About St Modwen Homes
St. Modwen Homes is a British-based property investment and development business specialising in the regeneration and remediation of brownfield land and urban environments.
A true account of our home in Blythe Fields
We reserved our 4 bedroom detached house during the height of the first lockdown in 2020. Our current home was valued remotely and a sales manager from St modwen contacted us with a very reasonable offer to part exchange. This whole process went incredibly smoothly with communication from St Modwen and enabled us to move into our new home more quickly. Our house type is called Edwen, we would of preferred a larger master bedroom as an en suite was added but this has taken away space from the master bedroom, there is also no window in the ensuite and is quite small giving it a caravan feel. The 2nd bedroom is a decent size but the 3rd bedroom is again a bit smaller than we would of preferred. The front door which is very sturdy has only one glass panel above it whereas other house types have this and 2 extra panels down the side allowing for more natural daylight to stream into the hallway, one panel means the hallway is always quite dark and needs a light on to see clearly even in the day and particularly through the darker winter months.
Our house having stood empty during the first lockdown needed completely re plastering and re painting this was not done to a high standard which resulted in workmen having to return to fix this. In general, the finishing off such as painting and plastering was quite poor and could of been much better. Having lived in 2 other new builds we also have a lot more shrinkage here, all up the stairs and around window sills which we didn’t have in the other new builds it looks unsightly and is something we have to put right. Cornishing in all rooms would improve the general appearance too. However, whatever issues we have encountered your customer service team have always logged and resolved these.
Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:
Our estate is still currently being developed, although it has doubled in size since the 12 months we have lived here. We are are still awaiting for the roads and pavements to be resurfaced from their current temporary state in the completed streets around us. we expected this to be done sooner as this part of the build was finished some time ago. The road noise from the extremely busy A50 can be heard in the background, especially when widows are open in the summer or in the garden . In the winter when windows are closed this reduces greatly. I have considered contacting our local council as Draycott Road runs in front of the estate this is restricted to a 40 mph zone but cars and especially motor bikes ignore this and this is the traffic noise we hear the most at all times of the day and night, a speed camera along this stretch of road would surely help to reduce this.
We brought our 4 bedroomed house as our forever home, however the parking is very limited. We compromised on a driveway that was shared with a neighbour we would of preferred our own private driveway where we could of parked 2 cars side by side instead of one in front of the other, my husband works shifts so we have to swap cars around a lot. When my children have their own cars in a few years they will have to park on the street which is already very narrow and not possible to double park. This also occurs when neighbours have visitors. If a small overspill car park either for residents/visitors could be made available that would be greatly appreciated by all of the neighbourhood.
The bin collections are very regular and we’ve had no issues with this. I feel we live in a very family friendly community. As part of the development a park/recreation space is due to be completed next autumn this will give the children on the estate somewhere to play with wide open spaces. A 10 minute brisk walk takes you into Blythe Bridge village where there are local shops, barbers, schools.
I hope the above information gives an insight into Blythe Fields.
Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:
The painting and general standard of decor was poor, I hope since we have moved in this has improved for other buyers.
To have blinds fitted prior to moving in we waited 6 weeks for an outside company to fit these.
How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:
The ground manager Nathan has always been superb, helping and offering advice. He is an asset to St Modwen.
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