Barratt has launched a high value Christmas Home Exchange offer on their popular development Highfields at Old Kempshott Lane, Basingstoke.

Between now and Christmas Eve, Barratt Southern Counties will take 100 per cent of the value of a purchaser's existing home in part exchange for a new four-bedroom property at Highfields. Barratt will also take responsibility for preparing the Home Information Pack (HIP) for the purchaser's existing property and even pay the stamp duty on their new house.

In preparing the HIP, Barratt will, at their own expense, carry out searches on the existing property, obtain copies of planning permissions and guarantees and arrange for the compulsory energy performance certificate. Householders arranging these for themselves have found that these can often take up to a month and if not completed in time can cost a purchaser his or her dream home, as well as the added expense and stress of moving house.

Comments Adam Lawrence, Barratt Regional Chairman: “We want the whole house moving process to be as easy and stress-free for our customers as possible. Barratt's Home Exchange service delivers that comfort and makes the move a very straightforward one. What better Christmas present could anyone have than the knowledge that if they buy one of our homes at Highfields all the stress and trouble of selling you existing home is lifted from your shoulders?”

Highfields in Basingstoke, is a stylish new development of 300 traditionally built two, three and four-bedroom homes on a 30-acre site. Overlooking open countryside yet within two miles of Basingstoke town centre it comprises a mix of both private and affordable housing.

Basingstoke, set in the rolling Hampshire countryside, has excellent shopping facilities and Highfields is only two miles from Junction 7 of the M3. There is a frequent rail service from Basingstoke to London Waterloo in just 47 minutes which is ideal for commuters.

100 per cent home exchange is only available on four-bedroom houses at Highfields, which are priced from £394,995, please contact the marketing suite on 01256 478583 or visit the website at www.barratthomes.co.uk.

Photograph: The show homes at Highfields in Basingstoke by Barratt Southern Counties, where prices for four-bedroom homes begin at £394,995. For further information call 01256 478583. -Ends-

NOTES TO EDITORS 1) In 2007 Barratt Group completed more than 17,000 homes and 145,000 sq ft of commercial property. We operate across all sectors of the market: from apartments to family homes, urban regeneration schemes to retail shopping centres. 2) Customer service is our priority. Some 89 per cent of our existing customers say that they would recommend us to a friend. 3) Images of a selection of developments are available to the media at http://www.barrattdevelopments.co.uk/media/photographs/barratthomes/

For further information about Highfields or Barratt Southern Counties developments, please contact Nikki Ackerley, Managing Director Property House Marketing, or Teresa Hare, Senior Account Manager, on (00 44) 1483 561119 or teresa@propertyhouse.co.uk