Everything to do with the local area that was already here is good, apart from the fact that there is lots of new housing going up but no dentists spots at all anywhere local, and doctors surgeries are already overrun. We were supposed to be getting a surgery on our estate and there is one earmarked but we have had no news or updates and we’ve been here 5.5 years now.
Living on our street is ok. We don’t have trouble with the neighbours and part of our street is housing association run. But they’re all well managed and have nice families in. Most households have at least 2 cars and some have 3. The entire street is terraced apart from ours and one other which are detached. All the terraced houses have 2 parking spaces out the front of their house, my house and the other detached house have a drive down the side. There are no spare visitors parking spaces and the only on road parking is directly in front of my house and the house opposite. So for our entire street there is only 2 on road parking spaces. So it’s usually the case that if just 2 of the houses on our street get a visitor then that’s it, anyone else has to park absolutely miles away. I get that you have to cram them all in to make as much money as possible but it’s still hard living with it.
Please review your development:
I like our development, but we are having major issues with crime, cars being broken into or stolen multiple times a week. There are parts of our estate that have streetlights but they’re not connected yet. A lot of residents have mentioned that they were meant to be switched on a while ago but still haven’t. Perhaps this would help discourage some of the unwanted crime.
My house personally, the brickwork is awful, it isn’t obvious immediately but when the light hits it there is shadows created by every single bring because they’re all so wonky! We did a walk round before we moved in and picked up lots of things for them to fix before we got the keys. Most of the things weren’t done, including no plug in our downstairs loo, when i told them about it they said they would fit it, instead they posted the plug through my door and ran off without knocking while I was in my house and I had to attach it myself.
There is uneven ground in my hallway where the concrete isn’t flat and we were told they couldn’t do anything about it.
After living here for just over 2 years we got birds living in our loft. After some investigation we realised that the builders had left bricks off under every corner of our roof and it had been open to the elements for over 2 years! To be fair to persimmon they fixed it within 2 weeks, I had to push a lot to get it done as they tried to say it was as a big job for them as they had to hire scaffolding but when I pushed they did sort it.
Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:
I wish I had felt like and known I could push for every little fault. I felt like I was causing a problem, now I wish I had made more of a fuss.
What is the best feature of your home:
That it’s new and we got quite a big garden in comparison to others.
