There’s nothing quite like moving into a new home.

No-one has lived there before so everything about it belongs to you. But finding such a home in a truly desirable spot can be difficult. Many new homes are parts of larger developments but an opportunity to move into a tasteful and luxurious new home will arrive in early 2017.

It’s almost like a late Christmas present to yourself, but one which you can buy now. Literally, shop early for Christmas!

Santa will arrive in the unlikely form of Colin Shairp, director of Fine and Country Southern Hampshire estate agency based in Drayton. He doesn’t have a bushy white beard or live at the North Pole, although being born on a remote Scottish island places him further to the pole than most people living in southern Hampshire!

Colin’s Christmas package, under construction right now, is a property called Meadowcroft, in Upland Road at Denmead. The approach is tree-lined and the outlook stretches across open fields to woodland so the setting is perfect for most. But Denmead also offers excellent local facilities so there’s a real village life atmosphere.

When completed, the house will have a Porcelanosa kitchen with Siemens appliances. The kitchen will be open plan to the dining room, which interlinks with the adjoining living room via double doors. Both rooms extend into a bay across the rear of the house that has French windows in glazed side panels for each room.

At the front of the house, the L-shaped entrance hall wraps around the study on its way to the kitchen which, in turn, is separated from the double garage, but connected to it, by the utility room.

On the first floor there are four very comfortably-proportioned bedrooms, the master with wardrobes along one wall and an en-suite shower room in one corner. Two of the other bedrooms have en-suite shower rooms while there’s also a family bathroom with both a bath and shower cubicle.

“It really is a very pleasing design, now being built and finished to a very high standard,” says Colin.

“It’s available to reserve now, with completion anticipated very early in the new year so there’s time to sell and existing home and plan for the move. It’s an exciting and rare opportunity to buy a new home on the edge of an established village and in a mature setting. It’s a gift – but only for one lucky recipient!”

Guide price is £750,000. For more information, contact Fine and Country Southern Hampshire on 023 93 277 277 or email drayton@fineandcountry.com