Custom Build Homes (CBH) is acting as the enabler delivering Swale’s first custom build development, a community of nine custom build houses to be built at Callum Park, Lower Halstow.
Formerly an equine centre, the site is being enabled in partnership with a local development company Masters Knowles Developments. Callum Park overlooks the River Medway in a rural setting, with excellent links to London, meaning it offers the best of both worlds for would be buyers.
Included as part of the nine homes are two smaller properties which are ring-fenced for locally based homebuyers.
The process for buyers
Purchasers have the opportunity to choose their preferred serviced plot and associated house design. The planning permission gives prospective homeowners the ability to design their interior layout based on a series of options, which are then built out on their behalf as a ‘Blank Canvas’ by the developer for the owner to complete. The homes are then handed over as a plastered and painted shell with services brought to each room.
Upon purchase buyers have access to a unique ‘My Custom Build’ App, a digital platform that gives freedom of choice in terms of designing internal spaces. Homebuyers then fit-out their homes with kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and decorations, taking advantage of local trades and vendors, all with support from the App.
Set out in this way, the custom build model means that much of the up-front risk and stress is taken care of in comparison to finding a plot from scratch, with buyers can engaging with the elements that will personalise their home.
Outline planning permission is in place and Custom Build Homes has recently submitted a Reserved Matters Application for the custom house designs and the range of options available to homebuyers. CBH expects Full Planning Permission to be secured in early in 2023, with works on site, alongside a sales launch in early summer.
