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Ranked 7th out of 26 in Borough of Barnet
By Countryside
4.18
Brook Valley Gardens, by Countryside, sits in Chipping Barnet. Residents here benefit from various green spaces, a community centre and nursery. As well as this, the development is just a short walk from High Barnet station. Which provides direct access to central London within 20 minutes.
Ranked 7th out of 26 in Borough of Barnet
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17 total reviews
Emma (Owner)
Verified Resident
Apr 2023
Emma (Owner)
Verified Resident
Apr 2023
The development is well designed with lots of green areas and it’s well maintained by gardeners and L&Q. Our house is extremely well built and designed with families in mind. The rooms are well apportioned and having 4 double bedrooms and 3 bathrooms is fantastic for a family with grown up children.
Cagla S (Owner)
Verified Resident
Mar 2023
Cagla S (Owner)
Verified Resident
Mar 2023
We bought the last flat on this development and here are what you need to know about Countryside: 1-The sales office started showing the flat to the other customers without letting us know when we were going through the mortgage process. No emails, no calls, nothing. We accidentally found this out online. The sales office has a partnership with a different company and they never apologised for the stress they have caused. 2-They did not exchange the flat on the agreed date and they decided to relay the whole decking and asked for 2-3 more days and did not compensate the amount we lost due to these delays. 3-They rushed us to pay all the money, but did not allow us for a home tour to see and mark the snags before moving in. Instead, we have been dealing with the bits and pieces for the past 1.5 months instead of enjoying our flat since nobody checked them properly although they had our exact moving in date. 4- Our parking spot is out of use since the day we moved in and nobody told us that before we moved in. It has been surrounded by fencing although the sales manager said it was going to be opened by the first week of February. - Deadlines mean nothing to them and they just do not care about how you deal with these news. Are you having an expensive car? Just park it outside. Stolen? Not their problem. 5-We live right next to the fire doors and they are super heavy. Some neighbours do not know how to close them silently by using a knob and our windows shatter. No signs on the doors at all or nobody is sending an internal email. You can wake up at 5 am with a door smash. 6-No emails or updates like other developers do in every few weeks. No communication. If you want to live with stress and chase people and feel like you are doing their job, buy from Countryside. If not, pick a different developer for your peace of mind.
Emma (Owner)
Verified Resident
Dec 2022
Emma (Owner)
Verified Resident
Dec 2022
Our four bedroom house is fantastically appointed and well equipped. Countryside were willing to attend to snagging issues and always did so in a timely fashion. We have had no complaints about the design or facilities here; on the contrary, we love our home.
D L (Owner)
Verified Resident
May 2021
D L (Owner)
Verified Resident
May 2021
The buildings all look uniform and well designed. Whilst a cohesive concept, there are different types of buildings available. However, there are counsel estate buildings very near by. I have not yet interacted with the building management so I can not offer any comments in that respect.
Samantha (Owner)
Verified Resident
May 2021
Samantha (Owner)
Verified Resident
May 2021
The design is functional and modern, it looks like a nice little "new" village. Management sends regularly cleaners for the buildings and for the windows which is good. Communication with management is a bit of a down actually, they tend to respond quickly enough but intervene quite late. There is a nice children area which is well kept and a we'll have mini park with the next phase.
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