RESERVATIONS have already been made for properties in Exeter's new luxury retirement village, Millbrook Village – with the first taking place within minutes of the doors opening, according to Exeter property agency Wilkinson Grant & Co.
About 200 people attended a busy three-day launch event from June 27-29, with a queue of cars waiting to enter the car park on the morning of the launch.
Twenty-two properties from phase one – a mixture of two and three-bedroom cottages and apartments – were available for reservation for the first time and with hundreds of enquiries having been received in the run-up to the launch, the sales suite was a constant hive of activity with buyers keen to visit the site and talk in detail about reserving their new homes.
Properties generating particularly strong interest included the development's three luxury 2,000 sq ft penthouses, one of which was available for reservation as part of phase one.
Roger Wilkinson of Wilkinson Grant & Co said: "We knew from the number of enquiries we'd been receiving that this launch event was going to be well attended, but I don't think even we anticipated quite such a busy few days.
"Millbrook Village offers a combination of extremely high-specification properties and a wealth of on-site facilities – the likes of which Exeter has not seen before.
"It looks like this unique proposition for the active over-55s has really captured the imagination of potential buyers, with reservations already having been made and firm interest expressed by many more buyers as a result of the launch.
"We're thrilled that the event has been such a big success."
Millbrook Village is located just off Topsham Road in the old St Loyes Foundation site in Exeter.
The properties are set within secure landscaped grounds and centred around a private clubhouse, Springbok Hall, featuring a restaurant, bar, pool, fitness and health suite, library, medical centre and more.
Phase one of Millbrook Village will be comprised of 15 cottages, 27 apartments, the club house and staff accommodation. The first residents are expected to move in during summer 2014 and properties are available to buy off-plan, with prices starting from £325,000.
