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12 The Link Magazine • March 2006
Groundwell residents
Mansfield Begbie house prices on council's
OMETB New home owners in Groundwell of the local primary schools,
Associates Ltd
West - off Cricklade Road - are Groundwell West has been ex-
Mortgage Brokers angry that a line on a map has cluded from this policy. She said,
Providing mortgage services for the community since 1987 knocked thousands off house "everyone with school age chil-
prices in the last couple of years.
When Alison Carr bought her
LET US PUT home at Groundwell West in 2002
her son was able to attend Abbey
Meads Primary School and she
A SPRING expected her younger children to
follow. Then the education depart-
IN YOUR ment redrew the boundaries and
children from her area were in-
cluded in the Penhill School catch-
STEP ment.
Alison said that people have lost
money because of the catchment
AFTER A ^ ► issue. Despite a decision by the
council last year to allow parents
MORTGAGE living in the North Swindon de- Alison Carr and her family pictured in
velopment area the choice of any The Link in July 2005
REVIEW ^1
New school bus arrangements needed
to get to Warneford and Farmors
North Swindon parents who opted for Warneford School in Highworth
We may be able to find you and Farmors School in Fairford are going to have to find a new way
of getting there from September because Stagecoach is withdrawing
a lower interest rate. You may have to pay all of its school services.
an early repayment charge to your
existing lender if you remortgage.
Whether you're planning to move to a
new house or to remortgage your property,
with over 17 years experience
providing mortgages in Swindon,
Mansfield Begbie Associates aim to provide
an excellent and personal service.
There may be a fee payable at completion
for placing your mortgage. The precise amount
will depend on your circumstances The Link, September 2001. Farmors' headteacher Ann Stokes with the first
group of North Swindon children who will be leaving this summer
but we estimate it will be £300.
Over 153 pupils travel from new transport contract. She hopes
North Swindon to Farmors. The that the change in bus operator
However, no completion no fee.
school's business manager, Emma will mean a shorter route to
Archer, said that the parents have Fairford avoiding Cricklade.
Mansfield Begbie Associates arranges mortgages with already organised two working Anthony Evans, Stagecoach
the majority of building societies and banks in the UK groups to consider the options. marketing manager said, "the de-
"The school is keeping a close eye cision to quit the service was a
For free mortgage consultation and on things. At the moment we have commercial one. The fares are not
further information, call us now. no worries that there will be provi- covering costs."
Your home may be repossessed if you sion in place for September." Coun Jemima Milton, Swindon
do not keep up repayments on your mortgage A spokesperson at Warneford cabinet member for Local Envi-
school said that they are aware of ronment and Transport said, "the
the situation.
Swindon Andrews Ridge has two children decision to stop running the bus
Parent Wendy Yesner from St
services is entirely a commercial
decision made by Stagecoach. Par-
772779 parents' working group. Her ents are rightly entitled to send
at Farmors and is a member of the
their children to schools outside
daughter, now in Year 11, was the normal catchment area of their
e: [email protected] among the first group of North home. Getting them to and from
Swindon youngsters after parents those schools is entirely the par-
www.mansfieldbegbie.co.uk
decided to organise their own trans- ents' responsibility and the local
Mansfield Begbie Associates Limited is an appointed representative of port to Fairford in preference to send- authority is not required to organ-
Legal & General Partnership Services Limited which is authorised and regulated by the ing them to Hreod Parkway. ise or guarantee transport."
Financial Services Authority for advising on and arranging mortgages and insurance
She said she would like to hear Wendy Yesner can be contacted
from companies interested in the on 702898.
