Hen Chwarel Drive, Llanwern

Guide £500,000 - £525,000

New builds rarely feel like this. Most arrive with magnolia walls, builder's carpet, and the faint sense that someone else will have to do the work. This one is different — a Redrow Sunningdale detached home in Llanwern Village that has been upgraded, personalised, and finished to a standard that makes it genuinely move-in ready in the truest sense of the phrase.

Sitting at the end of the road, the house enjoys an openness to the side that a mid-terrace plot simply can't offer — more light, more breathing room, and a sense of space that announces itself before you've even stepped inside. Llanwern Village is a well-regarded modern development with a strong community feel, and a Sunningdale at the end of a road is one of the more sought-after positions within it.

The ground floor is arranged for real family life. The main lounge is carpeted in upgraded Saxony — properly underfoot, properly comfortable — while Amtico flooring runs through the rest of the ground floor, practical and elegant in equal measure. The kitchen and dining space is the hub of the house: dove grey Platinum shaker-style units, Silestone white marble five-ring gas hob, and a double fridge freezer that earns its place in any busy household without apology. Light and airy, and big enough to actually use. When the kitchen gets too lively, the separate snug offers a quieter retreat — a second sitting area that growing families will wonder how they ever managed without. A downstairs WC and a dedicated utility room complete the ground floor with the kind of practicality that only reveals its value once you're living in it.

Upstairs, four well-proportioned bedrooms each benefit from fitted Hammond wardrobes — proper, bespoke storage that keeps the rooms feeling clean and spacious rather than cluttered. The master bedroom and a second bedroom both have en-suites, while the family bathroom serves the remaining rooms. Amtico flooring runs throughout the bathrooms, consistent and considered. The Saxony carpet continues upstairs, soft and quiet underfoot in the way that only a proper upgrade delivers.

Outside, the garden offers something increasingly rare in a new build setting: a bespoke log cabin, properly built and full of possibility — a home office, a games room, a studio, or simply a space that belongs to whoever needs it most that day. The garage has been transformed into something far more useful than storage: clad internally in panelling, finished with garage-style flooring and hexagonal lighting, it doubles as a gym at a level that most people pay a monthly fee to access elsewhere.

This is a home that has had real thought applied to it — and it shows in every room.