Foxglove Meadows, BS24

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

Quiet development surrounded by countryside and two big fields available to walk the dog. Road could have been slightly wider to enable easier access to my drive. Facilities are good and short walk to shops. Residents all seem friendly and good neighbours.

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

Wish I’d thought through the upgrades available more. When moving from a home you’ve lived in for years you forget you’ve put in good quality products and to go to builder grade items is just slightly annoying.

What is the best feature of your home:

Design of the property and insulation. Easy access to the south West facing garden through double patio doors

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

My street is quiet there are no shops or bus stops but I drive so doesn't affect me. I have a driveway so parking isn't a problem . Once I sorted bins out they are collected regularly.

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

How long the development was going to take to finish

What is the best feature of your home:

I love the way my house is designed.I haven't got a favourite feature.

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

The development is within a 15-20 minute walk of a local bus stop, a Tesco Express and a takeaway, another 5 minutes and you have a small parade of shops that include a post office, a hairdresser and another takeaway. There are two pubs within walking distance, although the one in the village of Hutton does not have a footpath all the way so at some points you are required to walk in the road. There are buses to the town and to the hospital, from the local bus stop, but not very regularly. A walk a little further will bring you to another stop, close to the takeaway, where the main bus route passes so these are more regular. The train station is a short drive away or approximately £7 in a taxi. The development is nice looking, and is surrounded on one side by an open conservation area. Properties have at least 2 parking spaces each, on street parking does happen and sometimes makes passing difficult as the road is not very wide. Rubbish is collected each Wednesday, some areas have bin collection points that they must be left at rather than outside of your property though but this works well. We have experienced a few teens using the driveway areas to practice wheelies on but no real anti-social behaviour as such. The estate is a cul de sac so there is no through traffic, depending on the wind you can sometime hear the traffic from Haywood Village airport road and there is a recycling centre and bus depot that start up about 6:30am when you can here reversing beepers if the wind is blowing a certain way. The development is built almost in a bowl surrounded by grassy banks and this does make sound carry.

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

That despite having been one of the later people to move in, almost 12 months on we would still be waiting for things like the roads to be finished.

What is the best feature of your home:

The perfect ‘downsize’ layout for us, with a lovely finish and so many things that were ‘included’ unlike other developers where these would all have been “extras”.

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

There is no playground or proper walking area in this area. Also their is no shopping facilities nearby.

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

The bathroom could have been fitted with tiles which would have made our life so much easier.

What is the best feature of your home:

The kitchen and the size of the room is very good compared to the other new builts that i have seen.

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

Very good, but you do need a car yo get to most if you want to bring a lot of shopping home with you

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

We, including our neighbours, would never rate them 5* as their management and after sales team were not capable in our humble opinion of resolving issues quickly, effectively and efficiently. I should not have to keep chasing major problems for many weeks!

What is the best feature of your home:

The outside look and internal layout, especially downstairs room sizes and proportions