£100m ‘California-style’ gated community launched in Totley, Sheffield
An ultra-exclusive £100m ‘California-style’ gated community has been launched in Sheffield - with prices starting at £2.5m just for a plot.
‘Rolling Hills’ will have eight mansions on the site of the former Dyson brickworks in Totley.
Prices are between £2.5m and £4.5m for a plot of land, with homes costing up to £10m each on top of that.
Paul Blackburn, managing director of Blenheim Properties, said they had worked on the project since buying the derelict 34-acre site on Baslow Road four years ago.
Planning permission, granted last summer, defined the footprint and external appearance.
But the interiors would be “exactly as the buyer wants” down to the china, bedding and cutlery, he added.
Mr Blackburn said Rolling Hills was being advertised nationally and he hoped one or two buyers would bring their businesses into the city.
He added: “Interest has been very high, we are talking to a number of people about the plots at the moment. The development will almost be like bringing California to Sheffield.”
Blenheim employs 150 and offers a range of services including interiors, architecture, construction and estates, he added.
It also works with multiple businesses, from upholsterers to cabinet-makers, to sand, cement, bricks and concrete.
Up to 300 jobs are set to be created during construction, Mr Blackburn said, following Blenheim’s “substantial” investment in the project so far.
Rolling Hills will have a gate, concierge and landscaped gardens. It is adjacent to the boundary of the Peak District national park.
The old factory buildings are still standing and will be demolished before construction of the first home begins. But the site was not contaminated Mr Blackburn said.
On a local Totley and Dore Facebook group, residents were welcoming.
One said: “I think the development is certainly a 100 per cent improvement on the existing eyesore.”
Another said: “A great addition to the area.”