Housebuilder pushes forward with launch of 14 showhomes over four months
Housebuilder Redrow’s Cheshire-based North West division is readying itself for an exciting period as it gears up to launch 14 show homes over the next four months.
They include a show village of seven properties at Woodford Garden Village, in Woodford, near Stockport, plus four fully-furnished show homes at King’s Moat Garden Village, in Chester.
Completing the mix are two showcase properties at The Pastures, in Backford Cross, and another new show home at nearby Ledsham Garden Village.
Anna Evans-Kerr, head of sales at Redrow Homes (NW), based at Daresbury, near Warrington, said: “We definitely have an exciting few months coming up – in fact, this may be the most show homes we’ve launched in such a short period of time. We’ll begin with The Pastures at the end of August and will then have a programme of openings through to the end of November.
“Lockdown halted many people’s plans to move and now things feel like they are slowly getting back to normal – or as near normal as they can be – we feel these show home openings can’t come at a better time.
“And, of course, when they do open, they will all be subject to our new COVID-19 social distancing protocols to ensure the safety of customers and staff.”
All of the planned new show homes are from Redrow’s Arts & Crafts-inspired Heritage Collection and are designed to inspire potential purchasers, as well as show off the wide range of specification choices and potential upgrades available to customers.
Construction work is back in full swing at all four locations, subject to new COVID safe working practices including a dedicated COVID-19 supervisor on every site, enhanced signage and PPE, plus strict social distancing in place which must be adhered to by all trades.
Special measures are also in place to keep customers safe, too, as Anna explains: “We’ve put a range of steps in place to ensure the safety of both our customers and our staff.
“These include asking visitors to wait in a designated area until invited in to the sales centre by the sales consultant. We’ve also installed hand sanitiser stations and rearranged our furniture and seating areas, and, in line with other retailers, we will also be asking customers to wear a face covering while visiting our sales centres.
“Where we have existing show homes open, visitors are welcome to view them and will be given disposable gloves to wear during the tour.
“Although our sales consultant won’t be able to accompany them around the property, there is plenty of signage within the properties and consultants will also be able to use digital technology to show them the development and individual properties.”
