Thursday, 15 May 2008

Newquay holiday apartments and houses

There is a lot of building going on in Newquay. File that under 'understatement'.

From the tip of the Pentire round to Watergate Bay the number of cranes and fenced-off plots is eye opening. Most are old hotels, long past their sell-by date, a number are large family homes. All are making way for new build apartments and houses.

These are the developments I know about that are being developed or have completed in the last 12 months or so:

Pentire
  • Spinnakers
  • Vista
  • Pentire Mews
  • Ocean 1
  • Ocean Gate
  • Trehellan Heights
Central
  • Rocklands
  • Horizons
  • Surfpods 1 and 2
  • Tolcarne
  • Harbour View
  • The Point
  • Carn Brae
  • Shore 504
  • Crest Court
  • Scape
  • The Old Edwardian
Headland
  • Azure
  • Zinc
  • Pearl
  • Bredon Court
Porth
  • Zenith
  • The Beach House
Watergate
  • Tregurrian
I also know of 3 or 4 others that are soon to come to market and the local developers, Penpol, also have a large number of sites sat fallow at the moment.
If you are looking to buy then the main agents representing these properties are: Bradleys, Webbers, Knight Frank, Stags, Strutt and Parker, David Ball.

The apartments generally aren't cheap and there has been a fair bit of backlash from locals, many of whom see developments as destroying the Newquay skyline and pricing local people out of the market. However, many of these are replacing outdated bedspaces with top quality bedspaces, hopefully attracting a higher spending visitor to Newquay and the Newquay skyline is not, in the most part, a thing of beauty. Newquay holidays have generally been a bucket and spade affair; there is now a real focus from the council on raising the bar and this is reflected in the amenities becoming available in the town. The properties have high asking prices and therefore owners are looking for high rentals. The town needs to attract higher spenders - by becoming the Cornwall location of discerning choice - to sustain the development.

All this development is clearly going to greatly increase the choice for those looking for quality self catering in Newquay.

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