Brooklands Park, MK10

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

Was great to start with - excellent facilities and the usual gleam of a new development but starting to change for the worse and showing its wear

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

Number of empty & rented properties not cared for are becoming an eyesore.

What is the best feature of your home:

Location and surrounding facilities are great with a good amount of open space.

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

Its a fantastic place to live as the transport links are great with buses and also a national express coach station 5 minutes walk away. The are has many lovely walks and areas for the children to play. The local schools are good and there are also local shops now including a lidl, sainsburys, dry cleaners, take aways, hairdresser and a post box. People are generally very friendly and there is lovely feeling of community.

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

They have responded well and attended to the queries we had

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

There is nothing i wished i had known before i moved in, very happy

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

The location and general up keep of the area is very good. Although amenities and options for restaurants/bars could be a lot better. But in all a very pleasant area

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

General confusion to who manages the property. Was invoiced by Firstport but turns out they don't. Property hasn't been managed for over 2 years. No looking after all. Extremely poor

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

More information about the management property and more information about planned amenities to the area

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

Nice open spaces, homes look nice and uniform. Parking really good, lots available, not much traffic noise considering very close to motorway

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

Eventually but very slow to do so. Had major issues with a problem neighbour and this took months and months to fix

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

How much social housing there was, particularly in the shared ownership flats

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

Brooklands village square now hosts a Costa Coffee, Sainsbury's, Dominoes, Energie Fitness, Golson Hair Salon, Cake Box, a nail & beauty salon, and Shrimp & Doodle!

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

Our property is freehold and is not managed by a third party company.

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

It can take a long time for roads to be adopted, which can mean putting up with any issues.