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Quality of Life - Housing

Derby and Derbyshire contain a wide variety of newly built and previously occupied homes in a range of strikingly different locations. Besides the attractive suburbs of the city, Derbyshire’s towns and villages offer a range of attractive life style options, all within short commuting distances of the city centre.

Residential developers are providing a range of homes, which, in design, quality and amenity, is comparable to those available anywhere in the country. Building in Derby’s conservation areas, the Derwent Valley World Heritage corridor and the Peak District National Park, requires developers to pay particular attention to the appearance and materials used in construction.

Stylish refurbishment of some of the old mills at the edge of the commercial centre are creating a new dimension to city-living where the compact nature of the city with it’s river, cafés and restaurants is complemented by the rolling dales and open countryside only minutes away.

Derby has an incredible rental property market with all types of property available from luxury executive city mill conversion apartments to detached family homes with gardens in quiet suburban settings.

The market for rented accommodation is extremely buoyant with a situation of over supply due to completion of major new developments and an increasing trend in property investment. Derby’s rents compare favourably with neighbouring cities of Nottingham and Leicester with a ‘better’ quality of life. (as measured by an Experian survey 2002).

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