Fernleigh brochure

An exciting development of one and two bedroom apartments on the edge of the park and Witney town centre.

EXTRA CARE

Independence without isolation Extra care is a modern housing initiative designed to provide independent living combined with flexible care options. Specifically for the over-55s, it is a cost-effective way of remaining independent in your own home while having access to personalised on-site care if it is needed. Extra care provides independence without isolation.

Extra care housing is different because:

You are living at home – not in a home.

You are free to come and go as you please.

You have your own front door – you decide who visits.

Couples and friends can stay together.

There is a mix of able and less able older people.

24-hour care services are available – when you need them.

You get support to retain your independence.

You can join in social activities – or choose not to.

You have control over your finances.

You no longer need to worry about maintaining your building or garden.

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About GreenSquare GreenSquare develops a range of high-quality new homes for sale, rent, and shared ownership and provides housing management, care and support, and commercial property services. The Oxfordshire origins of today’s GreenSquare date back more than 100 years.

GreenSquare Homes specialises in providing new homes for sale across Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. We offer a range of developments from luxury homes in village locations, to innovative, modern, low-energy homes.

GreenSquare Group has charitable status and the surplus we produce from sales is reinvested into providing affordable homes in our operating areas.

Fernleigh is built and managed by GreenSquare, who will be on-site Monday to Friday. The care staff will work under a contract from Oxfordshire County Council and will have a presence on site all week.

GreenSquare and the on site care team will provide a cohesive service to support the residents in the scheme, and the residents will be able to purchase extra care services from the care provider.

About the care provider The care provider for these developments was carefully chosen and appointed in conjunction with Oxfordshire County Council through a rigorous selection process. We are delighted that The Orders of St John Care Trust will provide the care services at Fernleigh.

The Orders of St John Care Trust specialise in providing high-quality, person-centred care for older people. They have a great deal of experience in extra care and pride themselves on helping their clients remain as independent as possible for as long as possible. Clients have the choice of when to use the care services, knowing that professional, well-trained and friendly staff are on hand to assist as and when they are needed.

As a not-for-profit charity, they invest any surpluses they make back into the organisation for the benefit of their clients, ensuring that high-quality care is the focus of their operation.

What care is available?

Care support packages can be tailored to your individual needs. This means that you maintain a high degree of independence. Examples of care and other services available on site include: therapeutic activity; chiropody; laundry; bathing; provision of quality cooked meals; hairdressing; and help around the home. While most of the services are available during the daytime, there will be facilities for short periods of overnight or respite care, to enable you to get back to normal after a period in hospital or after an illness.

Because the care provider is on site, the cost of care is both reasonable and flexible. All residents pay a core care charge, which covers the presence of the care team on site, and then specific care tasks can be purchased in segments, allowing you to increase or decrease help as you wish.

A breakdown of charges is available on request.

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OUR EXTRA CARE DEVELOPMENTS

Facilities & apartments

Our extra care developments are essentially luxurious apartment complexes – and the environment inside and out is designed to provide a grand and fulfilling lifestyle. This is your home to enjoy as you wish and you have the added benefit of an on-site management and care team.

The ground floor is where you and your neighbours can enjoy the spacious residents’ facilities, some of which, such as the restaurant, are open to the public. There is a main foyer, a comfortable lounge, a fully-equipped restaurant facility, craft room and hairdressers, as well as staff and consultation facilities. Organised activities will take place on the ground floor – perhaps a social get together or a light exercise class, depending on the wishes of the residents.

There are secure doors covering access to the lifts and stairways to the apartments, where you decide which visitors you wish to admit. Outside are beautiful gardens, accessed by level pathways, and the mobility scooter recharging room, where you can store a scooter if you wish.

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Alongside the accommodation, on the upper floors, are a private bathroom and an assisted bathroom with hoist. These bathrooms can be booked for your own use, or as part of a care requirement package.

The apartments are spacious and well appointed, offering warm, secure, and beautiful living spaces. Available with one or two bedrooms and in a range of designs, each home has a fitted kitchen with oven hob and extractor, and a shower room. Some apartments have double opening doors to a Juliet balcony.

Every apartment has a wall-mounted intercom connected to the reception or duty manager and each resident will have a personal call alarm fob that can be worn on the wrist or around the neck. Further fobs can be purchased on request.

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COST & How to buy There are three elements to the cost of living in an extra care scheme: • The cost of buying or renting your own home.

• The service charges and sinking fund associated with any communal facilities.

• Care and support costs, including a core care charge of £25 per week plus the charge for any additional care you receive. (The amount you pay will vary depending on your individual situation and your income. You may have to pay for all the costs, or you may be entitled to benefits to meet some or all of them.)

Shared ownership Shared ownership is normally thought of as the chosen route for first time buyers, but in the case of extra care it has been designed to give access to this special type of property. Shared ownership opens the development to a wider range of people. If you can’t otherwise afford to buy outright, you may be able to buy a 50% share of the property and GreenSquare will retain the other half.

You will pay rent on the equity that you don’t own.

As a mortgage is unlikely to be an option, you would use the profits from your own property sale to finance your equity share and to pay your ongoing care, management and service charge costs.

Your care needs will need to be assessed to ensure that you can afford the longer-term costs and your buying eligibility will be based on your current income and assets.

Private ownership As the name suggests, this type of purchase is an outright ownership and although your care needs will be assessed to check that your requirements can be met, buyers over the age of 55 will be welcome to come and choose any available apartment. In some cases, care may not currently be required, but this may not necessarily stop you from buying now – and you will have the peace of mind that assistance is there if you need it.

You will pay the purchase price, a monthly management and service charge, and a core care charge.

All of these costs have been broken down to make them clear and are available on request.

Selling your apartment in the future We believe that you and your family should be able to sell your apartment at the full market value, so we only charge a selling fee. It is likely that we will have a waiting list of potential purchasers, so an estate agent should not be required when selling an apartment; you are free to select one if you choose, but will still be required to pay our fees. We will charge a selling commission based on the full market value and you will pay for an independent valuation from a RICS qualified panel. We will carry out the same assessments and provide the same support as in the initial sale to ensure that the sale proceeds as smoothly as possible.

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The NEXT STEP Our sales team will inform you when our show apartment at Fernleigh is ready to view. We will provide you with a care assessment form to gather information about your current and future needs and, assuming we can cater for you, we can start the purchase process. We will be able to recommend a local estate agent or solicitor if required and we will stay in touch with you to ensure all goes smoothly.

We know that moving home can be a stressful process; we are available to chat about the transaction or your property as you wish.

For further information phone 01993 624007 or email fernleigh@ greensquarehomes.com

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FERNLEIGH, IN THE HISTORIC MARKET TOWN OF

Witney

The town of Witney dates back to Saxon times, where a settlement developed around an important crossing point over the river Windrush. In the Middle Ages a weekly dairy market was held at the town’s crossroads under a small roofed market building which became known as the Buttercross. Today the Buttercross still stands and is the most recognisable landmark in the town.

For hundreds of years Witney was defined by the wool industry and, in particular, for the manufacture of distinctive striped Witney blankets. Exported all over the world, the blankets became synonymous with native Indians in North America and adorned their wigwams and horses.

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Ideally located THE COUNTRYSIDE RIGHT ON YOUR DOORSTEP

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Today Witney is the perfect location. A vibrant and well regarded town on the edge of the Cotswolds, with every facility you could wish for. There is a cinema, hospital, leisure centre with swimming pool, lovely parks and interesting historical buildings. Fernleigh is only a short walk from the pretty high street and new shopping centre. There are restaurants, cafes a weekly market and plenty to do and see. There are excellent bus routes with Oxford only 13 miles away, from where the popular Oxford Tube operates a London return route every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day.

Oxford is quite simply one of the most beautiful and inspiring cities in the country, a cultural destination renowned for its history and heritage.

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The beauty of the Fernleigh development is just how close it is to the centre of Witney. It takes about 12 to 15 minutes to walk to the market square, just 0.6 miles across the park.

There are regular buses in all directions, including Oxford City centre.

Approximate distances to local amenities from fernleigh

Witney Burford Oxford M40 junction at Weston on the Green Cheltenham

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0.6 miles 7.6 miles 15 miles 17 miles 29 miles

Station Lane

Bu tte rcr os sL an e

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site plan

Parking

Flats

Communal area – see detail over page

Please note: the site plan is for illustration purposes only. The site plan does not show details of gradients of land, boundary treatments, street lighting or landscaping. It is our intention to build in accordance with this plan. However there may be occasions where the boundaries, house designs, landscaping, parking, position of roads and footpaths change as the site develops. Please check the details of your chosen property with the sales advisor prior to reservation.

These plots may be subject to change, please ask our sales advisor for details.

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Ground floor landscaped area

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Water tanks

Kitchen refuse

Refuse

Lobby

WC Lobby

Lift Dry store

Kitchen

Laundry Disabled WC

Store

Tea point Carer’s laundry

Lounge

Activity

Mobility scooter store

Ground floor communal area Our architect and design team have worked closely with us to create attractive, useable and flexible communal areas. These are an extension of your home and we want you to feel comfortable and happy to use all of the facilities on hand. The restaurant will provide hot meals for sale at set times. You may like to take a tea or coffee in the main lounge or TV lounge or sign up to one of the organised hobbies in the activity room. If you fancy a night at the movies you can enjoy the additional cinema room with a projector and screen. A professional salon is provided for the appointed hairdresser and there is an additional room for visiting therapists. An equipped laundry room is also provided for residents. There is level access out to the garden areas and a large store for electric scooters and wheel chairs.

The residents apartments are separated from these public areas by security doors.

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Main entrance

Lobby Plant

Reception scheme manager

Dining

Mobility scooter store Foyer Lift WC

WC

Lift / stair lobby

Coffee bar

Hairdresser Waiting

Reception lounge

Chair store Home cinema

Therapy

Care office

Lift

2 bedroom

Type A Plots: 6, 7, 39, 40, 56 (shared ownership) 10, 11, 15, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 51, 55, 57, 58, 59, 62, 63, 64 (private sale) Kitchen Living / Dining Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

2073 x 3043mm 5831 x 3462mm 5276 x 2836mm 3958 x 2114mm

(6’9” x 9’11”) (19’1” x 11’4”) (17’3” x 9’3”) (12’11” x 6’11”)

Store Kitchen

Store

Bathroom

Hall

Living / Dining

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 1

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type B Plots: 13, 29, 53 (private sale) Kitchen Living / Dining Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

Living / Dining

2072 x 3044mm 5831 x 3463mm 5277 x 2837mm 3929 x 2113mm

Bedroom 2

(6’9” x 9’11”) (19’1” x 11’4”) (17’3” x 9’3”) (12’10” x 6’11”)

Bedroom 1

Hall Kitchen

Store

Bathroom

Store

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type C Plots: 36, 60 (private sale) Kitchen Living / Dining Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

Bedroom 1

2543 x 3044mm 5361 x 3462mm 5276 x 2833mm 3963 x 2117mm

Bedroom 2

(8’4” x 9’11”) (17’7” x 11’4”) (17’3” x 9’3”) (13’ x 6’11”)

Living / Dining

Hall

Bathroom

Store

Kitchen

Store

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type D Plots: 12, 28, 37, 52, 61 (private sale) Living / Dining & Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

6790 x 3543mm 4040 x 3451mm 2145 x 3543mm

(22’3” x 11’7”) (13’3” x 11’3”) (7’ x 11’7”)

Store Bedroom 2

Hall

Store

Bathroom Living / Dining

Kitchen

Bedroom 1

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type E Plots: 3, 19 (private sale) Living / Dining & Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

Bedroom 1

6720 x 3543mm 4040 x 3451mm 2145 x 3543mm

(22’ x 11’7”) (13’3” x 11’3”) (7’ x 11’7”)

Living / Dining

Bathroom Kitchen

Store Store

Hall Bedroom 2

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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1 bedroom

Type F Plots: 74, 75 (private sale) Kitchen Living / Dining Bedroom 1

2643 x 3537mm 3291 x 5277mm 3191 x 4648mm

(8’8” x 11’7”) (10’9” x 17’3”) (10’5 x 15’2”)

Bathroom Bedroom

Balcony

Store

Store

Hall

Living / Dining

Kitchen

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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1 bedroom

Type G Plots: 70, 71, 79, 80 (shared ownership) 78 (private sale) Kitchen Living / Dining Bedroom 1

2682 x 3332mm 3453 x 5028mm 4071 x 3555mm

(8’9” x 10’11”) (11’3” x 16’5”) (13’4” x 11’7”)

Kitchen

Store

Store

Living / Dining

Balcony Hall

Bathroom

Bedroom

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type H Plots: 68, 69, 72, 77, 65* (private sale) Living / Dining & Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

5359 x 5745mm 3193 x 4907mm 3615 x 2325mm

(17’6” x 18’10”) (10’5”x 16’1”) (11’10” x 7’7”)

Bathroom Bedroom 1 Store

Hall Bedroom 2 Balcony

Living / Dining

Kitchen

Store

*Alternative balcony design All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type I Plot: 67 (shared ownership) Living / Dining & Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

Kitchen

5423 x 4344mm 3941 x 3301mm 3460 x 3842mm

(17’9” x 14’3”) (12’11” x 10’9”) (11’4” x 12’7”)

Living / Dining

Store Store

Balcony Hall

Bathroom

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type Plot: 73 (private sale) Living / Dining & Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

Kitchen

5428 x 4344mm 3941 x 3301mm 3797 x 3842mm

(17’9” x 14’3”) (12’11” x 10’9”) (12’5” x 12’7”)

Living / Dining

Store Balcony

Store Hall

Bathroom

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 2

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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2 bedroom

Type K Plot: 76 (private sale) Living / Dining & Kitchen Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2

5428 x 4332mm 3941 x 3300mm 2745 x 4030mm

(17’9” x 14’2”) (12’11” x 10’9”) (9’x13’2”)

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 1

Hall

Bathroom Balcony

Store

Kitchen

Living / Dining

All measurements are approximate and should be checked in the final product prior to exchange of contracts.

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Specifications Buying a new home has many advantages, including reducing the expense of maintenance repairs and energy bills. The design of your home includes a number of technological innovations to ventilate your home while keeping you comfortable and warm. Our standard specification has been thoughtfully designed to provide an attractive, quality home that will give you years of reliable service.

Each home comes with a GreenSquare 12 month defect repair policy and the security of a 10-year NHBC Buildmark structural warranty.

General (for individual apartments) Aluminium clad timber window frames Factory finished painted timber casement doors to balcony SBD security locks to all windows (except escape windows) and easy clean hinges White, six panel, painted moulded internal doors with chrome lever handles (on rose) Painted wall finished with Dulux Natural Hessian emulsion Flat ceilings finished with white emulsion All joinery items (ie skirting boards, architraves) finished in white gloss Slimline double electrical sockets; lighting switches and light point(s) to ceilings throughout (white) Light bulbs to all lighting points (including energy efficient lighting fittings and bulbs) Central heating and hot water from high efficiency central boiler serving the whole development Under floor heating Smoke detector with mains power and battery back-up

Hall GRP composite front door, chrome effect letter plate, door viewer Wall-mounted Tunstall emergency call system and door intercom

Kitchen / Dining area Units and worktops from Symphony Kitchens, colour selections below (check your reservation documents for details) Woodbury Cashmere wall and base units with Grey Slate design worktop

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Woodbury Ivory wall and base units with Dark Ash design worktop Woodbury White wall and base units with Oak Block design worktop Georgia Walnut wall and base units with Dark Ash design worktop Calgary White wall and base units with Oak Block design worktop Johnson tiles, prismatic range, brick bonded (between the worktops and wall units) in woodpidgeon or white Stainless steel bowl and sink drainer unit with tap Stainless steel Zanussi electric hob Stainless steel Zanussi electric single oven (built under) Stainless steel Zanussi chimney hood Bristan peglar mixer tap Ecobin 30L

Bathroom Twyford Gallery range sanitaryware WC and sink Private bathroom or assisted bathroom are located in the development and can be booked on request Chrome basin and bath taps by Bristan (Prism range) Shower with chrome thermostatic tap Porcelanosa wall tiles to full height tiling around shower Dual voltage shaver socket adjacent to sink

*Rented unit specification varies from the above.

Standard Please check with Sales Executive for details Every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the specification information. The contents of the specification do not form or constitute a warranty or represent part of any contract. Please check specification with sales advisor on site.

Build cover by NHBC Buildmark.

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GreenSquare Homes build thoughtfully designed, traditional family homes that boast warmth and charm.

You can be certain to enjoy 21st century living in a GreenSquare home; benefit from a modern village environment, where people want to connect with their neighbours and take pride in where they live.

We have a close understanding of customers’ needs, creating intelligently and beautifully designed homes with different living solutions. Appealing to a wide range of customers, we make it our business to meet their expectations and help fulfil their dreams!

Not only do our homes look good, they are efficient to run with low running costs.

Providing a high standard of customer care is important to us both throughout your home buying journey and beyond. While we are confident you’ll be happy with our homes, all of our properties have a defect repair policy, with cover for 12 months from the date you move in.

NHBC Buildmark All of our homes come with a 10-year NHBC Buildmark structural warranty providing you with extra peace of mind.

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Sales enquiries 01993 624007 fernleigh@greensquarehomes.com greensquarehomes.com/ec

General Disclaimer Fernleigh is a marketing name only. These details are intended as just a guide and do not form part of any specification or contract. Details of the design and the materials used, as well as any brands stated, may vary in the finished product. Please confirm the final layout and specification through your solicitor prior to contract. The dimensions are maximum and approximate and may vary based on the internal finish, dimensions are to the widest part of each room scaled down from the architects plans. House types can change during construction, but final drawings are available to inspect on site. Any items ordered to size should use measurements taken from the completed property.

These particulars are produced in good faith and nothing herein or verbal statements shall constitute part of any contract. No employee of GreenSquare or its agents is authorised to make or give any warranty or representation about these properties.

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