Families are moving into a new £9.7 million housing development in Necton, Norfolk.

The construction of Tower Mill's 73 homes, managed by Flagship Homes, began two years ago.

Now, they are ready to welcome more than 200 new residents.

 Among the new homeowners is 27-year-old Shannon Wright.

The mother of three said: “I love it – it’s exactly what I wanted.

“This is my first house, we’ve always lived in flats, so it will be nice to have the separation of the upstairs and the downstairs.

"There’s plenty of space for us all now.”

Up until moving, Shannon had lived in a two-bedroom flat in nearby Swaffham.

Watton & Swaffham Times: New Tower Mill, Necton, resident Shannon Wright, left, receives her housekeys from Flagship's new homes officer Emma Smith New Tower Mill, Necton, resident Shannon Wright, left, receives her housekeys from Flagship's new homes officer Emma Smith (Image: Flagship Homes)

The development by Flagship Homes, built in partnership with United Living, consists of 20 shared ownership homes and 53 affordable rent homes, to be managed by Flagship’s housing association, Victory Homes.

It includes 10 one-bedroom flats, eight two-bedroom bungalows, 23 two-bedroom houses, 28 three-bedroom houses, and four four-bedroom houses around two new cul-de-sacs off North Pickenham Road.

On the 7.5-acre site there is open space with a children's play park and a 16ft tall 'bat barn', created as a unique haven for bats away from the homes.

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Steven Jones, Flagship Homes’ senior project manager, said: “It’s rewarding to see a really good site come to fruition.

"The street scenes feel nice and open, and there are plenty of trees.

"These homes look good.”

Watton & Swaffham Times: People have began moving into the new Tower Mill homes People have began moving into the new Tower Mill homes (Image: Flagship Homes)

Emma Smith, Victory's new homes officer, said: “They’re lovely new-builds.

"They each represent a fresh start for somebody, and a new chapter in their lives.”

Homes England, a government body funded by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, helped pay for the project.

The development's name, Tower Mill, commemorates a former mill in the village.

A small part of the mill still remains in Mill Street.