Arboretum, CM16

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

The development is tucked away from the busy highstreet and offer tranquility, balanced with easy walking distance to shops and underground, and enough footfall to deter anti social behaviour. There is a problem with school traffic in the morning and afternoon when it is gridlock. There should also be a bit more street light along the walking paths to make it safer to walk.

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

I would have like to have a professional snag list person with me on moving in. An inexperienced person tend to look at the cosmetic rather than the structural integrity.

What is the best feature of your home:

It is very energy effecient. The air vent system ensures that the property is fully ventilated at all times.

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

The Arboretum development is in an excellent location, Epping is a great location close to key motorways and underground but also retains the village feel. It has an excellent High Street and close to many open parks and obviously the forest. Living on the development has been great, neighbours are friendly and there seems to be a good level of neighbour support.

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

Ability to walk out of my door and within a minute or so there is green open space, ideal for walks / kids

What is the best feature of your home:

Ability to sit in my kitchen and look out onto my landscaped garden.

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Great area to live in except the local school children who trash the estate with rubbish and ruin the horticulture when playing and trampling over the gardens. The council housing residents seem to neglect their properties and I regularly have seen a police presence in the area.

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

Issues with the pump failing the access control closed protocol system which is very expensive to maintain lint are horrendous

What is the best feature of your home:

The location the gardens and the brickwork the estate is very nicely built

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

We love living here just 10 minute walk to the high street and 20 minutes to the tube. Open bins on the green space means that foxes often scatter rubbish everywhere which is a problem. Lovely neighbours and lots for families to do.

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

We wish we had known how difficult and expensive it was to change all the light fittings.

What is the best feature of your home:

We love the large open plan kitchen/dining area with lots of light for entetertaining.

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Lovely local area, forest nearby though need to pay for parking if driving there If you love coffee shops, getting your hair done and nail bars, there is an abundance in the area. Majority of parking in town is to be paid for. Quick access to M25 and M11.

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

Council tax!! Live in a small house but pay the same as the very big expensive houses.

What is the best feature of your home:

Being facebrick, is still looking good from the outside