Construction restarts at 12 residential development sites

Wakefield-based Avant Homes Yorkshire has announced the successful restart of construction work and sales activity on all 12 of its residential development sites.

And since restarting its build programme and opening its marketing suites, the company says it has experienced a surge in prospective buyer enquiries.

Avant Homes Yorkshire managing director, Chris Coley, said: “As soon as we closed down our build and sales operations, we began planning a safe way to return to work once it was encouraged by the UK Government.

“This enabled us to restart our build programme at pace, closely followed by our sales operation. We experienced an immediate and significant surge in demand from prospective buyers wanting to view our homes, which is still ongoing.

“Our customer appointment system is working well to meet the high levels of demand and our sales teams are fully trained to provide safe showhome and site viewing experiences.”

The housebuilder’s current developments under construction in Yorkshire stretch from Knaresborough to Rotherham, and when complete will deliver a total of over 1,500 new homes combined.

In addition, it has just launched the first homes for sale at two new flagship developments at Furlong Park on Leger Way, Doncaster and Fitzwilliam Grange on Blackmoorfoot Road, Huddersfield.

The business adds it expects sales momentum to increase even further over the coming months, following the Government announcement to raise the threshold for stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland to £500,000.

Coley said: “The impact of Covid-19 has created many challenges for both developers and homebuyers and not only does this mean buyers can make significant savings on purchasing a home, but it also acts as a catalyst to boost the housing market.

“We very much welcome the changes and anticipate buyers will jump at the opportunity to take advantage of the rates holiday.”