Category: Housing

Property of the Week

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This week’s Benjamins featured Ruddington property is a three bedroomed detached family home | in a quiet village location | newly decorated and well presented throughout | with downstairs WC | open plan kitchen diner| separate al fresco dining areas | off-road parking| private rear garden | and a guide price of £385,000 to £400,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Benjamins Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 937 1713 or emailing info@benjaminsproperty.com Benjamins Director Ben Featherstone says: “We are extremely excited to…

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Start Date for Major Junction Work Revealed

Graham Wright

Long-awaited highway improvements to alleviate the daily traffic queues at an increasingly busy Ruddington crossroads are scheduled to begin next month. As previously reported, local frustrations have been mounting about peak-time tailbacks at the Kirk Lane/Loughborough Road/Flawforth Lane traffic lights. It’s as hundreds of families continue to move into Ruddington’s four major new housing developments (approved over three years’ ago as part of the Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) ‘Local Plan Part Two’) before the mandated improvement works to add extra turning lanes at this critical junction have been carried out. RUDDINGTON.info…

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Property of the Week

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This week’s Benjamins featured Ruddington property is a beautifully extended semi-detached home | with four bedrooms | loft conversion with en-suite bathroom | in a quiet cul-de-sac location | with off-road parking| private rear garden with patio | close to the village centre | and a guide price of £375,000 to £385,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Benjamins Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 937 1713 or emailing info@benjaminsproperty.com Benjamins Director Ben Featherstone says: “We are extremely excited to team up with…

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Housebuilder’s Boost for Birdlife?

Graham Wright

Ever since the the Rushcliffe Local Plan Part 2 was approved – giving developers the green light to build hundreds of new houses on large areas of Ruddington’s Green Belt – villagers have been complaining about the destruction of natural habitats and the loss of green space. Whilst undoubtedly this is true – and those four large new estates have consumed precious areas of agricultural land we’ll never get back – Gordon Dyne of Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust (NWT) has learned about one positive outcome… As part of the planning application…

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Property of the Week

Graham Wright

This week’s Benjamins featured Ruddington property is up for rent: a mid terrace character cottage | with two bedrooms | overlooking The Village Green | a log burner | attic room with Velux window | double glazing | rear garden | close to local amenities | and with a rental cost of £800 per month. It’s available NOW.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Benjamins Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 937 1713 or emailing info@benjaminsproperty.com Benjamins Director Ben Featherstone says: “We…

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Couple Find Forever Home at Lace Fields

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Stunning views of open countryside attracted Jill and John McQueen to ‘Lace Fields’ in Ruddington, where they found their forever home. Jill was visiting nearby Rushcliffe Country Park during the pandemic when she noticed the attractive new development being built on the edge of our village by award winning housebuilder William Davis Homes. “We were looking for somewhere with retirement in mind – and Lace Fields is ideal” says Jill, who works from home. “It’s the best of both worlds – a lovely countryside setting with easy access to Nottingham…

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Property of the Week

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This week’s Benjamins featured Ruddington property is a mid-terraced home built in 2006: with three bedrooms (master with an en-suite shower room) | downstairs w/c | open plan kitchen diner | conservatory | low maintenance enclosed rear garden with decking | single garage plus additional off-road parking space | and a guide price of £260,000.   You can view this property in a new browser window >>HERE<<. Please contact Benjamins Estate Agents directly for more information, or to arrange a viewing, by ‘phoning 0115 937 1713 or emailing info@benjaminsproperty.com Benjamins Director Ben Featherstone says: “We…

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Ruddington’s June Roadworks

Graham Wright

As previously reported, Ruddington’s motorists are already facing longer and longer delays at the Loughborough Road/Kirk Lane/Flawforth Lane traffic lights caused by increased traffic volumes unmitigated by delayed junction improvement work there. Now we’re also being warned about additional hold-ups and disruption this summer due to roadworks scheduled along Loughborough Road and elsewhere in our village – even before this long overdue junction work finally begins. In June 2023 alone, there’s a week of water pipe renewals on the A60, five days of gas work by The Green and a weekend of…

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Local Property Demand Remains Strong

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The Nottingham property market is at the halfway stage of the year, writes Ruddington’s Benwell Daykin Estate Agents. Over the past decade, it has witnessed steady growth and resilience. From 2010 until recently, the average property prices in Nottingham rose by approximately 43 per cent, reflecting the City’s increasing popularity and desirability. Despite fluctuations, Nottingham has consistently performed well compared to the national average, thanks to factors like its thriving economy, excellent transport links, and renowned educational institutions. Using the latest housing market data, the property market in Nottingham continues to show…

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Overdue Junction Improvements Should Get ‘Green Light’ Soon

Graham Wright

For over a year, frustration has been building among village motorists and other residents about the mounting peak-time traffic queues at Ruddington’s busiest crossroads. The increased delays at the Loughborough Road/Kirk Lane/Flawforth Lane traffic lights are being blamed on a failure to carry out the promised junction improvement works there – as hundreds of new families move into the four, major new developments approved in Ruddington as part of the Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) ‘Local Plan Part Two’. As previously reported, Avant Homes in particular has come in for criticism after…

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