We find the design of the houses to be beautiful, each house has stunning brickwork whether you’re in a 3 bed or a 6 bed. The houses are set apart nicely at the beginning of the estate, although a little closer together once you’re through to the further end of the estate in my opinion.
Sales team, Lydia in particular was fantastic, friendly and helpful. Helped us all the way through and after we bought the property.
First 6 months of repairs were poor- these are done by site and when I had post occupation come out to fix the original problems they ended up taking the items back to the office to show them what site had done to ‘rectify’ the situation (a random pipe attached to nothing and duct tape). Post occupation have been fantastic, the two gentleman who came out (father & son team) were amazing and moved their day around to fix the problem for me quicker. However, now we’re over 18 months in, And with COVID-19 still ongoing I’m finding it’s getting slower. We’ve been without upstairs heating for 3 months now going onto 4. Luckily, it’s not winter. But I’m still awaiting someone to come and fix my thermostat. Also, we have a bog standard thermostat but other properties have digital? Not sure why that is either because it’s not down to value of house as those in lesser value homes have the digital kind too! Very much just a luck of the draw.
The park is stunning, a really nice touch to the estate.
Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:
Lovely local pub just a 5 minute walk away, within walking distance to a school. Also in the good catchment area for high schools. Driving distance to towns such as Ashby and Swadlincote.
Parking is brilliant. Everyone has at least 2 parking spaces, but there isn’t really a lot of cars parked on road unless someone’s having an event.
No antisocial behaviour- some theft but this is to be expected from new builds and has more to do with opportunists rather than area.
Minimal traffic noise; minimal estate noise. Quiet estate.
Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:
– get a professional snagger. You’re in a world of your own and new home bubble. The professionals will do a good job.
– Local pub is very friendly and close!
– register all your appliances for warranty!
– if you haven’t chosen your options, get the sales team to email them to you so you have a record should anything need replacing.
– Get a list of paints used so you can touch up or match later on.
How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:
As mentioned above, at the start they were quick to fix and resolve problems. Now the sales team have moved on, I’ve been waiting 3 months for upstairs heating to be fixed. I need to report some serious cracks but I’m dreading the wait and issues to coke with that.
