New show home unveiled by Country & Metropolitan at The Garrison in Essex

Country & Metropolitan Homes (C&M) has added to its existing four-bedroom show home at Gunnery Hill at The Garrison in Shoeburyness with the unveiling of a brand new five-bedroom show house. The ‘Osborne' offers accommodation over three storeys, a single integral garage and the benefit of two balconies that offer views of the Thames Estuary. Both show homes, along with the marketing suite, come with a new specification introduced earlier this year by C&M and are open seven days a week for interested homebuyers to view, from 10.00am to 5.00pm.

The ‘Osborne' has a welcoming hallway from which lead a double-aspect family room/study at the front of the house and a large kitchen/dining room at the rear. This room has stylish fitted units, a range of AEG and Zanussi appliances and an island worktop for an extra touch of luxury. There is access to the garage and full-width bi-fold doors lead to the rear garden and provide a seamless transition from indoors to outdoors in fine weather - perfect for relaxing with the family or entertaining friends.

On the first floor is a family bathroom, a living room and three bedrooms. The largest of these bedrooms has an en suite shower room and shares a balcony with the living room, which in enhanced with a bay window that increases the light and feeling of space. There are two further spacious double bedrooms upstairs and the master bedroom has the additional benefits of a private balcony and full en suite bathroom with separate bath and shower. The ‘Osborne' is priced from £429,950.

The other show home, the ‘Alderson', has a very convivial downstairs layout, with the hallway leads right through to the large kitchen/dining room at the back of the home, with a generous living room off to the side. Bi-fold doors lead from the kitchen to the rear garden. Upstairs are the family bathroom, two double bedrooms and two single bedrooms. The master bedroom has an en suite and stylish fitted sliding wardrobe doors.

The Garrison is built on former MOD land and has a mix of refurbished original buildings and new-build houses for sale. It offers buyers a great environment with tree-lined streets, a number of large open spaces (including a cricket green) and many homes also have views of the coast.

The development won a What House? Award in 2010. Prices for the current phase of these three-, four- and five-bedroom new homes in Essex start at £289,950 and C&M offers a range of incentive schemes including NewBuy, part exchange and its CanBuy initiative which allows buyers to purchase a home without a deposit.