Barratt Homes

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

Was great to start with - excellent facilities and the usual gleam of a new development but starting to change for the worse and showing its wear

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

Number of empty & rented properties not cared for are becoming an eyesore.

What is the best feature of your home:

Location and surrounding facilities are great with a good amount of open space.

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

Good location! Good interior design - Poor hot water system - Overly dense and congested environment within the premises. - Poor car parking

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

Nothing is more important than the estate management company, poor services must let you regret!

What is the best feature of your home:

SMART design is indeed a good idea and the energy saving concept is good but do i pay less, I'm not sure yet

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

poor to extremely poor, no trees, full of cars and motorcycles and the streets are not people-friendly. During the day we can't keep our windows open because of all the outside noise. There's very little choice to ordering food as the restaurants and bistros are not offering decent food. The walk to the shops/park is always stressful and involves crossing the same street 3-4 times. Absolutely non-liveable.

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

I wish I knew about the busy roads, the lack of pedestrian zones and the poor state of the building.

What is the best feature of your home:

The best feature is my entire apartment, the only place I find solace in the whole of DARTFORD

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

It's Harrow so there will not be a single brunch place in sight, however it's convenient and easy to travel to central so it's not a major issues. The development is very nice, very quiet thankfully, people seem polite. The flats are built to a high standard especially noise proofing, thankfully you cannot hear your neighbors that well. Construction noise is not as problematic as I thought it would be, and it's entirely manageable thanks to the high quality windows. funny enough, some issues are only with some other residents, not Barratt or the management company. I appreciate the management company reminding residents there is a no smoking policy in the communal areas of the building, too many people engage in anti social behaviour by doing this, not realizing they shouldn't force others to breathe their smoke. Pets are allowed which is a huge plus, no extra cost to apply for a permit.

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

there is no parking, but the problem stems form the council not allowing more parking spaces, nothing to do with developer.

What is the best feature of your home:

noise proof windows, nice minimalistic decor, well fitted kitchen, great balcony space, great and clean building, well organised maintaince of building.

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

Its a fantastic place to live as the transport links are great with buses and also a national express coach station 5 minutes walk away. The are has many lovely walks and areas for the children to play. The local schools are good and there are also local shops now including a lidl, sainsburys, dry cleaners, take aways, hairdresser and a post box. People are generally very friendly and there is lovely feeling of community.

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

They have responded well and attended to the queries we had

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

There is nothing i wished i had known before i moved in, very happy