
Kate Williams and her husband Paul are downsizing from a five-bedroom home to an apartment due to be move-in ready in 2024
(Picture: Berkeley)Buying a property before it’s been built, or off-plan, has become increasingly popular in the last few years.
The National Association of Property Buyers found that in 2021, 37 per cent of all new properties sold in England and Wales were sold this way and predicts 2022 will surpass 2017’s previous high of 47 per cent.