Birmingham: from €224,792 The Postbox in city centre Birmingham is a development of 258 apartments being built by Irish developer Earthquake Ltd.
Located on Upper Marshall Street beside the trendy Mailbox shopping and residential complex, the first 60 apartments are being sold off the plans by Hooke & MacDonald .
Pre-construction prices start at £155,000 (€224,792) for one bed units which are quite small at 467 sq ft (43 sq m) and at £182,200 (€264,230) for two bed 673 sq ft (62.5 sq m) apartments.
Some apartments have balconies or terraces and all have access to a communal area an on site concierge.
The units are open plan in design with spot lighting, fully integrated kitchen appliances, satellite TV wiring and bathrooms with opaque glass basins with chrome upstands.
Irish investors have been very active in Birmingham in recent years - a city which has emerged from its declining past into a young dynamic city as a result of massive urban redevelopment.
Like many English cities north of London at the moment, its city centre skyline is populated by cranes. An economic strategy began as far back as the early 1980s to revitalise the city's core, This initiative is now beginning to reach fruition in the city centre, which has seen some stunning and boldly modern development in recent years like Bullring shopping area .
