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Bellway Homes (Manchester)

3.35 (2 reviews)

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  • No. of developments: 1

  • Development locations: North West England

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High Point at Hilton Village, M28

3.35

(2 reviews)

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3.35

2 total reviews

Stats

Overall

3.50

Facilities

2.00

Design

3.00

Location

4.50

Value

4.00

Management

2.50

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Good location, management fee too high for what gets done

FFP (Owner)

Verified Resident

High Point at Hilton Village, M28

Mar 2023

Overall good development but we are paying for a facilities fee when nothing more than a small patch of grass being cut actually gets done. Facilities fee should be much smaller than it is. After care could be improved - have been disappointed with the care on a couple of occasions but minor issues have been fixed.

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

Close to motorway and train station, and large supermarkets. Lots of litter and dog mess around however.

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

The affordable homes that are very close to our house were described to us as shared ownership but this is not the case and we (along with other residents) have witnessed anti social behaviour a number of times from some of the residents of the affordable homes

What is the best feature of your home:

Very large en suite to large master bedroom on top floor of the house

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Facilities

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Design

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Location

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Value

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Management

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Hilton Village- a balanced review

First time buyer (Owner)

Verified Resident

High Point at Hilton Village, M28

Feb 2023

The houses are genuinely beautiful. Some of the most striking and aesthetic new build properties I have seen. I’m delighted with the design of the house and the size of the rooms. We have loved the open space and feel it’s a great place to live and host friends and family. We were surprised with the poor finish on the house and had a lot more aesthetic snags than was necessary. The building quality is excellent but the finish is poorer than expected. For example, skirting boards, silicone, glossing and grouting. In terms of the site design, my main criticisms are linked to the affordable housing provision. Firstly, that there is no park for children (especially the social tenants) to play on, and so they wander around the streets, which is not fair to them and is one of the reasons anti social incidents have occurred. Having looked at other new build sites, I have noticed that the developers have distributed the social housing all around the site. In contrast, the neighbouring Redrow development has two pockets of social housing in the corners of the development overlooking a field and small play park, which means the children do not get bored and wander around the streets. In terms of the builders, the site workers are on the whole polite and say hello. However, despite moving in 15 months ago, our small stretch of road is still used as parking, with the builders parking up the pavement and leaving little room for pedestrians. A car park should have been provided for them. One contractor parks outside our house every morning at 6.30am and has his engine on, which wakes us up. A small number of builders also litter frequently, which means there are McDonalds bags and lunch wrappers everywhere. They also seem to allow a lot of building wrapping to fly off into the wind and end up in our driveway. I know some of this cannot be helped but I do feel they should clean up after themselves better.

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

My wife and I are very happy with the location. It is a few minutes drive away from the centre of Walkden, which has a very good retail park and mall with a wide range of shops. The ‘loop line’ is a network of walkways that connect the local villages together. They are brilliant and provide a sense of being in the countryside. There’s a couple of local parks that are within 10 minutes walking distance too. The development is 5-10 minutes away from the motorway as well. However, this can be up to 45 minutes in rush hour. The transport links are excellent. The train station is a 10-15 minutes walk away. However the more regular and cheaper V1 and V2 buses have a dedicated bus lane that go to Manchester town centre within 30 minutes. The traffic and train noise are minimal. In theory, the development should (and can be) very quiet. We had some issues with anti social behaviour from children of social housing on the development. However, most of this seems to have settled down now. I have a lot of hope for the coming year but my wife and I will likely move on if we experience another year like this one. That would be a huge shame as there are so many positives to living here.

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

The loop line is amazing and the V1/2 buses are better than using the train! There’s a cut through on the next development which gets you there to the bus stop in half the time. We wish we had known about the anti social behaviour of some social tenants.

What is the best feature of your home:

The open plan downstairs- a lounge, with doors that open into the kitchen diner. We love it!

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Facilities

3

Design

5

Location

4

Value

4

Management

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