Oakgrove Village, MK10

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

Average, there a local Waitrose and costa that’s it. Good location to get into central MK. Some anti social behaviour with petty theft and graffiti. Also lots of litter all over the estate.

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

Yes but not to an acceptable standard. The build management company care as little as Crest and NHBC about their customers.

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

I wish I’d known how low the build quality was by Crest. I wouldn’t of purchased the property had I known.

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

Oakgrove is a lovely place to live. The local Waitrose and other shops are quite friendly to visit although there isn’t a restaurant where you can buy food if you didn’t want to cook. Despite that, we are in close vicinity of Monkston Park that does have these. There are quite a few parking bays on each road to accommodate visitors and red ways for pedestrians to walk to avoid vehicles. There isn’t really much antisocial behaviour although some people tend to nit pick at children being children on the community page. Despite this, it’s a nice place to live where the community pulls together. The bin collection days have improved majorly wherein the waste collection team have been arriving quite early and leaving less of a mess.

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

My experience with Clarion Housing has been positive as they have been very good with responding to any concerns raised for repairs.

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

I wish I’d known that the kitchen would’ve been really small for a three bedroom house. I spend a lot of time in the kitchen and was quite disappointed for the size in my home. Although the Garden and the other rooms are decent in size, it would’ve been nice if the kitchen was too. I was pleased that I had a shed and a rotary washing line as well as a water tank for the garden. I was disappointed that there wasn’t a garden tap though.

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

Great area, but Crest have done an abysmal job on building

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

Wish i'd known how dodgy Crest are and how unsafe my building is as they didn't even bother to meet basic fire regulations

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

Everything, biggest mistake of my life was buying from Crest

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

Terrible customer service from Crest

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

The sales and marketing is misleading in various aspects

What is the best feature of your home:

Design and large windows and the neighbourhood is good

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

The Oakgrove area development has been completed with a few playgrounds a primary school. There is Waitrose, Costa and a few other outlets available in our area. There are a few bus lines which run through or near the estate making it convenient to the around for those who do not drive.

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

That maintenance fees are very high if you live in a flat and that we will have lots of issues with the parking gate. Having a gate has been a real advantage, just wishing it would have worked better.

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

Our flat is quite warm as it faces south, however it can get really chilly inside with colder weather and wind. The bedrooms with a single small radiator take quite a while to heat up and even then the heat dissipates quickly. Wondering if better more efficient radiators can be used instead of these ones. Same with a boiler - the capacity could have been better. One boiler heating only allows for a single person to wash and is not enough to fill in the bath tub so we have to heat water in multiple pans to fill in the tub.