Blossom Grove, ME9

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

The design of the estate is nice, the area quiet. There is not enough shops and no local doctors or health care facility. Parking for visitors is ridiculous, too many complaints of parking on kerbs when other house owners use the visitor spaces, which are located outside their property, for their own needs and own visitors. The entrance and exit to the estate is sometimes blocked by vehicles parked up on the pavements blocking your view to exit right. Station road is horrendous, I’ve heard they want their own permit parking in their private car park and to have a gate put up, when most of them don’t even use the spaces in the car park and block the main road up. If they are to not use the spaces then the car park should be for our visitors. Anti social behaviour has ruined the estate with some older children thinking they own the estate and acting like bullies. Rubbish around the flats makes it look like a dump. Too many 12 year old parents screaming and shouting at each other in the street whether day or night is becoming embarrassing and annoying. A lot of tenancy fraud going on, overcrowding which adds to the noise. The open planned front garden is a ridiculous idea because other people don’t give a damn and trample all over it including letting dogs of the lead and letting them do their business outside your front door. Attitude of the village is awful all they do is moan.

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

Yes but they take a year to fix things. The managers have disappeared.

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

That there are no nice neighbours. Didn’t think it would be so stuck up.

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

There is not much to do in Teynham itself but nearby towns Faversham and Sittingbourne have a bit more going on. In terms of this estate it has become very rough - the residents in the flats are causing particular trouble which is a shame given the fact I paid to buy my house and they get to live there for free and ruin it.

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

Responded to issues which were raised when I first moved in.

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

The types of neighbours that would be housed on this estate.

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

Great location with local amenity connections, from buses to trains. Located in a village, with main high street on busy A2. Minimal shops but overall a lovely area, with countryside and easy connections to Market Town of Faversham.

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

Yes, issue with a bathroom leak, cracks in skirting boards and lack of loft insulation. Once reported and chased several times the issues were resolved.

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

The expectation to live in a competed development, which after living here and making our family home in 2.5 years we are still waiting to be finished. The area is quite and a great place to live, but could be so much better if the developers finished the jobs they started!

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

Lovely area, nice and quiet. Close to station and bus stop. Local shops and schools near by

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

The home was a lot bigger than it looked from outside

What is the best feature of your home:

Off road parking, location and garden, lovely area

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

The development has considered the parking aspect, which is often an issue. All homes have either a car port and drive or designated spaces to allow off street parking. Guest parking bays are also provided within the development, which aslong as used maintain the access roads conveniently. Transport links are good with a train station only 5 minutes walk away, with links to London & the Coast. Several bus routes from the main road are also available, again only 5 minutes walk from the development. The development is quiet, with limited housing and traffic within a Cresent design. The noise of traffic from the main road which is close by is not an issue and can hardly be heard both during rush hour and at night. Convenient local shops, library, take aways and quaint public houses can be found on the main village street, while being close enough for use and far enough not to cause disruption. Only issue with the development is access. There is only one access road, which is fine, however Station Road which is the access point from the main road is terrible. Cars park all along this street and the traffic calming installed recently has caused further issue. This main access should be clear for the Coe of traffic and with the considerable parking built behind these properties, off road parking and yellow lines need to be in play. As more properties are finished and more traffic increases this only access point could be major issue.

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

During our first year of ownership, responses were swift and and issues were rectified in a timely manner.

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

The extended length of time it is taking to complete the development. Our Cresent is fully finished and all properties are occupied, however several elements including fencing, guest parking and paving have yet to be complete. This in over a year of completion, while the secondary Cresent is being finished. The access road from the main road, with on street parking causing issues with access to the development. We were told that off street parking has been provided for these residents, however the on street parking remains and causes issue both entering and exiting the development.