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Barratt Homes Manchester bring in 200th FirstBuy sale

Barratt Homes’ Manchester division has cheered its 200th house sale through the Government’s FirstBuy scheme.

Completion of the house sale on The Woodlands in Buckshaw, Chorley went through last week, to make Barratt Manchester the first division in the company to reach the 200th mark.

Neil Goodwin, managing director of Barratt Manchester, said: “This is a massive achievement for Barratt in this Division and it is testament to the work of our sales advisers who have been able to advise home buyers and tell them the ways to get onto the property ladder that will suit them.

“FirstBuy was a great way for first time buyers to get onto the property ladder and we are delighted that 200 people using the scheme have chosen Barratt Homes as the first home they buy.”

FirstBuy was a scheme to help first time buyers get on the property ladder, with the Government offering an equity loan worth up to 20% of the property’s value.

Gemma Pond, the 200th FirstBuy customer, commented: “FirstBuy made it so much easier for us.

“Without it we would have had to go for something smaller that we weren’t happy with and we would have wanted to move again in a couple of years.

“But using FirstBuy, everything has worked out so well. We only started looking in March but as soon as we saw this house on this development, we knew that we wanted it.”

Carl Brennan and Leonie Shorrock are another couple who recently moved into a house in Buckshaw Village.

Mr Brennan commented: “It is our dream home and it would not have been possible for us to get the house without using First Buy. We love the new house and are over the moon with the service that we got through the whole process.”

FirstBuy has now been replaced by the Government’s Help to Buy initiative, which also offers 20% loans on the cost of a new build house.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Miranda Dobson .