A guide to living in Cheshire

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

I like the position of our home. A small private road and right on the perimeter of the estate. The house is very well designed, with larger rooms and windows compared to other new builds. The bad bits are the state of the grassed areas, the unfinished roads which will wreck your cars tyres and suspension in due course, and where the pond is, that area is getting too much attention from the feral kids who have already started to throw stuff in it.

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Too many social housies on the estate. So some antisocial issues. Others complaining about not having a place for children to play but there's plenty of room for one by the flats. Terrible rubble filled clay soil so not able to plant directly into the ground.

What is the best feature of your home:

Large rooms and windows. Great layout of the house. Private location and large gardens front and rear.

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Dreadful quality and awful workmanship. Seemingly no skill or standard employed. An enormous amount of rebuilding to be done.

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How atrocious L&Q are. Their standards, knowledge, customer care, quality etc is beyond rubbish

What is the best feature of your home:

The driveway, which is the part least likely to fall down

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We love our little street we live on. We have wonderful neighbours and don't have any problems with neighbouring noise as we are tucked away in the development and not located on the main road. We have the train located near us, which we hear ever so often but honestly is not a problem for us as its barely any noise. A negative about the development would be the rubbish and overall cleanliness of the neighbourhood. We are having an issue with couple of neighbours down the road that don't pick up after themselves and its quite frustrating coming home everyday seeing the rubbish lying around - particularly on the main road coming into the Glisk development. In terms of local shops, we only have an Asda and Aldi near by. We have to drive towards Wallasey (about 15 minutes away) to go get a broader option of shops like Tescos and Lidl. However, we have Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet just 5 minutes away which is convenient. We also have a lovely service station right by the development which is great ! We do wish that the development was located in a better area as Ellesmere Port is quite a "rough" neighbourhood.

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

I wish we had known more about Ellesmere Port as we aren't to fond about it .

What is the best feature of your home:

Our bright and spacious Kitchen, Large main bedroom , Floor to ceiling windows, and functional Loo-tality.

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The estate is great, everybody seems friendly and there are no issues with noise. It’s still a surprise being so close to a train line and motor way, that we do not hear either. However, there are a lack facilities. There is a petrol station with a shop down the road but it would be beneficial to have something centred within the estate (shop, cafe, etc).

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How easily people can see in through the windows, we have managed to easily rectify this with window tint stickers, but it would have been nice to know.

What is the best feature of your home:

The bathroom. Having the ability to have a rainfall shower and a bath, whilst not feeling cramped, is very handy and perfect for all needs.

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Really close to Cheshire Oaks so there is an array of shops and restaurants a short drive away, there are a few open area to walk that are close by, there is little to no noise of traffic even being this close to the motorway, all neighbors are super friendly, however I do wish there was a cafe/bar on the estate to make it feel more of a close community

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

The Wi-Fi is restricted to only a company called grain, and no satellite dishes are allowed to be installed, it would have been good to hear about prior so there was no wasted time trying to plan bills using companies that weren’t accessible to the area

What is the best feature of your home:

The light and heating has been great as I can control everything from my phone even when I am away from the house, I can even schedule the heating so I can come home to a warm house after work which is always a great thing to arrive home too