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Aura and Abode by Countryside Homes.
http://www.auracambridge.co.uk/availability/
Wow, these are expensive.
Does anyone know if you can negotiate decent discounts on new builds?
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Generally you can.
It depends on their margins though.
Years ago I made some enquiries about a development out in the wilds of Essex and the salesman I spoke to wanted £250k for a 2 bed, 2 bath thing with 2 covered parking spaces. Without even asking, I was offered a £10k discount and offered £5k towards fees.
We had a bit of telephone tennis over the next few weeks and I eventually got him down to £210k, but then decided against it. I assumed that it'd sold, but when he called me three months later and offered it to me for £175k, I told him that the money had already gone elsewhere.
They're selling for £400k now.
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Like I said: Cambridge is eye-wateringly expensive.
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Does anyone know if you can negotiate decent discounts on new builds?
Depends on stuff. Their end-of-year targets, other interest in the house you want, your mad negotiation skillz, many many things.
A bloke I know just got nearly 10% off and stamp duty paid on a Bovis one round the corner from there, but it won't be finished until September next year and Bovis don't seem to be selling as quick as Countryside.
handtightenonly
Timmy2wheels
Hefty
3 years older than me so a big enough gap that I probably didn't know her. I lived on Caraway Road but left when I was 8. Unless she had younger siblings? Give me a first name...
January is indeed always lots busier for new stuff coming to the market so don't panic yet.
@Dammit It's not the Pitbulls on Ditton Fields you need to worry about: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Man-bites-dog-dies-Stop-shop-Cambridge/story-25722681-detail/story.html
Trumpington Meadows is a typical suburban Barratt Estate. Straightforward and inoffensive. If you want something new but architecturally interesting and well-designed look at Aura and Abode by Countryside Homes. I'd live there.