About Bloor Homes

The development of Wistaston Brook has been considerate to the environment, the external development leasehold fees, external to the freehold Lyttleton plot of house, garden and driveway which I bought (with a maintained verge external to the side of my house, with the demarcation of the flowerbeds being the start of my the freehold garden) has been reasonable in first year £65.00 and it ought not to be too much more in future has been pleasant. Really happy with the build quality and finishing of the tiling on ground floor hall, kitchen and walls of upstairs bathrooms paid for as an extra. Fibre to the house has allowed my work role to be remote and as well as office based through the Pandemic as I travelled to and from Cheshire as an essential worker, who knows if I had not had such flexibility after completing August 2019. Being opposite the builder’s compound has been fine and Bloor Homes continued to be pleasant, only concern is slightly shady front lawn (more likely aspect of house) which shall be worked upon once the builders (& their dust) are gone. PvC front door frame is slightly soft to impact and should be more robust and panel on patio doors had to be renewed otherwise absolutely agree Bloor is 5* builder and the reduction on the Conveyancing fees at purchase was appreciated. To be honest I could not be happier and that’s a opinion without any bounds. Thank you once more Bloor (North West).

Bloor Homes have done a fantastic job in creating a high quality, pleasant development that is in keeping with the housing style of Alcester and offers residents a fantastic place to live. Our house was built to an incredibly high standard with no major issues 8 months on and the few smaller issues we had were rectified within 7 days. The site is still under construction so this will need to be a consideration for anyone who wants to purchase a property here, since you must accept that there will be construction traffic going through the site on weekdays. Of course, as with any new development, you will be tied into service charges that are payable to the management company assigned by Bloor. Since Bloor have not handed over ownership to this assigned company as of yet, I will withhold judgement just yet but again, this is a consideration that needs to be made, as service levels are very varied on other developments and the fees charged can be increased with little option to fight them.
That aside, we are incredibly happy with our new home and the process of purchasing was made incredibly easy for us thanks to Bloor and their partners. All in all, Alcester Park is a great development and we are proud home owners in a wonderful part of the country.

Location of property development is great and the estate looks nice, however roads on the estate are to narrow especially coming round a bend. I’ve had parking issues with neighbours having visitors and parking opposite my drive making it impossible to get onto my drive which resulted in being threatened. I’ve also had the children that live in the social housing running onto my property and kicking the football in front of my house which results in the ball often hitting the cars on the drive.
Had to wait nearly 12 months for our shed to be replaced which was stolen. Asked for a no parking sign to be put up and some support with the parking issue and was told we would get a sign and then month of chasing this up and ignored emails we were then told this couldn’t be supported. When the house next to us was being built the builders had to remove our fence and our path that leads to our garden so throughout the summer we were in able to use our garden properly also making it impossible to cut the grass and have our windows cleaned. We were told before the house next door was being build that we would receive compensation for the disruption with a bin store on the grass opposite our house and yet again when we chased that up we were then told we weren’t getting and compensation for the disruption and the 3 flags they laid on the grass were our “bin store”/“compensation”

The house looks lovely and suits our needs as a family of four. We have a large drive, nice sized garden, large garage and the finishes on the interior are great. There are a few issues however that aren’t ideal which are as follows – the garden was badly turfed when we moved in meaning we had to re-landscape and pay out more to get it fixed, the house also gets very cold despite being insulated, this seems to be as a result of two issues: first being that the thermostat is situated in the smallest and warmest room in the house (living area) so the heating just turns off once that room is warm and isn’t on long enough for the second and top floors to heat up to an appropriate temperature, having the heating on a higher temperature or for longer would cost us double with the energy prices! The second issue which no doubt contributes to the first is that the front door lets in a draft and travels directly up the stairs to the second and top floors meaning those are always a lot colder than the ground floor. We had to install a curtain over the door which helps but doesn’t eliminate the problem completely.
There have been some issues from Trinity Estate Management with asking for payments for the upkeep of the green spaces and park, however they haven’t been very efficient when dealing with reports or the upkeep of some over grown areas. Trees that were planted around the park weren’t watered or cared for properly resulting in a large number of them dieng and still not being replaced, along with other shrubbery and plants when they were newly planted over the hot, dry spells earlier in the year.