New property is built for sale by many different developers and agencies.
The range of styles is wide and various, and designs range from traditional housing to innovative and unusual properties incorporating special features. Much of the housing has been designed with energy efficiency in mind. The city is home to the Energy Park, where properties must comply with an energy performance standard, determined using the National Home Energy Rating, and this requirement has been extended to cover all new house-building in the city. Some innovations include modern thatched properties, continental and American-style homes, marina properties with individual moorings and developments offering leisure and sports facilities. Sheltered housing schemes are built in most areas of the city, conveniently located close to shops and other facilities.