Working together to get buyers moving through lockdown
Although most of the world is currently in lockdown, life still goes on. For Rosie Becker, that meant having to find a new home at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Although most of the world is currently in lockdown, life still goes on. For Rosie Becker, that meant having to find a new home at the very start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
First-time buyers Tasos and Michael felt that after renting for years, the time was right to buy a home of their own. However, what they didn’t anticipate was getting on the property ladder in the midst of a global pandemic.
Here at Higgins Homes, we are always impressed and inspired by the design flair of our residents. So, while we’re all spending more time in our homes - and making the most of this opportunity to enhance our interiors with décor, furniture and art – we’re launching a competition to find how our residents have transformed their Higgins Home.
Higgins Homes welcomes the Government’s announcement that, as of Wednesday 13th May, it is easing lockdown restrictions for home movers, buyers and sellers while continuing to ensure strict social distancing measures remain in place. This means that alongside developers, estate agents are now able to safely reopen for business, viewings can take place and surveyors and moving companies are able to restart operations.
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, construction work across the majority of Higgins Homes’ sites was paused in late March to ensure the safety of our staff and suppliers.
We were able to maintain activity on a small number of our sites while adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Since then, we have been closely following Government guidance and reviewing our position carefully.
Following a detailed review of all measures and the latest Government guidance, we are now in a position that enables us to reopen a number of our sites – where it is safe to do so - on Monday 4th May.
Many people remember the experience of buying their first home, which is usually filled with a mixture of excitement and apprehension. But for Duygu Baydur, an investment banker, originally from Turkey, the experience was simply unprecedented due to the Covid-19 pandemic.