About David Wilson Homes

As with all new developments, Tadpole roads were designed poorly and are too narrow for two cars to pass simultaneously and as with all estates, there are some issues with anti-social behaviour but residents work together to address these issues. Most of these issues were transported here from neighbouring estates.

Phase 1 of the village that was completed few years ago is aging well and I hope other phases of the village will follow suite.

Its the best place to live in Swindon.

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

One of the best place to live in Swindon, availability of 2 primary and 1 secondary school in the local area. New GP practice and a Pub is being built and both are expected to complete in 2022. Local shops serves the purpose. Tadpole have very good transportation links and connects well with the Swindon Town. Its an excellent place to live close to the nature. There are no parking issues as most homes comes with either single or double garage. I have spotted some issues with anti-social behaviour but those were addressed.

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

none, we researched the area and the developer before we bought our house.

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

DWH responded efficiently to the snags we had in the first year

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Facilities

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Design

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Location

4

Value

4

Management

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

The site is on the edge of a small town. The nearest shops are on the High St which is a good 30-40 minute walk each way. The main High St has also recently closed to traffic making parking a challenge. On the site itself, there are no shops. Parking away from the main street is limited. Spaces designated for visitors are not marked and often in use by residents who own more cars than they have allocated space for. Traffic on the site should be more acceptable once the building works are finish. Currently contractors use it as a race track with little consideration and David Wilson have done nothing to manage it so far. There are very few general use bins on site. There are no dog poo bins at all.

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

The amount of snagging issues has been terrible. We were not fully prepared for this and the time needed by us to manage that. In hindsight, I would have instructed a professional snagging company to manage this for us. David Wilsons customer service has been very poor since the moment we completed.

What is the best feature of your home:

The internals of the house were quite well designed. We have a generous sized garden compared to similar homes.

At the moment there are not a huge amount of amenities but they are coming as it was as expected as we were one of the first in the development. I look forward to the community coming together even more as these develop such as schools and some shops.

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

We have a brand new Lidl that has just opened on Oakfield Road, the Dog House is a great pub with a fantastic Sunday Roast and is dog friendly. We are close to town and there is free parking at Cambridge Close.

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

That you have to pay to have your aerial connected to use your TV

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

There is lots around for families, plenty of shops in Aylesbury. Traffic can be quite bad.

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

The brick paved roads look nice but there are no footpaths which make it difficult to walk around the development with young children. Speeding is a big problem on the small residential roads