New Homes Bring Jobs Boost And Investment For Uttlesford

Uttlesford is set to receive a jobs and investment boost thanks to David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties.

148 homes will be built at Kingswood Place, the David Wilson Homes development on Stansted Road in Elsenham, underpinning 296 jobs. The housebuilder will also invest over half a million pounds in the local area which will include £380,000 for a multi-purpose community building. £130,000 will be used to provide play areas while over £20,000 will be invested across primary education, early years and childcare.

The broad mix of properties available at Kingswood Place will be designed to suit the needs of the local community and there will be two, three, four and five bedroom homes.

Jason Colmer, Sales Director at David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties, said: "As well as building much needed homes for local people we will also provide skilled employment opportunities and we are delighted our work at Kingswood Place will underpin nearly 300 jobs. Our investment in the district will directly benefit local residents through facilities such as the multi-purpose community building."

Kingswood Place offers fantastic connections. It is just a 55 minute train journey to London Liverpool Street from the railway station in Elsenham while the M11 is within easy reach and Stansted Airport is four miles away. There is a wealth of amenities to be found in Elsenham, including a number of shops, and there are several towns and villages nearby, such as Bishop's Stortford and Saffron Walden, which offer further choice.

Information about the homes available to buy at Kingswood Place will be available later this year. The show homes are due to open in spring 2016 and the first homes will be ready for people to move into next summer.

For further details about the development please call the sales information line on 0844 8113888. The line is open from Monday to Friday 8am-9pm and Saturday to Sunday 8am-8pm. Alternatively, please visit www.dwh.co.uk for more information.

David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties has been awarded the maximum five star official rating from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) for the sixth year in a row. The company was awarded the rating after gaining fantastic feedback in the HBF customer satisfaction survey which involved more than 20,000 new homebuyers across the country answering questions about moving into their new homes.

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NOTES TO EDITORS

1) For further information about David Wilson Homes Eastern Counties, media should please contact Hannah Elwell, Director of PR or Laura Payne, PR Account Executive, on 0116 247 1777 orhannah@unsworthsugden.co.uk or laura@unsworthsugden.co.uk

2) Barratt Developments PLC is a FTSE 100 Company

3) Barratt Group sold 14,838 homes in the year to June 2014, making it the biggest housebuilder by volume in Britain

4) Barratt Group was awarded a maximum five star rating for the sixth consecutive year in the 2015 Home Builders Federation Customer Satisfaction Survey

5) Site managers working for Barratt Group won 81 awards for quality workmanship in the 2015 NHBC Pride in the Job Awards. Barratt has won more Pride in the Job awards than any other housebuilder for the last eleven years

6) Barratt Group is the only housebuilder to provide a five year warranty to the first owner or purchaser direct from the company of its new build homes, on the fixtures and fittings installed at the time of purchase