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Orbit at St Mary’s View, Thornham Road, Gislingham, Suffolk IP23 8HL
Getting to your place Travelling south on the A140 from Norwich, take the Gislingham and Thornham Magna turn off on your right into Major Lane (approximately 24 miles from the Norwich ring road). Follow this road for approximately 0.8 of a mile, then left turn into Thornham Road (signposted Thornham Walks), continue on this road for approximately 1.7 miles, and you’ll arrive at St Mary’s View on your left hand side. Travelling north on the A14 from Ipswich, leave at junction 51 and take the A140 towards Diss and Norwich, follow this road for approximately 10.5 miles. Just after Stoke Ash, turn off the A140 into Workhouse Road (beside The White Horse Inn) signposted Finnigham, Wickham Skeith, Thornham Magna and Thornham Walks. After about half a mile, turn right into The Street (beside The Four Horseshoes) signposted Gislingham, Mellis and Thornham Walks. Continue along The Street for approximately 0.37 of a mile and turn first left, signposted Thornham Walks, then continue on this road for approximately 1.7 miles where you’ll see St Mary’s View on your left hand side.
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Orbit at Head Office: Orbit, Garden Court, Harry Weston Road, Binley Business Park, Coventry CV3 2SU Orbit is an exempt charity, registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965. Orbit has a policy of continuous improvement and reserves the right to alter plans, specification, elevational treatments and positions of doors and windows at any time. Orbit reserves the right to change the tenure of any of these homes subject to market conditions and without notice. Information contained within this brochure is a general indication of the development and is not intended to be construed as part of any legal contract or contain any representation of fact upon which any party is entitled to rely. Images are for illustrative purposes only. Information correct at time of going to print St Mary’s View in July 2020. OH/OASMV/BRO/0720 Why you should choose Orbit at St Mary’s View?
• Just 6 two bedroom houses • Lovely village location • Available through the Shared Ownership Scheme • Just over 2 miles from the A140 • Great specification including a contemporary • 9 miles from Diss fitted kitchen • Ideal for a variety of home owners
Your contemporary home for modern living
It’s not just the great location that makes Orbit at St Mary’s View such a wonderful place to live; it’s a place where you can enjoy contemporary living in an attractive location with rural Englandon your doorstep. All of these residences are attractively designed, thoroughly modern, built to the highest standards, energy-efficient, durable and comfortable.
Your place to enjoy With its pub, local store, Church and village school Gislingham offers a real sense of community. Gislingham is situated in the county of Suffolk, just nine miles from the lovely market town of Diss, with its weekly fresh produce market and train station. Just a short drive away from the village, you’ll find Bury St Edmunds (approximately 19 miles), Needham Market (approximately 15 miles) and Thetford (approximately 18 miles). Alternatively, head to the beautiful Norfolk coast and the pretty seaside town of Southwold, which is just over 34 miles away. There, you can eat and drink at award-winning restaurants, gastropubs and cafés, shop ‘til you drop at independent boutiques and leading high street stores, or explore the natural beauty of the forests and countryside. Your place to discover
Activities and attractions Once branded the “curious county”, Suffolk is famous for its fertile farmland and gentle coastline, its historic and archaeological finds, having the UK’s most easterly point (Lowestoft) and the magnificent Suffolk Punch farm horse. Suffolk can also claim some of the best-known contributors to the arts as its own, including John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough, Benjamin Britten and not forgetting our latest phenomenon, Ed Sheeran. Suffolk is blessed with a huge variety of things to do and see, including two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and over 60 nature reserves, including RSPB Minsmere. It’s also an Schools ideal place for outdoor activities such as walking, cycling, bird watching, photography, or simply lazing on the beach. The village is served by the Gislingham Church of England Primary School, voted Outstanding at its most recent Ofsted Of the many attractions, breathtaking castles, medieval towns, report. Most pupils then choose to transfer to Hartismere stately homes and spectacular gardens all offer opportunities School in Eye. Hartismere is an outstanding high school with for exploration and adventure. There’s also plenty for children to specialisms in Sports, Music and Humanities. do, including rare breed farms, animal parks, living museums, forest playgrounds, children’s festivals, and Suffolk’s famous county sport - crabbing!
There are so many unique places to visit in Suffolk. Newmarket is the home of thoroughbred horse racing, whilst the architecture of Bury St Edmunds tells a thousand-year tale of tragedy, drama and greatness, or Ipswich, where ancient maritime history meets a cutting-edge arts scene. For lovers of the great outdoors, the magnificent Thetford Forest is about 22 miles away, offering a wealth of outdoor Your places to stay fit activities, whatever the season. You can take advantage of the The nearby market town of Diss has a great leisure centre with beautiful walks and bike trails winding throughout the forest, a fully-equipped gym offering an extensive range of cardio and or, alternatively, test your skills on the high rope treetop course resistance equipment to suit all fitness levels, a heated indoor at the Forestry Commission’s High Lodge centre, or even take swimming pool, a sauna and steam room, plus a brand new the off- roading challenge on our all-terrain Segways. The indoor adventure play area, with rope bridges, crawl tubes, forest also organises a busy programme of events throughout rollers, dangly snakes and a twin lane wavy slide, plus much the year, and the kids can enjoy a fantastic wooden adventure more. There’s plenty of space for kids to climb and play, with playground hidden amongst the trees. a separate toddler’s area for under 3s too. Find your place to shop
Locally, Gislingham is served by a village shop for your everyday needs, and you’ll find a friendly welcome at the Six Bells Inn, which serves the excellent Adnams ale, brewed locally in Southwold. For a wider choice, Diss town centre is filled with a variety of well-known retailers, providing everything from the basic essentials, to chemists, hardware and food. Bury St Edmunds is just over half an hour’s drive away, and also offers numerous shopping opportunities. Situated close to the town centre, you’ll find The Arc Shopping Centre – a modern hub housing numerous shops and restaurants, as well as being home to The Apex auditorium, which hosts music, art and a wide variety of popular entertainment. Bury St Edmunds is also famed for its impressive Abbey ruins, gardens and St Edmundsbury Cathedral, the only Cathedral in Suffolk. Close to the Cathedral is the Greene King Brewery, where a guided tour is a must for beer-lovers. The quaint streets offer boutique shops, award-winning restaurants and pubs serving home-cooked food, many of whom source produce that has been reared, harvested, or produced in Suffolk. arc Shopping Centre, Bury St Edmunds
Again, just half an hour’s drive away is Ipswich (22 miles). Here, you’ll discover your favourite brands and plenty of quirky, independent stores and passionate small businesses. Fast becoming a hub for a unique shopping experience, Ipswich boasts an eclectic mix of boutiques, home and giftware stores and great cafés offering artisan coffee. Combined with a bustling high street where you’ll find your favourite brands, it’s a perfect destination for a great day of retail therapy. A similar distance away (30 miles) is the thriving city of Norwich, with its wealth of history and culture. Shoppers and diners alike are very well-catered for with gems like the Norwich Lanes, a charming locale of medieval alleyways and historical buildings, where independent businesses offer creative products in fashion and lifestyle choices, and fine dining establishments serve up a variety of cuisine. Norwich Market, one of the largest open-air markets in the country, is open from Monday to Saturday and has a huge number of stalls. Alternatively, for antiques and collectibles, the weekly Goat Lane Fair is a treasure trove.
For a more contemporary shopping experience, there’s the intu Chapelfield Shopping Centre, with more than 90 shops, cafés and restaurants over three levels, filled with leading names in fashion, accessories and more. And the Royal Arcade is well worth a visit, too. Opened in 1889 it’s one of the jewels in Norwich’s crown, famed as much for the tiled interiors and stained glass as for the boutiques themselves. In addition, you’ll find dozens of restaurants, bars and clubs in Norwich. A wide choice of culture is on offer at the Theatre Royal, various galleries and museums, though sports fans Bury St Edmunds picturesque streets might prefer a trip to watch Norwich City FC play at Carrow Road, or even enjoy a day at Newmarket races. E ISTI ST MAR S WE I S H R H THOR HAM ROA
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The Magnolia is a semi-detached house located in a small close. Ground Floor First Floor Downstairs the property has an entrance hallway which leads into a good Living Room 3950mm x 3300mm (12'11" x 10'9"max) Bedroom 1 3110mm x 4950mm (10'2" x 16'2"max) size living room with window to the front. There is a well-appointed kitchen/ Kitchen / 4950mm x 3785mm (16'2" x 12'5"max) Bedroom 2 4640mm x 2765mm (15'2"max x 9'0"max) dining room at the rear of the property, perfect for entertaining friends and Dining Room family, plus door to the garden, understairs storage and a cloakroom Gross Internal Area 76 sq m 818 sq ft
Upstairs are two good size bedrooms with built-in cupboard to the master and a well-appointed family bathroom. Outside is a lovely size rear garden laid to lawn with a small patio area, driveway and two parking spaces.
Floor plans are not drawn to scale. Measurements are taken from areas marked . They are maximum approximate dimensions and given as a guide only. These should not be used as a basis for purchasing flooring or furniture. Orbit reserves the right to alter plans, specification, position of doors and windows and change tenure subject to demand without prior notice. External elevations vary from plot to plot. Please ask your Sales Consultant for current information when reserving your new home. Information correct at time of going to print. Well-connected Specification
Orbit at St Mary’s View offers commuters and travellers alike a Kitchen Electrical variety of options for transport connections to the rest of the UK, • Contemporary fitted kitchen with a range of wall • Telephone point to living room and much further afield. and base units • TV point to living room and bedroom one By Road – Orbit at St Mary’s View is close to the A140, giving • Integrated oven access to Diss, Norwich, to the north and Needham Market and • Integrated hob Safety and security Ipswich to the south. The A143 is also close by giving access to • Integrated extractor hood Bury St Edmunds and Cambridge. • Front door with chrome furniture • Stainless steel 1½ bowl sink By Air – London Stansted Airport is around 67 miles away and • Mains-wired smoke detectors with battery backup Luton Airport is about 84 miles from Orbit at St.Mary’s View Bathroom and cloakroom offering direct flights to a huge number of global destinations. General • Contemporary white sanitaryware By Rail – Regular, direct trains run to the south from Diss and • Two allocated parking spaces • Chrome fitments Stowmarket to Ipswich, Colchester, Chelmsford, Shenfield and • Paved front path London Liverpool Street and north to Norwich. • Thermostatic shower over bath with glass • Paved patio area to rear garden shower screen • Turfed rear garden • Full-height tiling to bath Approximate travel distance by car • External tap • Tiled splashback to wash hand basin from Orbit at St Mary’s View to: • 10 year NHBC warranty • Shaver point • Diss: approx. 9 miles • Needham Market: approx. 15 miles Plumbing • Thetford: approx. 8 miles • Electric Air Source Heat Pumps Energy-efficient homes for modern living • Bury St Edmunds: approx. 19 miles • Thermostatically controlled radiators All our homes have been designed with energy-efficiency in • Ipswich: approx. 21 miles mind and constructed to satisfy the latest Building Regulations. • Norwich: approx. 30 miles Internal With modern central heating systems and water-efficient fittings, your home will be more energy-efficient than an older • Norwich International Airport: approx. 31 miles • UPVc double glazed windows home, helping you to reduce your energy bills and reduce the • Southwold, approx. 34 miles • Walls and ceilings in white emulsion environmental impact. • London Stansted Airport: approx. 67 miles • M25 Orbital: approx. 80 miles Orbit More than 50 years ago Orbit Group was established to provide • The sales office, show homes and any finished or occupied accommodation for people who could not afford to buy their areas outside construction zones will be safe for visitors. homes. Orbit still exists today, with the same charitable status However, care should be taken when driving or walking and the aim of helping to solve housing problems and building around the site, as the top surfacing of roads and footpaths is communities. These decades of heritage and expertise, coupled occasionally incomplete and may be uneven or hazardous. with an aspiration to provide high-quality housing options for • Please supervise any children with you when visiting our sales everyone, regardless of age, stage or circumstances, have laid area (please note that children under the age of 16 are not the foundations for a new breed of housing developer: Orbit Homes. allowed in construction areas at any time, even if accompanied Orbit Homes has now taken its decades of experience in the by an adult). provision of exceptional social housing and applied it to the new • Hard hats and appropriate safety footwear must be worn at all homes’ market. It offers unrivalled quality, choice and buying times, along with high visibility jackets or waistcoats. These are options to make owning a home to be proud of both accessible available within the sales office. and affordable for everyone. • There is no access to areas where scaffolding is erected, nor Orbit Homes puts the customer front and centre – whether they where there are any open trenches or other excavations. are just starting out on their home-buying journey or downsizing to experience all that life has to offer. It’s all about getting the Surrounding area customer into the home of their dreams. Our development layout shows general information Shared Ownership relating to the surrounding area outside of the scheme, details of which are beyond the control of Orbit. For more up-to-date These homes are available to buy via Shared Ownership, a part information, please contact the relevant local planning authority. buy – part rent scheme, which makes buying your home more affordable. Shared Ownership enables you to buy a share in a Development layout brand new home, whilst only paying a subsidised rent on the remaining share. Boundaries and layouts can change during development; this may affect any brochure plans you hold. So please check these The initial share you buy will usually be between 40% and details with the Sales Consultant and the detailed scheme 75% of the full purchase price and is tailored to suit your plans. You will be taken through a checklist together with the circumstances, meaning it’s not only affordable for you now, latest plans and revisions, which will be noted on the checklist but in the future too. you will be required to sign prior to your reservation. The deed You’ll pay a subsidised rent to Orbit on the share that you don’t plan will be sent directly to your solicitor; this should be carefully own and, in most cases, you’ll then have the opportunity to inspected by you to ensure it’s correct in relation to the plans purchase further shares in your home if you wish, a process you’ve already signed off. known as ‘staircasing’. So when you purchase additional shares in your home, the rent will reduce accordingly, meaning that if Dimensions you ultimately staircase to 100% ownership, there’s no longer Floor plans show the approximate dimensions of each room, any rent to pay. typical of its type. Specific plot dimensions may vary, because For further information about Shared Ownership, please refer each one is built individually, and the precise internal finishes to the ‘Shared Ownership Buyers Guide’ or speak to your may not always be the same. Sales Consultant. Elevations Customer Charter Building materials and elevations may vary from plot to plot Buying a new home is likely to be one of the biggest commitments and surrounding areas may differ from that shown. Computer you’ll ever make, and it’s our commitment to make absolutely Generated Images (CGIs) depict typical house types, but please sure that the process is as straightforward as possible. check all details in relation to your plot with the Sales Consultant Our Customer Charter fully complies with the Consumer Code at the time of reservation, this will also be captured on the for Home Builders, a code which aims to ensure that buyers check list. of new homes are treated fairly and provided with reliable information about their purchase. Specification The Orbit Customer Charter is available at These are indicative and applicable to this development. Please orbithomes.org.uk check the specification in relation to your individual plot with More information on the Consumer Code the Sales Consultant at the time of reservation. Show homes for Home Builders can be found at are decorated and furnished for your enjoyment when you visit, consumercode.co.uk and to give you a taste of how they might look. When reserving, please ask the Sales Consultant to clarify which items are Safety on site included as standard. In the unlikely event of any major specification change during the We have a duty to ensure your welfare whilst on site, reservation period, we will endeavour to bring it to your attention so the following guidelines have been issued to comply as soon as possible. with Health and Safety Legislation. • Please use the designated car park and visit our sales office or show home first. • A qualified Orbit employee must always accompany you anywhere within the development construction areas.