About Redcliffe Homes

The site is on the edge of Salisbury Plain and as such participates in the audible experience of the Army exercising. This is infrequent and once you’ve heard the guns etc once or twice, you hardly notice them again. The countryside and peacefulness most of the time easily outweighs the occasional noise.

Overall, this site and builds are excellent, we have lived in Scotland/Midlands/South/East of England over a time period of 40yrs and without hesitation, this is the best build and development we have lived on.

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

Whistledown is on the edge of the village of Upavon, which provides 2 pubs/restaurants, local shop/post office and church and local village activities. The views from Whistledown are stunning and the local countryside provides wonderful walking opportunities. A short walk (3mins) takes you past the Medical centre to the bus stop for the X5 bus to Swindon (North) or Salisbury(South) and all villages in between. Train (GWR) station 15mins in Pewsey, takes you to London 1 hr and a bit or west to Penzance or Bristol.

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

Wish we had known that the garage did not have a personnel door, like the show house garage and every other house we have bought. We were not told this had to be specified. We would have willingly paid for this. Other than that, everything else we were informed of.

What is the best feature of your home:

Large Kitchen/Dining room with patio doors to the garden and views.

5

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

4

Value

4

Management

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

Corsham is a lovely, friendly town with a range of independent shops and a real community feel. There are cafes, restaurants, and takeaways and currently parking in town is free for 2 hours. Between the development and town there is also the community hub with library, pool, sports facilities, park, skate park, BMX track and parkour area.
Corsham Court and the road system means a lot of new developments are quite far from the town centre but there are other shops like a small coop in katherine park development. Schools can be far away too. Park Place sits on the edge of Corsham, between Corsham and Rudloe. Corsham Primary school Rudloe is a stone’s throw away and the Corsham Secondary school is about 15 minutes walk away. Unfortunately the roads either side of the development are a 40mph and a 50mph limit, but they aren’t busy roads and there isn’t much traffic noise. Opposite Park Lane there is a large green space with a small park which is great for spotting wildlife, and in the development itself we have seen deer, foxes, a badger, bats and red kits fly overhead.
The parking on the estate is good, houses have ample allocated parking, most with either a single or double garage. There is a residents association and people are getting to know each other and help each other out.

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

That there wasn’t cables behind our TV plates despite advertising Satellite points we had to apply for permission to have a dish and the cables weren’t present!!

If there is one thing you would change about your flat or property what would it be:

The garden, the soil under the lawn is bad quality and the turf struggles to take root and thus doesn’t grow!

The customer care before we completed was exceptional, we could access the property to gain measurements or to see how the build was going. It really allowed us to get excited about what we were buying.

The property management has been hindered because of the pandemic but the green areas around the estate still need some TLC.

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

The area is lovely and has a real sense of community, however with so many new houses being built there has been no new development of the town, no new amenities, no new health services etc

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

Make sure you get the snagging list in early and keep chasing it

What is the best feature of your home:

The space, not all the houses are squeezed together. It has a nice spacious feel about it.

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

Corsham is a small town, but it’s quaint. Don’t expect many shops or franchises, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it could do a with a bit of modernisation here and there without breaking the overall historic feel. There are talks of the train station reopening, which will sit between London and Bristol, but haven’t seen any updates on this lately. Bath is nearby, and the M4 isn’t that far, so Corsham is a convenient town to live in. There’s quite a lot of traffic noise here, mostly due to the Chippenham boy racers flying by in their modified cars, and the lack of speed limits makes it both noisy and dangerous, but hopefully this will be sorted soon.

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

Lack of customer care and lack of delivery from property management agency

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

Poorly. Total abandonment of their duties and they ignore any emails regarding issues raised.