Specification

These fantastic new 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes at The Thatchams, Priors Green will be built to a high specification with superior features, to give each of the homes a feeling of luxurious quality and putting our development ahead of the rest. With ceramic floor tiling, kitchens with granite, stone or laminate worktops, energy efficient integrated appliances and luxury bathrooms, why would you choose to live anywhere else?

Kitchen

Specifically for 3, 4 and 5 bedroom houses there is a choice of two contemporary fitted kitchens:**

• White gloss wall units with Oak finish base and tall units, reconstituted white solid stone worktop and upstand
or
• Flint coloured, painted shaker style kitchen units with black granite worktop and upstand

 

Specifically for 2 bedroom houses there is a choice of two contemporary fitted kitchens:**

• White gloss wall units and Oak finish base and tall units with co-ordinating laminate worktop and upstand
  
or
• Flint coloured, painted shaker style kitchen units with co-ordinating laminate worktop and upstand

Kitchen includes:

A wide range of fully-integrated energy efficient appliances including:

• Double or single electric oven and separate integrated microwave or combi oven/microwave (dependent on house design – please ask for further details)
• A+ rated fridge/freezer
• A rated dishwasher
• AAB rated washing machine to kitchen (where a house design has a separate utility room a washing machine will not be supplied, only plumbing and electrics)
• Gas hob with turbo telescopic extractor fan
• Glass splashback to co-ordinate with kitchen choice
• Co-ordinating stone-coloured ceramic floor tiling

Bathroom, En suite & Cloakroom

• White bath with walnut finish panel
• Thermostatically controlled shower to en suite, or over the bath, in house designs without an en suite*
• Bath has a convenient hand-held shower attachment, in house designs which also have an en suite
• Over bath shower screen, in house designs without an en suite
• Mixer taps to hand basin, with full ceramic pedestal to cloakroom and half pedestal to bathroom and en suite
• Cream coloured ceramic wall and floor tiling to bathroom and WC; beige coloured wall and floor tiling to en suite
• Full height tiling to shower cubicle, half height to bath walls and other walls with sanitary ware fitted
• Chrome heated towel rail to bathroom and en suite

Central Heating/Hot Water System and Eco Credentials

• Central heating system features highly efficient gas fired condensing boiler
• Energy efficient solar thermal panels providing hot water
• Compact style radiators with thermostatic valves
• Chrome heated towel rails to bathroom and en suite

Electrical Features

• Recessed halogen downlighters to kitchen, bathroom and en suite
• TV socket and telephone point to main living area and master bedroom with an additional phone point to study/bedroom (where applicable)
• White shaver point to bathroom and en suite
• Extractor fan to bathroom and en suite
• Sky Plus installed to TV point (please note that in order to make use of the Sky Plus facility you will need to have a contract with the service provider)

Windows, Doors & Joinery

• White UPVC windows with easy clean hinges, lockable fasteners and white handles with chrome locks
• French casement UPVC doors with white handles and chrome locks
• Front door colour is specific to each house with clear glazing panels (please ask for further details)
• Internal doors in oak finish with chrome ironmongery
• White painted timber staircase with oak handrail
• Master bedroom features ‘slide and store’ wardrobes with mirrored glass doors

Finishing Touches

• Dulux ‘Natural Calico’ matt emulsion to all internal wall, and brilliant white matt emulsion to ceilings
• Dulux ‘Natural Calico’ vinyl silk emulsion to kitchen and bathroom areas
• White satinwood finish to all internal joinery

Security

• Front door with multi-point locking mechanism
• Smoke detectors fitted throughout
• Dwellings meet ‘Secure By Design Standards’, which are administered by the Association of Chief Police Officers

External Features and Garage

• All private driveways are block paved
• Rear garden features a patio area and is fully turfed
• Selected house designs are provided with a shed for cycle storage
• Water butt and exterior composter bin
• Rotary dryer to rear garden
• Adjoining garages have external light, internal light and double electrical socket point (please ask for further details)
• External lantern to side of front door and 2 external lights to rear of house

Customer Care and NHBC 10-year Warranty

Each property is thoroughly inspected by our Customer Care team before being handed over to its owner and advice is given regarding the best way to look after your new home in the future

• A dedicated two year after-care service is provided
• In addition, every Countryside Properties home at The Thatchams carries the NHBC warranty against structural defects for a ten year period following the date of build completion

Green Features

• Over 75% of the lighting in the homes have low energy fittings, which use up to 80% less electricity than standard light fittings
• Solar panels on the roof/solar water heating systems to provide around a third of your hot water needs at no cost to you
• Compost bins in garden to reduce waste sent to landfill sites
• Recycling bins in kitchen to help re-use and conserve important raw materials
• Dual flush toilet systems will save you up to 9 litres of water on a single flush or thousands of litres per toilet each year
• Spray head taps use around 50% less water than conventional taps saving you thousands of litres each year
 

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* Shower over the bath in house designs without an en suite will not be thermostatically controlled.
** Subject to stage of construction.