As well as financial gains Buying from Plan gives the early purchaser the opportunity to influence layout, floor finishes, fittings and decoration.

Buying from plan is not for the faint hearted, as it requires a great deal of imagination. To make life easier, the Thealby Grange Development will provide a full set of Plans, Architectural Elevations and the Project Manager will show you around each of the properties explaining in detail the vision for each.

Quality Guaranteed

The Dairy, The Barn and The Dovecote all come with a 10 year Architects Structural Warranty to ensure peace of mind for both you and the mortgage lender. In addition (although not required for Barn Conversions) the Thealby Grange Main Contractor is NHBC registered and a member of the Guild of Master Builders, which will ensure that standards are maintained to the highest quality. All other tradesmen have been selected due to their experience working with Grade II Listed barns and their relevant accreditations and high quality of workmanship.

The Process of Buying From Plan

• Talk To A Lender: Get a decision in principle from a mortgage lender.

• Reserve the Property: View the plans and pay a non-refundable £1,000 reservation fee.

• Mortgage: Have a mortgage offer in place before you exchange contracts. Don't complete without it or you could discover the loan your lender will offer won't cover the cost of the property.

• Exchange & Deposit: You exchange legal contracts within 3-4 weeks; on exchange you must pay a 10-15 per cent (minus reservation fee). If you fail to complete, you lose the deposit.

• Completion Dates: There are usually two, a short stop and long stop date. The development can't be completed before the first or after the last (usually a generous time frame). Remember - there is no definite completion date.

• Snagging: You get a couple of weeks' warning before the final completion date. This gives you time to check the property - you can employ a professional snagging company or do it yourself.

• Completion: Your solicitor transfers funds from lender - stamp duty is also due at this point.

The Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity to Buy From Plan, whether you wish to be a part of the design process or whether you are happy to observe your barn being converted. Many families today would relish the opportunity to embark on a barn conversion but as the TV programmes show us daily the journey can be arduous. Balancing a full time job, family and a barn conversion is not for the faint hearted and for most the financial challenge of continuing to pay the mortgage on the family home and finance a high-cost construction project is prohibitive.

The Thealby Grange Development reduces the financial risk and removes the Project Management overhead, allowing you to be as involved or as distant from the Project as you wish.

The Promise

The McKinley Family care about these barns and we believe that this exclusive development will be an example to many other more cynical developers as to what can be achieved through excellent design, planning and execution.

We commit to using the best quality materials, the best local craftsmen and completing the work to the highest standard to create for you a unique bespoke barn conversion. In addition we will support you through the buying process and we aim to make your barn conversion an inclusive experience.


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