50 years later, one park had become seven
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Looking forward to their second half century are Pine View Parks, who last year celebrated their 50th birthday.
It was in 1963 that the Griffin family purchased Pine View, a residential park-home estate near the villages of Ampthill and Maulden in Bedfordshire.It was in a bit of a state, quite old and rather run down. But the Griffins recognized Pine View’s potential and set about drawing up a plan to redevelop the park.
They followed the same plan in 1974 when they purchased Firs Park near Petersfield in Hampshire.
Orchard Park close to Chieveley on the Berkshire Downs followed in 1977 then Hillcrest near Solihull in the West Midlands in 1982. A year later Orchard Park was extended, with the addition of 21 more plots. Then, in 1986, Wildwood near Cirencester and Orchard Park at Twigworth, both in Gloucestershire, were added to the group.
The same winning formula was used for all: redevelop, modernize, improve and upgrade.
The most recent addition, in 1997, was Blundsdon Abbey near Swindon in Wiltshire.
From simple beginnings, a single park with a couple of dozen plots overdue for redevelopment, it has flowered into a seven-strong chain of residential estates. Those are home to around 1,000 residents over 50 in almost 600 park homes, all in pleasant, rural settings and offering 21st century state-of-the-art amenities.
Cream on the jam is an exclusive new development of seven homes at Blunsdon Abbey.
More information from www.pineview.co.uk
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