A guide to living in Lincolnshire

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

The development is located in a very nice village. There is a co- op, pharmacy, bar, village hall, hairdressers, takeaway pizza and Indian. Where we’re located there’s quite a bit of traffic noise from the A46 and all of the building developments are a bit of an eye sore. I’m hoping once it’s all complete there will be some nice routes to walk and it’ll be a bit quieter.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Yes, we’ve had the maintenance man come to fill the cracks in the wall and this was done very promptly. They also came to replace some flooring all of which was done very efficiently.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

It can be quite time consuming setting up utility bills for a new build. It took us months to get these set up as the house wasn’t recognised on any of their systems yet.

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Close to shops and good transport links. Lovely street to live on. Nice area of the village. Hardly any traffic noise even though we are next to bypass road.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Very quickly and smoothly. No problem seems too small

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

I wish I'd know about Simple life homes before the stress of looking for a rental property

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

The shops in the local town are nice and the bars are good. Great open spaces too. Parking is restricted on the site not much space for bigger households

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

The service charge continues to go up and up the company that run it are very rude and unhelpful

What is the best feature of your home:

The best feature of our house is the kitchen we like the units and appliances

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

We are a little out of town and there are no bus routes on the estate however we are set nearer to countryside views and it is always peaceful and quiet on the estate.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

To have a professional snag survey done as we are left with a shoddy shell of a house and each time we decorate another problem is uncovered

What is the best feature of your home:

It is very basic to be honest , the skirting board are poorly installed, the walls are uneven with plaster work. The floors make an awful sound even where no one is upstairs. The shower over bath leaks and means we have had to replace skirting boards 3 times due to rotting. The bathroom paint peeled off the walla and ceilings so we had to hace the area re decorated with peel stop paint. The sealant to skirting boards door frames etc ahs dried with dust and dirt in it. The front porch floor and front room floor needed screeding . We get lots of nail pops out of the ceiling and walls

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Traffic is fairly quiet but we have lots of parking spaces and neighbours, so it creates a friendly neighbourhood.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

We wish that we had further support for plumbing, as we had some plumbing issues.

What is the best feature of your home:

The best feature of our home is the well fitted kitchen.