Dandara

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

Quiet residential area. Lots of parking available. Good bus links for town centre.

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

Double check all doors/windows open and close properly at earliest chance. Taxis still need a bit of help getting into the development so make sure you know how to describe location!

What is the best feature of your home:

It sounds a bit daft but the kitchen. I moved from a one bed flat and here in the house I have room to cook and store things.

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

Sometimes, often at weekends their is a noise issue from the pub but usually quietens at a reasonable time

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

One thing I wish I knew would be how to set the technical side of things up e.g heating timers

What is the best feature of your home:

The concierge and the security aspect of my development.

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

As this is a very new development there are no facilities such as shops etc. in place at present. Local bus services are a relatively short distance away. There are no services within the development as yet. Local refuse collection is in place. There are no parking problems and we have a quiet situation.

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

Out side water tap. There was a bath in the property which we had taken out and a shower put in instead at out own cost. It we had asked for this to be done before purchasing we could have saved ourselves this additional cost.

What is the best feature of your home:

We chose a Bungalow as we wished to downsize to a single level property.

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

The local area is excellent, diverse, quiet and feels safe. Plenty of grocery shopping choices nearby - a large Sainsbury's down the road, and another Tesco express and Waitrose just 1 minute walk away. Two gas station in close proximity. We also love the cafes and takeaways nearby. There are a number of parks nearby - so far we have only been to Grovelands Park but have found it quite nice. There is no tube service within walking distance, but a train directly to and from Moorgate now with 6 trains an hour during peak hours, and it's only a 30 mins ride. Buses (with a station literally downstairs) can take you to Piccadilly line stations (Southgate/ Wood Green). There is secured underground parking but limited spaces - not all the flats come with a parking space I believe. The development is on Green Lanes which is part of A105, but this part of Green Lanes is not very busy.

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

Slightly torn on this question - kind of wish I could tell from flat viewing (we did not buy the flat off-plan) that the floor was un-level, but if we could, we probably wouldn't have chosen this flat/development, out of all flats that we have viewed. I thought the choice worked out nicely for us.

What is the best feature of your home:

The area feels safe, has everything you need, a lot of green spaces/parks and provides decent connections to the City. A lot natural light in the flat because of floor-to-ceiling windows. Plenty of storage inside the flat. Good noise insulation.

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

This is our holiday home so as such we are very happy with our purchase here in North Berwick which is a popular tourist destination. We have had no problems with the local services.

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

We have been fortunate having a plot at the top of the development, but several plots had flooding issues, and there were extra drains put at the rear of our property as there was the equivalent of a stream coming down the side of the garage.

What is the best feature of your home:

We love the location. We were fortunate to have a good choice of plots and although we initially wanted a small plot, the larger plot we ended up with has proved beneficial especially when the family come to stay.