New Milton Keynes development offers buyers lower running costs with pioneering timber frame homes

All 225 properties at Saxon Reach – ranging from 1 bedroom apartments to 5 bedroom homes – are being constructed using Stewart Milne Timber Frames’ pioneering system, promising a more energy efficient build and significantly lower running costs for new residents

The new homes are engineered to be draught-free and generously insulated, keeping homes warm and dry, as well as dramatically reducing running costs by 40 per cent.

Timber frame has the lowest CO2 cost of any building system. A carbon-neutral building material, for every tree used in a timber frame home at Saxon Reach, three more are planted, creating a more ecologically friendly method of construction than typical concrete blocks and mortar.

Through the innovative building method, the frames of the new homes are constructed in Oxfordshire before being transported to the site and erected.

The reliable construction method also means that less cyclic maintenance is required for homeowners; reducing annual costs for buyers at Saxon Reach. Once complete, the homes will be clad in a smart light coloured brick – making the timber frames undetectable in the finished product.

Christine Osborne, sales and customer services director (Counties) at L&Q, said: “We are proud to be partnering with Stewart Milne Timber Systems to deliver innovative new homes for our buyers in Milton Keynes.

"As well as significantly reducing household bills, offsite timber solutions are vital in addressing housing shortfalls in the area – allowing us to deliver homes up to 30 per cent quicker; particularly important in an area like Milton Keynes that has seen significant population and employment growth over recent years.

"We are pleased to be offering local residents the opportunity to purchase a high quality new homes in this thriving new district, paving the way for future new builds in the area.”

Saxon Reach is part of the wider Glebe Farm development area, a growing new residential quarter for Milton Keynes.

Glebe Farm will deliver new retail and commercial facilities, a doctor’s surgery and sports and leisure facilities, as well as an extension of the Milton Keynes Redway system – a 200 mile network of shred use paths for cyclists and pedestrians.

Debi Lama, national account manager at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, added: “Our ambitious partnership with L&Q is not only reducing build costs for the Housing Association, meaning that the charitable organisation has more money to re-invest back into existing communities and other new homes, but is also delivering the highest standard of construction for buyers.

"We believe that L&Q are setting the standard for housebuilding in the UK, and look forward to seeing happy new residents on site at Saxon Reach.”

Homes are available through Help to Buy, Part Exchange and Assisted Move. Shared Ownership homes will launch in November. For more information click here.