Welcome to Artifex

Artifex is a great development you can be proud to call home. The site is made up of 108 one and two-bedroom apartments on Blackfriars Road, Salford. Good location and the chance to one day own, makes Artifex a popular option for many. Artifex offers a unique opportunity to enjoy city living while saving for a deposit through the rent to buy scheme. One and two bedroom homes are available offering modern living with open plan layouts and access to a shared garden area. 

Living in Salford, Greater Manchester

Situated in an area of Salford known as Blackfriars, its superb location offers residents the perfect spot for city living with everything on your doorstep. Recent years have seen huge regeneration in residential, commercial and office property developments within Salford.

Salford's need for new build residential properties grows larger by the day. With a strong student population, Salford University continues to go from strength-to-strength, while the 200-acre MediaCityUK development (home to the BBC) has boosted both the local economy and Salford’s profile nationally. 

Artifex is also a short distance from Manchester City Centre and its great retail, nightlife and leisure. 

Rent to Buy 

Rent to Buy allows you to rent a home whilst saving for a deposit to purchase the home at a later time. Rent is set at 80% of the market value, helping you save the remaining 20% towards your deposit. The Rent to Buy scheme at Artifex started in 2021 and runs for a 5 year period, the tenancy is an assured shorthold tenancy agreement fixed for 12 months after which it is a rolling monthly tenancy.

“The Rent to Buy scheme is perfect for people like us. We’ve been renting for years, but you just feel like you’re paying for someone else’s house, but now we’re working towards buying the place we are living in.”

Mr Nyoni - Rent to Buy resident at Artifex

Reserving your apartment 

All apartments are currently tenanted, to be notified when an apartment becomes available please speak to the Willo Homes team to register your interest. We will email you when an apartment becomes available and we are accepting applications for the tenancy.

The application process involves these four simple steps:

1. Rent to Buy Application Form – simply request the form, complete and return it to us.

2. Documents – Required to provide: 
• Photographic ID
• Last three months’ payslips
• Savings account required for future saving of deposit 
• Last 3 months bank statements for all accounts
• Proof of current address.

3. Reservation - Once the application form and documents have been received our property sales advisor will review your application and then refer you for a tenancy referencing check. If all is approved and proceedable you can then reserve the apartment by paying a holding fee of £50.00 which is deducted from your 1st months rent when you sign for the property.

4. Move in - On payment of the reservation fee we will contact you to arrange a date to start the tenancy. Prior to the tenancy signing we will require a rent payment in advance and one month’s rent upfront as a security deposit held by DPS.