Mersea Island in Essex, known for its wide beaches and fabulous seafood, has become a perfect hideaway seaside location, often with prices to match, making it harder and harder for families to find a well-priced home. Now, City & Country, a local developer specialising in both heritage conversions and traditional new builds, has launched a collection of two-bedroom homes at its Sanderling Reach development that bring beachside living back within reach.
Just a five-minute walk from the long, sand and shingle beach, with its pastel-coloured beach huts and well-equipped playground, the new semi-detached homes launched on 27 July at Sanderling Reach offer 935 sq ft of space, private parking and a superb specification. The Barrow features an open-plan kitchen, living and dining area, with bi-fold doors leading into the rear garden, and a convenient downstairs WC. Upstairs are two spacious double bedrooms and a bathroom, with the main bedroom also featuring an en suite shower room and fitted wardrobes.
Kitchens feature German handleless units, Silestone worktops and kitchen island, integrated appliances by Bosch and Zanussi, while contemporary bathrooms include Laufen ceramics, wall tiling and chrome heated towel rails. Flooring is included throughout, with Amtico in a sun-bleached oak design in the living areas, 100% wool carpets to stairs and bedrooms, and tiles in the bathrooms. Main bedrooms feature fitted wardrobes with glass sliding doors. Underfloor heating on the ground floor and radiators upstairs are controlled by Google Nest Smart Thermostat.
A mile from Mersea Island School, rated Good by Ofsted, Sanderling Reach is just 10 miles from Colchester with its superb selection of Grammar schools, sixth form college and independent schools. Two stations provide links into London in as little as 47 minutes for those young professionals still commuting. “Mersea Island is one of Essex’s best kept secrets, with a beautiful beach, extensive country park, quaint old town and locally caught seafood,” says Shelley West, Sales and Marketing Director at City & Country. “With very few starter homes coming on to the market here, we expect these to sell extremely quickly.”
The Barrow two-bedroom homes at Sanderling Reach will be ready to move into in Spring 2025 and start from just £395,000. To make an appointment to view Sanderling Reach, or find out more, visit www.cityandcountry.co.uk.
