Novo by Countryside Properties

Description

Contemporary homes in a sustainable parkland setting in the internationally renowned city of Cambridge; Novo is the first of a series of vibrant neighbourhoods forming the innovative new community of Great Kneighton, Trumpington.

The entrance to Novo is marked with the distinctive architecture of the Domus apartment building, featuring a stepped, angular façade with flush, full height windows and glass balconies creating a sleek, contemporary look.

The houses combine natural materials with contemporary details, with stone coloured brickwork, natural slate sloped roofs and weather boarding to pitched roofs, contrasted with copper clad front porches and window boxes and areas of glazing. There are extensive green roof systems to the porch and apartment roofs.

Specification

Stylish one, two and three bedroom apartments, attractive mews houses and impressive three and four bedroom family homes all feature innovative architecture and sustainable design. Set amongst a beautiful landscape of green formal parks and tree-lined avenues, Novo will benefit from the extensive open space and amenities the wider development has to offer, as well as excellent links to the cultural and educational centre of historic Cambridge.

The homes all incorporate energy saving appliances and low energy light fittings. Eco-friendly features include water butts to rear gardens, composting and recycling units and solar thermal panels to roofs, which cut your heating bills whilst reducing your carbon footprint. Easily accessible cycle stores, cycle paths and footpaths encourage greener modes of transport.

Leisure facilities

With hundreds of acres of parkland and open space, Great Kneighton provides outdoor amenities and an attractive green landscape for its residents. 120 acres of public recreational space includes landscaped parks accessed by tree-lined avenues, with play areas, public art features and sports pitches providing for a diverse, mixed community.

Countryside Properties is making every effort to protect and enhance the existing natural habitat, creating a haven for diverse flora and fauna from bats, badgers and reptiles to woodland and fruit trees. Allotments and areas of wetland will contribute to the site’s biodiversity, with balancing ponds and SUDS (sustainable urban drainage systems) used for harvesting rainwater.

Local shopping

For an excellent shopping experience or a fantastic choice of food, Cambridge rivals Europe’s biggest cities; shops range from designer and high street to independent boutiques, and there are limitless places to stop for sustenance.

A City with Style

Head to the Grand Arcade if you’re after big names like John Lewis, All Saints and Ted Baker, or the Grafton centre is home to high street favourites such as H&M and Debenhams. For a more traditional experience, the Market Square offers a bricolage of organic foods, antiques, books, clothes and bric-a-brac.

With riverside watering-holes and cosmopolitan bars and restaurants spilling onto the cobbled streets, the city has a relaxed, European vibe, whilst charming pubs and inns uphold its sense of history. From cocktails to Michelin-standard and traditional cuisine, there’s something for everyone.

Schools and education

Home to one of the world’s oldest universities dating back to 1209, Cambridge is famous for its educational heritage. Celebrated scholars include academic greats and national treasures such as Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Ian McKellen, John Cleese and Stephen Fry.

The city continues to excel as a preeminent centre for education, with a population of around 17,500 students and ranking first in the world in the QS World University Rankings for 2010 and 2011, as well as being ranked the top UK university by The Guardian in May 2011.

Nearest schools:

• Fawcett Primary School (0.7 miles) 
• Long Road Sixth Form College - Secondary (1.2 miles) 
• The Perse Preparatory School - Primary (1.4 miles) 

Transport links

Novo at Great Kneighton is ideally placed for local, national and worldwide travel, offering a metropolitan lifestyle in an idyllic location.

The Trumpington Park and Ride, just a short walk from Novo, provides bus services to the city centre every ten minutes, offering easy access to Cambridge station for links to London.

With trains to King’s Cross St. Pancras in just 47 minutes, travel to the Continent is easy by Eurostar.

Located just a few minutes from junction 11 of the M11, it’s a direct route by car to the North Circular, for the West End, Docklands and the City. It’s also less than 30 miles to Stansted Airport, one of London’s busiest airports, with flights to around 30 countries.

Opening hours

Thursday to Monday 10am to 5pm. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday

Visits by appointment.

Addenbrookes Road,
off Hauxton Road,
Trumpington,
Cambridge,
CB2 9NG

Call directly

Tel: 0843 103 4770  BT 4p/min

About Countryside Properties

Countryside Properties has been established for more than 50 years and is a responsible developer of new homes and communities. We are also specialists in regeneration. Our vision is to create outstanding new homes in excellent locations for people to enjoy, now and in the future.

We have a proven track record in creating high quality homes and places that our customers enjoy and which stand the test of time. In recognition, we hold more CABE Building for Life Standards than any other privately owned developer. Indeed, we were the first housing developer to receive the most highly prized architectural award of the RIBA Stirling Prize.

Individual design solutions

Our individual design solutions integrate with and enhance the surrounding natural and built environment to create places of distinctive character. We deliver imaginative design solutions for every new home and development we build. Such good design helps to create a community, improves safety and security, and enhances our customer’s quality of life.

The Countryside Properties name is a byword for design excellence, much sought after by discerning homebuyers seeking a higher quality of life.

For further information visit http://www.countryside-properties.com/outstanding-new-homes.