A vast new neighbourhood is coming to south London with more than 1,000 homes

At any given moment, there are usually a fair few cranes towering over the Big Smoke’s skyline. The city is chocka with new developments, from Barking Riverside, which will have space for more than 50,000 residents when it’s finished, to Docklands, where a £2.5 billion project will create 5,000 new homes opposite the O2. And that’s not all. Now, we can add Sutton in south London to the list of neighbourhoods under construction. 

The area is billed for a new 5.6‑acre regeneration project featuring over 1,000 private homes and 8,500 sq ft of commercial space.

The Sutton Garden Square development, located a five minute walk from Sutton Station, is being built in stages. The first collection of apartments to launch will be The Kensington, comprising 159 one, two and three-bedroom flats. Developer Berkeley Group reckons it will break ground this year, with the first homes completed from 2028. 

All the apartments will have underfloor heating and rainfall showerheads mounted to the ceiling. The project’s masterplan also includes co-working spaces and lounge areas, as well as a private gym, a games room and even a pet spa (if that doesn’t scream bougie we don’t know what does). Residents will also have access to a 24-hour concierge and a kids’ playroom. 

Plus, when The Kensington opens it’ll have a shared roof terrace accessible to all of the building’s residents. 

Two-thirds of the Sutton Garden Square neighbourhood will be made up of open and green spaces, with landscaped gardens, walkways and central squares, all of which will be overlooked by each apartment’s private balcony.

Apartment prices will start from £375,000 for a one-bedroom flat. Berkeley Group hasn’t revealed when it reckons the entire project will be completed. 

Did you see that a popular al fresco street dining area is returning to south London?

Plus: a posh new Everyman cinema will be at the heart of this new south London neighbourhood.

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