View Point Developments has worked with an architect featured on Grand Designs for its new Manse Manor residential development in Newtownabbey.

The scheme comprises five family homes on Manse Road designed by John Lavery, whose work on Maison Wedge in Killinchy earned him a nomination for the Channel 4 property show's House of the Year.

Justin McClay, commercial director of View Point Developments, said: "Manse Manor offers buyers an innovative type of building unique in the surrounding area.

"These five homes marry bespoke design values and materials more commonly found in the designs one-off properties. We are also responding to what we know people want in their homes, simple and clean lines, that allow modern open plan living.

"Unlike most neighbourhood developments which can deliver a large number of homes that are very similar, with Manse Manor we have created a small group of homes that are unique and special for the families that will live here."

John Lavery, of BGA Architects, added: "These houses are not just your standard off the shelf home; they have that little something special about them.

"The timber frames connect nature with the very fabric of Manse Manor, and allow us to create flexible uncluttered space.

"Large windows that reach to ground level invite in the light from the outside and provide owners with a wonderful open space to call home."

Due to be completed later in 2019, the homes are on the market through Colliers NI.