Anyone who worries that ‘downsizing’ means less space to live their chosen lifestyle should make a point of visiting the new Frobisher House show apartment at Bramshott Place Village in Liphook, in the Hampshire countryside. At 1200 square feet it’s the size of an average family house, with two spacious bedrooms, one with a stunning en-suite and two very generous reception rooms.

Bramshott Place Village, which is nearing completion, is designed to offer an exclusive, secure, independent lifestyle for the active over-55s. Frobisher House and shortly to be built Cavendish House each contains only nine of the larger apartments, including a furnished show apartment, which is now available for viewing.

The master suite, over 30 feet in length, combines luxury and privacy with built in wardrobes and an en suite shower room. The lounge, furnished as a living/dining room, is another expansive space, providing ample room for entertaining, with the convenience of the kitchen opening directly off it. There is also a private patio or balcony, and some apartments benefit from double or triple aspect views over the adjacent village and gardens.

The Bramshott Place Village show home designers, Interior Classics, have excelled themselves in creating the interior scheme for this show apartment. The theme is ‘edgy’, with stylish furnishings and more than a touch of glamour. Designer Esther Nolan explains:
“I wanted to create a scheme that felt elegant yet welcoming.  The colour palette consists of warm neutrals, soft minks and warm greys, mixed with pale silvers and cream.  A red accent colour was introduced to add the wow factor!  This also helped to link the accent colour within the very contemporary kitchen.”

Throughout, luxury fabrics such as plush velvets and soft silks have been used to add contrasting textures and a feeling of quality. Rich walnut furniture adds warmth and mirrored furniture in various rooms provides a shot of Hollywood style glamour.

Bramshott Place Village is a well-established and flourishing community with a varied social life, where the properties include two and three bedroom luxury cottages and two bedroom apartments ranging in size from 800 to over 1200 square feet.

Focal to village life is the Clubhouse, which has an elegant winter garden/atrium, Stirling’s restaurant, bar, library, hydrotherapy pool, fitness suite, snooker room and guest suite. Practical daily needs are catered for with a village shop, nurse, laundry and domestic cleaning, with everything efficiently run by the Village Manager and her team of gardeners, maintenance and domestic staff. Bramshott Place Village is less than a mile from Liphook village with its supermarket banks and local shops, restaurants, golf clubs and other community facilities.

Reservations continue to be taken at the rate of one per week and this is expected to increase when the Hindhead Tunnel opens in the Spring, making the location very attractive to downsizers in the Esher, Kingston, Richmond Wimbledon and S.W. London areas.

First occupations of the Frobisher House apartments are scheduled for Spring 2011. The show apartments and cottages are open from 10am to 5pm, seven days a week. Prices range from £300,000 to £525,000 leasehold. Further information about the homes available for sale at Bramshott Place Village is available from the Marketing Suite on 01428 722800 or by visiting www.bramshottplace.co.uk