Dickie Homes

The clocks have moved forward, daffodils are now in flower  and cherry blossom is on the trees - spring is in the air and just as nature starts to create its new year, so for many people it is the time to consider the opportunity to move home and start a new phase of their lives.  The opportunity to see just what this could look like is exactly what a show home has to offer and on April 5th the all new show apartment at Dickie Homes Parkside development in Shawlands opens giving a perfect glimpse just what apartment living can look like this year.

Located on Tantallon Road, Shawlands, Parkside is superbly located for easy access to the delights of Shawlands and yet is only a very short drive into the City Centre.

The traditionally styled Parkside building is reminiscent of many of the traditional Glasgow tenements, with its bay windows, something that is wholly appropriate given that Dickie Homes were responsible for building many of the classical tenements in nearby Mount Florida in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.  Today they have used over a century of experience in creating homes across Glasgow to create a development that offers both great kerb appeal and a stunning living experience based upon the new show apartment.

One of the hardest elements in buying a new build apartment is visualising the layout and space available.  The answer is a show apartment and our advanced preview illustrates just why Dickie Homes has been renowned as one of Glasgow’s premier home developers for so very long.  The two-bedroom show apartment illustrates exactly what prospective buyers can expect.  Central to this is the imaginative use of space. 

The first piece of space that is well worth mentioning is allocated parking.  Anyone who lives in the Southside is likely to be well versed with the shortage of parking facilities.  At Parkside underground parking will mean an end to the time spent searching for a space!  Once inside the show apartment you are immediately struck with the imaginative finishings textured wall finishings are then co-ordinated with pictures, soft fabrics, curtains and Roman blinds.  The whole feeling is a contemporary and comfortable one, with the co-ordinated colours providing a real flow through the home. 

Whilst space is so often an issue in apartments, the interior designer has had the freedom to use major furniture pieces throughout, including some stunning mirrors.  The sense of space is realised most effectively in the living room, which is simply huge.  Two full size sofas, an easy chair, large LCD television and a complete 6 setting dining table fail to fill this room and with the well specified Alno kitchen offering built in oven, hob, fridge freezer, washier/dryer and hard wood work surfaces.  The whole room is beautifully framed by Amtico flooring and the double aspect bay windows.  It really lives up to its name as it really is a room to live in, whether it is quiet nights in or lavish dinner parties.
 
Moving through the apartment, the two double bedrooms are light and airy, with plenty of built in storage space, whilst the en-suite shower room and bathroom both provide a calm, relaxed environment.  Throughout the home the impression is one of contemporary luxury and comfort.  It is also one that can be viewed every day of the week from 11am to 5pm.  

As a location, Shawlands excels!  It is situated on one of the major arterial routes to and from the heart of the city, running parallel with the railway line into Central Station.  It is well served by various transport links, including two railway stations (Pollokshields East and Shawlands) and frequent bus services to various points in Glasgow.  Locally, there are a diverse range of shops, bars and restaurants and a series of leisure facilities, including the biggest public park in Scotland -- Queen's Park which has allotments, a botanical garden glass house, public tennis courts, a public golf course, children's play areas, a boating pond, farmer's markets and a hill affording unrivalled views of the city.  It will soon be the destination that will soon become home for those choosing Parkside as their new home location. 

Dickie Homes has stayed true to its founding principles of creating homes that people would be proud to live in where the ‘footprint’ allow buyers to spread out and enjoy their home.  Dickie Homes Sales Director, John Kerr notes; “We have a strong local reputation, numerous of our buyers today have grown up in a Dickie Home and this means something to them; in today’s language they are loyal to our brand and we are proud of this; nothing sells a home more than location, but personal recommendation and trust run it a very close second and at Parkside we believe we can offer both”. 

Parkside’s Information Centre and Show Apartment are open every day of the week from 11am to 5pm, contact the Sales Adviser for more information 07837 764 607 for more information, or visit www.dickiehomes.com.