Downsizing To New Homes In Kent Can Release Your Cash

Increasingly, the over-50s are releasing the equity in their property, or "downsizing". Whether it is to fund a more comfortable retirement, or to help their children get a first step on the property ladder, selling the family home for something more manageable and cheaper to run can make good financial sense - and new homes are a great low-maintenance, energy-efficient choice for older buyers. There's an abundance of new-build homes for sale in Kent that are perfect for downsizers. Moving on from the family home doesn't mean closing the door on family and friends with developers in Kent offering a range of two- and three-bedroom new houses with space for cherished visits from loved ones.

Kent offers open countryside, award-winning beaches and historic towns and cities, is close to London and enjoys great road, rail, sea and air transport links to the rest of the country, Europe and beyond.

Eden Village, Sittingbourne, is set alongside fruit orchards and open space, yet is close to mainline rail services to London and the Kent coast. Housebuilder Ward Homes is offering a three-bedroom 'Greensleeves' home for £189,995. This spacious home has a combined kitchen/dining room, lounge and downstairs cloakroom, with an en suite to the master bedroom, full family bathroom and additional single and double bedrooms.

The Kings Hill area of Kent is perfect for a quieter, relaxed lifestyle. Set in the heart of the Kent countryside, the area boasts great golf courses, and the nearby market town of West Malling has a wide range of shops and bars - even a Michelin-starred restaurant. Hillreed Homes is offering a range of high quality new properties at Greenway, Kings Hill, including the three-bedroom 'Rudgwick' style house priced from £269,950. An entrance hall leads to a good-size lounge with separate dining room and a fully fitted kitchen. Upstairs, the master bedroom has an en suite and there are two further bedrooms, a family bathroom and study.

The county town of Maidstone has great shopping and leisure facilities, and a new High Speed Rail service to London. On the outskirts of the town is Redrow's Sutton Woods development of well-appointed new homes. There is a range of two- and three-bedroom new houses available, perfect for downsizing, yet with enough space to entertain guests. The 'Barming' style is a two-bedroom property, with downstairs cloakroom and fully fitted kitten. A spacious lounge/diner leads to the rear garden. Upstairs are two double bedrooms and family bathroom. Prices start at £169,950.

Award-winning Weston Homes has a range of new homes at its Swale Park development in the fashionable seaside town of Whitstable. Plot 16 is a mid-terrace house with two bedrooms and two parking spaces. Priced at £176,950, this spacious and well-appointed new home has a downstairs cloakroom, fully fitted kitchen and spacious lounge/dining are leading to a private rear garden. Upstairs, the master bedroom has a wall-to-wall fitted wardrobe and there is a further double bedroom and family bathroom.

Ashford, Kent, is growing fast. With High Speed Rail links to London, Paris and Brussels, this exciting market town is the perfect place to downsize your home and enjoy life. Bovis Homes' new show house is now open at its Chestnut Place development, in the popular Willesborough area of the town. Priced from £189,950, the 'Pemberton' three-bedroom townhouse has a fully fitted kitchen with modern and efficient appliances plus an integral garage on the ground floor, and the sitting/dining room, three bedrooms and family bathroom set over the first and second floors.

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