Edenbrook Village, GU51

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

Close to schools although you would need yo drive in order to get to the local amenities the location is perfect for dog walkers and nature lovers with numerous fields and paths to be explored. Ponds to be enjoyed ducks to be fed, the options are really rather delightful. With Christmas fast approaching you could always walk through the estate to enjoy the Christmas displays.

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

I haven't raised any issues throughout my time living at the estate.

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

Be respectful of everyone's privacy and they'll hopefully be respectful of yours.

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

Edenbrook is in a great location. We are walking distance to the leisure centre and local to fleet high street with a range of shops. It is very quiet in the area, bins always collected and plenty of parking.

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

Always respond to emails quickly and problems resolved fairly quickly.

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

There is no children’s park on this development which is a shame but a great country park

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

Lots of parking but we have issues with members of the public parking in residents paid spaces and us having to park elsewhere. We are about a 15 minute drive from shops so if you don’t drive it’s about a 30-45minute walk into town. Would be nice if we had a few shops on the development or a doctors surgery etc a bit more local or closer to the development.

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

Not quite in a timely manner. I am constantly chasing the problems and issues with the flat.

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

That there was a booklice infestation and that I would need the whole flat re-wired.

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

Edenbrook Village is a lovely development, in a lovely area (Fleet Hampshire). Fleet town centre is 5-10 mins away by car. Plenty of parking. Nice shops, coffee shops, some decent restaurants etc. Lots of nice local pubs. Fleet station is less than 10 mins away and offers direct links into London Waterloo. Our street in Edenbrook Village is very quiet, a private road so no through traffic. Zero traffic noise apart from residents coming and going. Problems with delivery drivers speeding through the development but that's the same everywhere. Bin collections are regular (fortnightly) and efficient. No anti-social behaviour, no traffic noise. Has been some keyless car thefts recently, estate is well to do with many nice vehicles so has become a bit of a target area. However this should not deter you, similar things happening all over Fleet, and most homeowners have stepped up their security to deter car thefts / put vehicles in garages.

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

Customer services have been very good to rectify these issues. The After Care manager was very unimpressive when compared to his predecessor, however his team on the ground are excellent.

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

Wish I had known that the finish (workmanship) would be so poor, so that I could have properly raised these issues with Berkeley prior to our moving in. 9 months of contractors walking in and out on a weekly basis has been astronomically disruptive.

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

There are no local shops, closest one will be Morrisons ( 5 minutes drive or 15 minutes walk) all other shops including post office are in town which is walkable and takes around 25 minutes. Fleet has a lovely hight street with lots of restaurant, bars and shops. Edenbrook village is located right at the edge of gorgeous Edenbrook county park with lots of walking options. There are allotments being developed and bike track. Another local park is Calthrope park which is around 15 minutes away. I am not aware of any buses which stop by around Edenbrook ( we use car most of the time). Never had any issues with parking or anti- social behaviour. Only traffic noise we can hear is from train which is a couple of miles away but still can hear it sometime.

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

Yes at all times. They have really good reliable customer service

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

We did enough research about this development before we committed to buy our property so thankfully there were no surprises. Lovely and safe neighbourhood, gorgeous surroundings. Very happy to call this place our home.