For many home buyers, making a move to the country is the ultimate dream. Access to acres of countryside, air quality, a quiet environment and an old fashioned sense of community are all appealing factors when deciding on a new location.

For those also seeking a smart home with well designed interiors benefitting from modern advances in technology the market is somewhat restricted, however.

Gaining planning consent for new homes is notoriously difficult in village and rural areas which seriously limits the number of new homes in these locations. Older cottages which have been extended and modernised often don’t feel the full benefits of good insulation and other building advances and usually struggle as far as a holistic arrangement of rooms is concerned, resulting in an awkward layout that may not suit today’s family lifestyles.

Savills’ new homes department currently has two exciting new homes in fabulous locations that are indeed rare to the market. Both display well designed interiors with excellent size rooms, have been recently completed and are waiting for families to move in.

St James House in Sway is a unique detached house in a tucked away position in the heart of this popular village. The driveway opens up to a three bay car port and the four bedroom house nestles in beautifully landscaped gardens with extravagant planting. The ‘live-in’ kitchen has French doors to the southerly aspect and the main reception room is accessed via double doors from the lower part of a split level hallway. There is also a study and utility room. Four bedrooms and three bathrooms are arranged over the first floor. A price of £795,000 is quoted.

A very spacious four bedroom house is the final property on an exclusive development of just nine detached houses near Romsey. Stanbridge Court enjoys a lakeside location with easy access to the New Forest and the lovely local market town. The first floor extending over the double garage has allowed for all bedrooms to be double rooms with fitted wardrobes and there are three bathrooms. On the ground floor the open plan kitchen/family room and the sitting room both have French doors to the garden, with a study, cloakroom and utility room also leading off the entrance hall, together with direct access into the garage. A guide price of £650,000 is given.

Contact the Savills team on 01962 834045 for more details and to make appointments to view these fabulous new homes in their enviable country locations.