Stylish one and two-bedroom apartments, priced from just £167,995 and £207,250 respectively, can be secured under NewBuy with a deposit as low as 5%

Each apartment at Kentleys Chase features a spacious open-plan kitchen/living/dining room, well-proportioned bedrooms and a bathroom, plus allocated parking outside.

Selected plots benefit from en-suite master bedrooms, utility rooms, attractive Juliet balconies or French doors to living areas.

All new homes are completed to a high standard specification, including energy efficient central heating, double glazing and fitted kitchen with integrated oven, hob and hood.

Kentleys Chase is a collection of 66 stylish apartments and stunning houses bordering the grounds of the Tonbridge Grammar School on the peaceful southern fringes of the town. Within easy reach are Waitrose and Sainsbury's supermarkets and Tonbridge railway station is a little over half a mile away with frequent services to London, Ashford, Hastings and Redhill.

To find out more visit the marketing suite in Deakin Leas, Tonbridge. It's open daily from 10am to 5pm. More details on 01732 448175.

Parents helping their children to fly the next

New research has revealed that nearly three out of 10 parents still have grown-up children living at home with them – but that needn’t be the case, says leading housebuilder Taylor Wimpey South East.

According to a survey by the National Housing Federation, 27% of parents said at they were still supporting at least one adult child aged between 21 and 40 at home, with 66% of that number saying this was because their offspring couldn’t afford to rent or purchase their own place.

But thanks to the range of helpful homebuyer incentives more and more fed-up parents are helping their children finally fly the nest.

Under the government-backed Help to Buy scheme, for example, first-time buyers can secure a new home for 80% of its full price – including a deposit as low as 5%.

Taylor Wimpey’s Jason Stokes said: “One of the reasons we suspect many adults are still living with their parents is because they assume that home ownership is simply out of the question, either because they think they have to save a huge deposit or because they believe they can’t afford the repayments on a mortgage – or both.

“We offer a range of solutions to enable would-be homebuyers to step on the property ladder with only a 5% deposit. For parents who are keen to get their grown-up kids out from under their feet, this may well be considered a price worth paying.”

Under the Help to Buy scheme, eligible first-time buyers receive a 20% equity loan from the Government towards the cost of their new home, meaning they only require a 5% deposit and a 75% loan-to-value mortgage.

The initiative is available on new-build properties up to the value of £600,000 and there is no salary cap for customers taking advantage of the scheme. Help to Buy is also available to purchasers with a property to sell.

Alternatively, the NewBuy incentive enables credit-worthy buyers to secure their new home with a 95% mortgage.