A guide to living in East of England

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

Great location and close to train station and shops. Lovely walks with the dog nearby. We like the location.

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

Quick response via email. However, we have wasted two days waiting for a building inspection where nobody arrived.

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

The amount of disruptive roadworks and lack of timescale for completion. Communal landscaping is not very good. We’ve had to log a complaint twice about areas left unattended.

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

Good range of shops all very convenient. Ample parking, good public and road transport links. Ample bin storage.

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

Nothing actually, I had an excellent experience throughout.

What is the best feature of your home:

Spacious modern design. Very nice quality fixtures and fittings.

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

Bin collections have been terrible. Often with rubbish over the street every morning from foxes ripping open missed bin collections. Was not aware of the constant construction noise before moving in, builders being loud etc. shops are good.

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

Response has been adequate. We reported an issue with nails giving us a tyre puncture from building works and also finding a rusty blade in the garden and both the construction company and leaf living blamed each other. I also think communal bins should be available until all streets are registered to avoid rubbish build up every week as we have not had an on time bin collection for 3 months

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

The level of construction still ongoing and the issues with missed bin collections

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

Shops nearby (Tesco) are the same as restaurants. Chemical cleaning, post and pharmacy are also around the corner. Every other aspect is excellent, but the bad fact is the drunk people coming from the pub near the entrance to the building. This is quite scary.

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

That gas, electricity and water need to be sorted ASAP, even before moving in, as it will take a lot of time.

What is the best feature of your home:

I really like how well-insulated this place is. The layout is nice, providing a lot of light for the flat.

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

The area has a load of local amenities that make living here so convenient. There is plenty of parking, both street and gated that make things easy. Aswell as a friendly local community.

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

The only thing I wish I had known before moving in is how difficult it is for delivery couriers to find the address once you set up delivery instructions it is very easy but until then often the delivery drivers are unsure where the flats are.

What is the best feature of your home:

I would say that the best feature of my home is how lovely and luxurious the bathrooms are as well as the fact that the building is so energy and heat efficient. It naturally sits at 20° without needing the heating on through the winter.