Bellway at Calderwood, EH53

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

East Calder is an old traditional village on the growth. Lots of local parks and plenty of open spaces to walk the dogs

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

It can be very windy in the development. I am constantly picking the bins up after they have blown around the garden. This is noones fault, just nature at its best

What is the best feature of your home:

I really love the open plan layout of the ground floor

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

The environment is beautiful and picturesque. Its proximity to local shops is good, but does not have a variety of local shops. Its proximity to high street store is excellent because we are just 15 minutes drive to Livingston retail outlet where there are many stores. Availability of transport link is splendid, and the buses are very frequent. It is also close by to train stations. Living on our street is pleasant, there is parking availability, bins are regularly collected, and being a new area, we have not really noticed anti-social behaviours, we hope it stays that way. It is a quiet environment with lovely people living in it.

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

I wish I knew about snags that I should look out for before moving in to the building. I also wish I knew about their poor customer service.

What is the best feature of your home:

The building is very spacious, and the utility room is thoughtfully designed.

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

I love our new area, new school /nursery in walking distance, cafe which offers home delivery. Nice places to go for a walk (Only negative is with the house builder also the grounds work ) the area itself is great but they haven't kept up with the appearance aspect, as in the factor fees we pay for making the grounds/trees neat and tidy there has been no or little upkeep. Looking forward to new things to come in the area, shop etc would be great. Also the new bus route which runs straight through calderwood is great.

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

Lack of storage which we hadn't really noticed

What is the best feature of your home:

The best thing about our house is we are south facing so get a lot of sun and light through our back garden. Also we don't have any other houses that look into our garden as we have a field behind us.

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I have lived in this development for over 7 years and have moved to the ‘newer side’ we back onto a road and the traffic noise is pretty bad from lorries and busses and cars just driving way too fast. Really disappointed flats are going infront of the beautiful new school surely should have gone behind it. Also more shops etc should have been made available before now due to the size of the development.

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

How many issues we would have with hearing back from after care.

What is the best feature of your home:

We love our kitchen dining area such a family area to spend time together socialising.

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

Plenty of open spaces nearby, good bus service to Edinburgh/Livingston, near to train station and airport. Very little traffic noise or anti-social behaviour.

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

The builders are terrible with fixing snags. Neighbours however are all lovely!

What is the best feature of your home:

We have a lovely big garden, the 4 bedrooms are all a decent size.