AS DEVELOPER Croudace continues to build new homes designed to create a new community on the outskirts of Basingstoke, some of the early properties are already coming to the second-hand residential market.

The Sherfield Park development is near to the popular village of Sherfield-on-Loddon and is being designed to create the elegance of an 18th-century parkland setting with the advantage of progressive modern housing.

Leading architects were brought in to design the 14 different house types, which range from large family homes through to two and three-bedroomed cottages and apartments.

Sherfield Park is a flagship development for Croudace and now three of the styles already built are up for resale through The Property Explorer in Basingstoke.

Priced at £364,950, a "Palladio" design in Otterbourne Walk offers four bedrooms.

The two-storey home has an en suite shower room to the master bedroom, plus three more bedrooms which share a family bathroom.

French doors in the lounge open to a partly-block-paved garden, and there is a separate dining room and kitchen-breakfast room equipped with an oven and hob, fridge and freezer.

The price includes a single garage.

A style named "The Corner House", also in Otterbourne Walk, is marketing at £324,950.

The agent describes it as offering "bright, airy living" and the design of its four-bedroomed accommodation as "imaginative".

The reception room has an archway through to the kitchen-breakfast room, where French doors open to the garden with decked and patio landscaping.

Like the "Palladio", the kitchen is fitted with a range of appliances.

Upstairs includes an en suite shower room and family bathroom.

There is also a single garage.

The trio is completed by a one-year-old "Brindley" design, which is a three-storey town house.

An unusual feature is the first-floor sitting room, which has French doors opening to a small balcony.

A bedroom and the family bathroom are on the same level.

Two more bedrooms, one with an en suite shower room, are on the second story and a room on the ground floor could either be a fourth bedroom or a dining room.

The kitchen has a range of fitted appliances and the garden is landscaped with decking and lawn, plus a walkway to the garage.

The asking price for "The Brindley" is £324,950.