A Guide to Living in Worcestershire

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Design of properties are typical new-build development, but with a twist of high ceilings and large windows which make them feel better than the average new home. Some streets feel more enclosed than others, but on the whole the estate feels quite unclutterered and welcoming. Some areas of green space help it feel more like the countryside isn’t far away.

Estate management has just been handed over and this is proving to be a strained relationship. Hopefully this is just teething problems and will be sorted soon.

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Estate management companies are a pain. We have only recently been handed over from the developer, but the teething problems we are having is frustrating. I can only hope these will soon iron out and will run smoothly, but at this stage they are more than useless.

What is the best feature of your home:

Energy efficiency, internal size, large windows, quality of fixtures & fittings.

All the faults that I discovered at my brand new home was appalling. You cannot communicate with any of them as the do not respond to your emails. Only when you start threatening them will you get some sort of feedback. As a first time buyer I am horrified by this experience. They are absolutely shocking and only interested in one thing and that is your money.

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I will highly recommend that you think before you buy any property through this rotten company. The promise you everything at the start and once you have moved in they are like ghosts, you do not hear from them or see them. Our development was particularly poorly built and structurally I think it is not safe. I will do anything in my ability to prove a point about this.

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Well as a first time buyer I was hoping to walk into my house that was promised to me from a finish point of view. All of this was very disappointed as there were so many issues it was frightening.

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

They were always late to reply to any complaints. I spoke to so many people working for St Modwens having to explain the same story over and over as there is zero communication.

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Building works is all the time as something never gets done properly so they have to keep redoing it each house is different so every design is different the park they built on here is much either it’s a little park could’ve had a lot more on it really and could’ve done with a shop aswell

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Don’t bother with the garden spent loads on it and the leather jackets have destroyed it yet again

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

Poorly as you can never speak to anyone it’s constant emails back and forward

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These houses look fabulous they are really well designed and in the main built very well.

You must triple check a house first as Bloor are amazing in the first few days but like all developers they loose interest in you quickly once they have your cash

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

I wish I had knocked on the door of other people who already had moved in

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

Slowly and hoped I would go away infected took 8 months to replace a fence panel