Balmoral Drive

Westminster Walk

Just a short drive from Bridgwater, this exciting development offers modern two and three bedroom homes in the popular Kings Down area. The M5 is close by for easy commuting.

What Is Shared Ownership?

You buy an initial share in your new homes - usually between 25% and 75% - and you pay a discounted rent on the remaining share. The share you buy will be the most you can afford based on a financial assessment. Then, if your financial circumstances change, you can buy further shares as and when it is appropriate to you, and in most cases you can own your home outright.

It does not mean that you have to share your home with anyone! Not just for first time buyers!

You are not eligible to apply if you:
-Already own a home, or
-Are selling your current home but it is not yet under offer (sold subject to contract).

Basic shared ownership criteria:
-You cannot afford to buy a similar home on the open market.
-You do not have any County Court Judgements (CCJs) against you.
-Your household income does not exceed £80,000.
-You can afford the mortgage and deposit for the share you wish to purchase, or you have enough equity to buy the share.
-You do not own another property (if you do, it must be sold before completing on the shared ownership home).

About Livewest

We own and manage over 40,000 homes across the South West, from Cornwall to Gloucestershire. We have ambitious plans to invest £1bn in the South West economy and to build 5,000 new homes in the region over the next five years.

This is part of LiveWest taking huge steps towards alleviating the region’s housing shortage, in an area of high housing need as well as high house prices which makes accessing housing particularly challenging for many families.

We take the time to listen to, understand and learn from our customers. We focus on thriving as a business and employer so we can deliver more homes and even better services.

We are a member of Homes for the South West, a group of the largest developing housing associations in the south west, making the case for investment in our region.

Local Connection

The applicant must have lived in Somerset for at least the last 2 years, or three of the last five years or;
a) be employed in Somerset for a minimum of the last 3 months with an average of 16 hours a week, and that the applicant’s job requires them to work in, or travel to Somerset or;
b) needs to move to take up an offer of permanent employment of over 16 hours a week within Somerset and commuting to their new place of work from their existing home would be unreasonable or;
c) Have family connections in Somerset. Local Government Association guidelines define this as immediate family members (parents, siblings or non-dependent children) who have themselves lived in Somerset for the last five years and with whom there has been frequent contact, commitment or dependency or;
d) Demonstrate a need to move to Somerset to give or receive essential and critical medical or other support where significant harm would result if this were not provided.

Please Note

We will endeavour to use the photographs and virtual tours of the actual property but may also show pictures/videos of the showhome, other plots on the development and/or computer generated images. Floorplan images may be handed. Reservation fee applies.