The School Factor

Many parents may currently be planning school visits to open days or thumbing-through school prospectus’ as they plan their primary school applications for the 15^th January 2020 deadline, but Far East Consortium (FEC), the developer of Hornsey Town Hall in Crouch End, and MeadowSide in Manchester, is reporting an increasing demand from 30-something young families and couples looking at the “long-term potential” in a property, not simply a traditional ‘housing ladder’ approach to home buying.

Family homebuyers have always been clued-in to local services such as hospitals, parks, good shops and transport links, but FEC say prospective buyers are taking an increasingly long-term view. Even childless couples are assessing school league tables as part of their decision making process at its new Crouch End development, Hornsey Town Hall.

Of the 135 new properties at the Hornsey Town Hall development in Crouch End, there is a wide choice of family-friendly homes. Two-bed apartments start from £644,950 and three-bed apartments start from £959,950 and  have considered family life throughout the different stages of a family’s growth. The open-plan living space is ideal when children are young and parents wish to keep a watchful and safety-conscious eye on little tots. The double bedrooms show consideration for older families with teenagers, who may want to enjoy their own space. Moreover, the timber flooring and terrazzo-style worktops in the kitchen and living areas, makes surfaces easy to maintain and promotes communal suppers. Indeed a modern-day consideration for many families is connectivity - both digitally and physically. The Hornsey Town Hall apartments facilitate ultra-fast internet access, whilst the communal open spaces of the Town Hall Square and Town Hall Gardens offer a welcome retreat for new parents wishing to meet their neighbours yet not have the burden of maintaining a private garden.