 Burner Hob 69cm Stainless Steel 5 Burner Hob 90cm Stainless Steel Canopy Hood Stainless Steel (multi-function) Single Oven Silver Glass Combination Multi-function Oven Built-in Stainless Steel Microwave/Grill Built-in Silver Glass Combination Microwave Integrated Fridge / Freezer Integrated Dishwasher 1 ½ Stainless Steel Sink and Chrome Mixer Tap Utility Room Laundry Zone Furniture Vanity Choice of Unit Finishes Choice of Porcelanosa Tiles Shower Over Bath Hand-held Shower Spray at Bath Shower Cubicle Rain Shower and Hand held Shower Rail Chrome Towel En-Suite Furniture to Vanity en-suite Rail Chrome Towel Rain Shower and Hand Rinse to Basin Tap Waterfall Hand-held Shower Spray at bath LED Strip lighting to bath panel Built-in Wardrobe Wardrobe Walk-in En-Suite Furniture Vanity Rail Chrome Towel Built-in Wardrobe En-Suite Furniture Vanity Rail Chrome Towel Built-in Wardrobe Bedroom 4 Built-in Wardrobe Bedroom 5 Built-in Wardrobe
The CastlevaleW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The CorrywoodW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The CarltonW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The DenewoodW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The DukeswoodW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The HampsfieldW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The HeddonW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The HollandswoodW20 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Denotes fitted as standard Denotes optional – Denotes not available 14 15 LAP