A guide to living in South West England

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

It's fantastic there is everything you need within a short walk. I just hope there is some cleaning that will be done around the local area

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

There have been a few issues and only 1 of them was resolved quickly the others we are still waiting to hear back

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

Bin locations, our neighbor is allowed to store their bins in front of our home and when it is hot as soon as you step outside our front door you can smell a horrible smell from them.

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

Good location, shops walking distance Good transport links. Parking available. Next to a gym. Green space nearby too.

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

Emailed and communicated with residents. Noise of local fire station was dealt with.

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

Scaffolding on the mill being on for so long and that there would be such a long period of building work and noise

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

Box makers yard is extremely close to all shops and transport, the train and bus station is only around the corner.

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

We have had some minor issuers with the ventilation unit, the team have arranged an engineer to attend and fix the issue. …………………………………………………….

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

The only issue we had was waiting on car parking.……………………………………………..

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

Ideal location. Range of coffee shops, cafes, supermarkets and local shops nearby as well as being a quick, flat walk into town. Close to some lovely pubs and green spaces. 5 mins walk from oldfield park train station, and also on a number of bus routes which is really helpful.

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

Management are really friendly and approachable, we never have any issues raising anything with them and they have always been incredibly helpful.

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The staff here organise really great events for tenants such as summer parties, pub quiz nights and wine tasting etc. They are always doing lovely things like leaving bunches of lavender in reception for residents, or organising community dog walks.

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

Living at Box Makers Yard is convenient and the area is genuinely lovely. A short walk from town and a major train station around the corner. Local sainsburys is always so useful to have too!

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

They have mainly dismissed my issues and blamed on someone else.

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

I wish I had know that even if you do pay premium prices for a nicer place, the management still doesn't feel premium.