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Would £20,000 help you buy a new house?

Living in Countesswells offers the ideal mix of urban and rural life.

Our CHAP development is only four miles – and minutes away - from Aberdeen city centre, and close to the communities of Kingswells, Westhill, Cults and Bieldside.

Buyers of a new build energy efficient home save around £2,600 a year on average in energy bills: one in four buyers now put efficiency as a key consideration.

It's one reason why a new build home is a good move.

Deciding to buy a new home when life is moving rapidly can be difficult. So when is a good time to buy a new home?

The answer: when it’s the right time for you. And that might be sooner rather than later.

To protect the safety of customers and colleagues, and in line with government advice, we have changed all appointments to telephone-only.

We’re operating in unprecedented times when it comes to the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, but we’re carrying on working hard to help you move to your dream CHAP home.

Whether it’s your first flat, or you’ve concluded missives more times than you care to remember, buying a new home will always be one of the most important financial decisions you’ll ever make.

Christmas is just around the corner.

It’s usually a time of great excitement, especially for younger family members, and many of us look forward to catching up with loved ones, as well as the chance for some time off work to relax.

But, if you’re hosting it can be stressful: from decorating your home and planning the meal to ensuring the bickering’s kept to a minimum. So, we’ve pulled together some top tips to make sure you can focus on the joy of the season.

Is working from home the new 9 to 5? That may still be up for debate, but it seems to be a growing trend. ONS figures show more than 1.54 million people work from home for their main job in the UK — up from 884,000 ten years ago.

In Scotland, those figures are 87,000 from October to December 2018, compared with 55,000 a decade before. So with more of use choosing to swap the daily commute for a home office, how do you create the best space?

New-build homes are a blank canvas. It’s something we hear all the time, and it’s absolutely true. But that doesn’t make the task of decorating and designing any less daunting when you’re faced with neutral walls and empty spaces.