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The fact that a playground was installed on site before launch is a clear sign that The Hawthorns in Tullamore, Co Offaly, is a development geared towards both family and the future.
These superb new houses from Glenveagh Homes have three beds starting from €250,000 with two beds also available in future phases.
Homes at The Hawthorns have been designed for family living with spacious and fluid layouts enhanced by bright and airy hallways and big, high-spec windows to make the most of the natural light.
The rooms are all designed with modern life in mind, with large living areas and kitchens ideal for family get-togethers. The bedrooms are also spacious, providing a perfect sanctuary to rest after a busy day.
The flexible spaces throughout the homes at The Hawthorns can be configured to suit your family’s individual needs. Rooms are large and comfortable with open-plan living and dining spaces along with a high-spec modern kitchen.
The exterior of the homes are very attractive with a tasteful mix of brickwork. Internally walls are painted through the home with contemporary skirting and architraves finished in an off-white satin paint.
The homes also come equipped with generous lighting and power points and switches with smoke detectors and heat detectors fitted as standard. Homes at The Hawthorns also feature an A-rated condensing Samsung heating pump heating system which is thermostatically controlled to maximise your comfort. All homes are also pre-wired for an Electric Vehicle charge point.
Upstairs Shaker-style fitted wardrobes are supplied in the master bedroom while each home is covered by a 10-year HomeBond structural guarantee.
Tullamore itself has much to offer. One of the biggest towns in the Midlands it has a host of great local services and amenities from pubs and restaurants to schools and a hospital. The area also offers stunning scenery and walks with the Slieve Bloom Mountains and Charleville Castle popular places for people to stretch their legs.
For a great day out, a quick 20 minute drive will take you to Lough Boora Discovery Park, a 2,000 hectare facility filled with walking and cycling trails, unique outdoor sculptures, a fairy trail, stunning scenery and countless species of birds and plants. The beautiful Grand Canal Way also offers some stunning walkways as well as many water-based activities.
In normal times Tullamore is a buzzing hive of activity every day. The town centre offers a wide range of local and mainstream shops while the Bridge Centre is the Midlands’ premier shopping centre, housing both a six-screen cinema and over 30 stores.
There is also a fine selection of sporting facilities nearby including Tullamore Golf Club, Tullamore Tennis Club, Tullamore Rugby Club, Leah Victoria Park, Tullamore GAA Centre and Aura Tullamore Leisure Centre. Esker Hills Golf Club is also home to 2019 Open Championship winner Shane Lowry while just a short stroll from The Hawthorns Lloyd Town Park offers a fabulous children’s playground, a bowling green and a skate park.
The town also boasts excellent transfer links. Tullamore Train Station is a short seven-minute drive from The Hawthorns with a regular train service bringing you to Heuston Station in Dublin within an hour. The AirCoach also offers a fast and frequent service to Dublin Airport while for motorists the M6 interchange is just 12km away, providing access to Galway and Dublin as well as many other main roads across the country.
For further details on The Hawthorns check out Glenveagh Homes website www.glenveagh.ie, call selling agent Dillon Marshall New Homes on 087 9497769 or check out the development on MyHome.ie at www.myhome.ie/4459393 More
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Tributes have been pouring in for the residential real estate veteran, who died on Saturday 27 February of pneumonia while undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer.
Credited as one of the earliest figures to identify the growth of PRS and more recently build-to-rent (BTR), Coles forged a reputation over many decades as a leading property investor and advocate for high-quality, affordable housing.
Coles started his career as a cattle auctioneer before rising up the ranks of chartered surveying. In the early 1990s, he teamed up with chartered accountant Chris Butterfield to buy up residential property that was being offloaded by companies looking to exit the government’s Business Expansion Scheme.
After multiple bank refusals the pair finally secured financial backing and in 1994 co-founded Evenbrook, a private company still owned and overseen by the two families that now has a portfolio comprising 600 rental units and 700 university beds.
Butterfield says the industry’s high regard for Coles was partly due to his approach to letting affordable, decent housing.
“He always called them homes; he never called them houses or properties,” says Butterfield, adding that Coles was energetically involved in overseeing the firm’s strategy up until the very end of his life.
Housing contribution
Alan Collett, chair of housing association The Hyde Group and a lifelong friend of Coles, remembers his energy for building better homes.
“I met him in 1976 and he always had a passion for the provision of good-quality housing,” he recalls. “He was one of life’s optimists.”
It was Coles’ contribution to housing that led to his becoming chairman of the British Property Federation’s residential committee. So active was his time as chairman that he was presented with a lifetime membership award by the BPF in 2018 in recognition of his services to the trade body.
Former BPF chief executive Liz Peace remembers Coles as one of the first people she met when she joined the organisation.
“John fought long and hard against sceptical planners and ultimately, through hard work and persistence, achieved some notable and pioneering successes,” she says.
“Property aside, perhaps what I shall most remember about John is his kindness. When my mother was admitted to the stroke ward at Selly Oak Hospital, knowing that I would find it difficult to get there on a regular basis, he offered to visit her and cheer her up. What a wonderful gesture that was.”
Born in Kettering and educated in York, Coles spent much of his career moving between his homes in Newark and London.
Away from the world of residential property, he spent time relaxing with family and friends, often on his boat moored in Newark Marina.
He was also an avid rugby fan and a renowned charity auctioneer.
Under the hammer, he quietly raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the likes of Help for Heroes, Cancer Research and causes more local to him such as the Newark Patriotic Fund and Newark’s Beaumond House Hospice Care.
Andrew Pratt, chairman of Rise Homes and another close friend of Coles, says that in addition to being a well-liked figure in the industry, Coles was also popular with his occupiers.
“I recall being escorted by John to a sizeable Norfolk development many years ago where, without exception, every occupier we met affectionately knew him by his Christian name as he did theirs.”
Pratt adds: “I was hugely proud to be his friend and over the last year have shared his journey to defeat an awful disease, which I too was fighting. He would always sign off our regular conversations with: ‘God bless Pratty, we are in this together.’ We will miss him hugely. God bless you, Colesy.”
When Coles passed away on the evening of Saturday 27 February, his family were by his side. He is survived by his three children, Mark, Thomas and Julia. More
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