Barratt Manchester is showcasing the benefits that come with living in the countryside after opening two new show homes at its Heathfield Nook development on February 8th and 9th.

Heathfield Nook is located in the historic Derbyshire spa town of Buxton, which was rated by the Times in 2018 as one of the top 10 places to live in the Midlands and one of the top 50 locations in the UK to make a home.

Buxton is located in the heart of the Peak District National Park – the second largest national park in England and an area widely recognized for its natural beauty and hiking trails.

The benefits of spending time in nature as a stress reducer are well-documented.

A 2018 study from the University of East Anglia found that spending time in, or living close to natural green spaces provides numerous health benefits including a reduced risks of high stress levels, high blood pressure, and increased heart rate.

Exposure to green space also showed to significantly decrease people's levels of salviary cortisol – one of the physical symptoms of high stress levels.

The Alderney and Halton style show homes at Heathfield Nook are both four bedroom, detached properties.

They are now open to prospective buyers wishing to take a high peek into the benefits that living amongst the rolling Derbyshire Dales can offer.

Thoughtfully laid-out, the Alderney is a light and airy home which gives its residents the opportunity to take in the beauty of their natural surroundings.

The separate dining room makes the home perfect for entertaining, whilst the two double bedrooms and the single are ideal for accommodating guests. The Alderney's master bedroom also boasts an en suite.

Step outside and the home boasts a single garage with additional driveway parking for buyers with two cars.

The Halton is a home also aimed at entertaining, with the open plan living/ kitchen area serving as the hub of the home as a space to relax, cook and dine.

Upstairs, the Halton boasts four double bedrooms – the master bedroom has its own en suite shower room, whilst the remaining spaces share a roomy family bathroom and can also be converted into a nursery, office, or library should the buyers wish.

The home also has a single garage and on-street parking.

“We are very excited to have opened the doors of our Alderney and Halton show homes at Heathfield Nook,” said Michaela Lancaster, Sales Director at Barratt Manchester. “In addition to the high quality of life enjoyed in Buxton, we are keen to give people the opportunity to enjoy the mental and physical health benefits that living amidst one of the UK's largest national parks can bring.”

Both three and four bedroom homes are available at Heathfield Nook and begin at £229,995.

Prospective buyers at the development can also use the government's Help to Buy scheme. The scheme gives buyers of homes worth up to £600,000 the opportunity to borrow an Equity Loan from the government, which makes up 20% of the value of their newly-built property.

To register an interest in any of the properties at Heathfield Nook, please visit the on-site sales and information centre on Burlow Road, open: Monday 12.30pm to 5.30pm and Thursday to Sunday between 10:00am to 5.30pm.

For more information about any of the Barratt Homes developments in Derbyshire, visit the website at www.barratthomes.co.uk or call the sales line on 033 3355 8474.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1. For further information about Barratt Homes please contact Emily Howett on 0116 247 1777 or emily@unsworthsugden.co.uk or George East at george@unsworthsugden.co.uk or the same number.
2. Barratt Homes is part of Barratt Developments PLC, a FTSE100 company.
3. Barratt Group sold 17,856 homes in the year to June 2019, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain.
4. Barratt was awarded a maximum five star rating for the tenth consecutive year in the 2019 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey.
5. Site managers working for Barratt Group won 84 awards for quality workmanship in the 2019 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the last 15 years.