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Celebrating the Amara launch
Fusion Residential has launched the latest Amara Lodge apartments in Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire. At the launch party, guests viewed the penthouse and garden apartment fully furnished for the first time. Warren Rosenberg, Fusion's joint managing director, says: "The feedback was even better than we expected. People were so impressed with what they saw we even agreed a sale in the middle of the party for the full asking price."
Amara Lodge, on Cockfosters Road, is a development of three-bedroom apartments and penthouses with two underground parking spaces and lockable storage facility. Agent is Statons.
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