Alexandra Gardens, CW1

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

Nice quiet estate, slightly annoying that there is no through route to the main town centre, always have to go back on yourself to get anywhere.

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

How bad the customer service is, check every surface

What is the best feature of your home:

The large but cosy living room and plenty of easily accessible storage

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

Good location

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

How bad the customer service is, still waiting for snags to be sorted 18 months later

What is the best feature of your home:

Plenty of storage space provided, nice design and cosy

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

Crewe seems to be a dying town, all stores are closing and there isn’t to much to offer

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

That we wouldn’t get cared for by anwyl

What is the best feature of your home:

Best feature is the size, we feel the build is a generous size suitable for first time buyers

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

Grand Junction retail park is a short drive from the development with a range of stores including Boots, Next, and M&S to name a few. In the same direction, there is also Tesco Extra, Dunelm and Home Bargains. Crewe town centre leaves a fair bit to be desired and does need some investment and redevelopment, however hopefully there are some good signs in that the old market hall has recently undergone a refurbishment and is looking really good with lots of new eateries. For a really good shopping spree though Manchester seems to be the best option. The Sydney Arms is just a short walk down the road and is a really lovely local pub, which has also recently refurbed all of their outdoor space (plus a little garden centre quietly hidden away behind the pub). The M6 is about a ten minute drive away, close enough to be handy but equally far enough that you don't feel like you live on top of it. Crewe train station is just over five minutes away (by car) and is really well connected to most places. HS2 also appears to be on the cards. Each house has 2 parking spaces which is great. However, there is very little in terms of parking options for visitors or any additional cars. Doesn't seem to be an issue at the moment but could potentially be one in the future as the development grows and more cars are here, either homeowners or visitors, especially when you consider the houses are all three and four bedrooms and lots of growing families. We don't notice any traffic noise and although we were initially slightly worried about the noise of the nearby trainline, we've actually been pleasantly surprised at how little we notice it.

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

Personally, I wouldn't have purchased an Anwyl home and if we ever move in the future there is no way I would consider another Anwyl property. Yes, the design of the house is lovely but the finish is poor and the amount of stress Anwyl cause is awful. Be prepared for a 'very' long list of snags and be prepared to fight for them to be fixed. This wasn't our first new build purchase so we weren't blind to the issues that come with new builds, we knew there would be snags, but I wish we'd known just how bad the list would be and how bad Anwyl would be at resolving them, or refusing to resolve them as the case appears to be.

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

Grand Junction retail park is a short drive from the development with a range of stores including Boots, Next, and M&S to name a few. In the same direction, there is also Tesco Extra, Dunelm and Home Bargains. Crewe town center leaves a fair bit to be desired and does need some investment and redevelopment, however hopefully there are some good signs in that the old market hall has recently undergone a refurbishment and is looking good with lots of new eateries. For a good shopping spree though Manchester seems to be the best option. The Sydney Arms is just a short walk down the road and is a really lovely local pub, which has also recently refurbed all of their outdoor space (plus a little garden center quietly hidden away behind the pub). The M6 is about a ten-minute drive away, close enough to be handy but equally far enough that you don't feel like you live on top of it. Crewe train station is just over five minutes away (by car) and is well connected to most places. HS2 also appears to be on the cards. Each house has 2 parking spaces which is great. However, there is very little in terms of parking options for visitors or any additional cars. Doesn't seem to be an issue now but could potentially be one in the future as the development grows and more cars are here, either homeowners or visitors, especially when you consider the houses are all three and four bedrooms and lots of growing families. We don't notice any traffic noise and although we were initially slightly worried about the noise of the nearby trainline, we've been pleasantly surprised at how little we notice it.

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

Personally, I wouldn't have purchased an Anwyl home and if we ever move in the future there is no way I would consider another Anwyl property. Yes, the design of the house is lovely but the finish is poor and the amount of stress Anwyl cause is awful. Be prepared for a 'very' long list of snags and be prepared to fight for them to be fixed. This wasn't our first new build purchase so we weren't blind to the issues that come with new builds, we knew there would be snags, but I wish we'd known just how bad the list would be and how bad Anwyl would be at resolving them, or refusing to resolve them as the case appears to be.

What is the best feature of your home:

The large windows and patio doors let so much light into the house which is fantastic. The green spaces around the development are also brilliant. And finally, the community that is growing is lovely.