New Inverness homes snapped up
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Only five homes out of 42 remain to be sold of the first phase of Tulloch Homes’ £80 million The Maples development at Ness Side, Inverness.
In a new trend, this includes families moving together into larger homes.
Alison Macleod, sales consultant at The Maples, revealed: “We have a couple of cases of local family members who have found they enjoyed one another’s company so much during lockdown they have decided to buy a joint home and live together on a regular basis.
“That’s a charming phenomenon showing there can actually be an upside to lockdown. These family members sold their two houses and moved into one larger one.
“We’re also finding many locals are either upsizing or downsizing and The Maples is such a prime and convenient location, sales activity is continuing at a fairly incredible level.
“We’ve had several sales to central belt families who have decided that Inverness is a more attractive place in which to live and work.”
Site manager Lewis MacKinnon said that the relaxation of restrictions has allowed customer care work to resume inside people’s homes for the first time since December.
“We’re now back up to full speed in employment terms with people off furlough and we’ve 60 to 80 workers on site at any one time,” he explained. “We’re flying along in construction terms, fuelled by the sales demand.”
Mr MacKinnon, current holder of a National House Builders Council award, is getting used to seeing his face on sales signs at The Maples.
The former Caley Thistle footballer, now assistant manager and player at Highland League club Buckie Thistle, added that 28 of the first phase homes have been completed while the last few will be ready for occupation in February.
While prices at The Maples start at £499,000, Tulloch Homes is also beginning a phase of affordable homes at a location which has planning consent for some 800 homes.
