First reservations taken within minutes of Exeter retirement village launch

Reservations have already been made for properties in Exeter’s new luxury retirement village, Millbrook Village – with the first taking place within minutes of the doors opening, reports Exeter property agency Wilkinson Grant & Co.

Around 200 people attended a busy three-day launch event from 27-29 June, with a queue of cars waiting to enter the car park on the morning of the launch.

22 properties from phase one – a mixture of two- and three-bedroom cottages and apartments – were available for reservation for the first time and with hundreds of enquiries having been received in the run-up to the eagerly anticipated launch, the sales suite was a constant hive of activity with buyers keen to visit the site and talk in detail about reserving their new homes.

Properties generating particularly strong interest included the development’s three luxury 2,000 square foot penthouses, one of which was available for reservation as part of phase one.

“We knew from the number of enquiries we’d been receiving that this launch event was going to be well attended but I don’t think even we anticipated quite such a busy few days,” commented Roger Wilkinson of Wilkinson Grant & Co. “Millbrook Village offers a combination of extremely high specification properties and a wealth of on-site facilities – the likes of which Exeter has not seen before. It looks like this unique proposition for the active over 55s has really captured the imagination of potential buyers, with reservations already having been made and firm interest expressed by many more buyers as a result of the launch. We’re thrilled that the event has been such a big success.”

Millbrook Village is located just off Topsham Road in the old St Loyes Foundation site. The £60 million development will provide a selection of 140 luxuriously appointed two- and three-bedroom apartments and cottages for the over 55s. The properties are set within secure landscaped grounds and centred around a private club house, Springbok Hall, featuring a restaurant, bar, pool, fitness and health suite, library, medical centre and more.

Phase one of Millbrook Village will comprise 15 cottages, 27 apartments, the club house and staff accommodation. The first residents are expected to move in during summer 2014 and properties are available to buy off-plan, with prices starting from £325,000.

For more information, visit www.millbrookvillage.co.uk