Finch Park, M28

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

Good residential area with a new retail park nearby Public transport is not great so a car is much needed, although traffic is bad.

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

- The steps of buying a house - House specs - better way of visualising the choices - Traffic

What is the best feature of your home:

The best for us it is the open plan kitchen and that it’s south facing garden

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

Lots of positives about the area. Access to green spaces, new lidl on the green spaces etc. However traffic, availability of schools and GPs are a concern for anyone moving here

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

Kitchen spec very very poor with little or no options. I wished they didn't install the kitchen at all

What is the best feature of your home:

Layout, en suite, detached property and detached garage

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

The local area has everything you need including bars and local businesses. It is a lovely quiet place to live.

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

I don’t feel there was anything.

What is the best feature of your home:

The living/dining/kitchen is the most used space in the house!

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

The development is situated within a very short walk of the V1 bus route which makes getting to and from Manchester a lot more convenient if you don’t want to drive. The estate itself is quiet and friendly and is set just far enough back from the East Lancs A580 that the noise doesn’t carry.

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

When it is windy there is a lot of rubbish from the site that blows into your garden, this is to be expected as it is still in development but I get annoyed at having to pick the builders sandwich packs, cigarette packets up and other discarded rubbish up from the lawn/side of the house.

What is the best feature of your home:

Being a corner plot and south facing we have an unbelievable amount of space in our garden.

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

The development is a quiet area to live with little anti-social behaviour. There are a few nice restaurants within walking distance and one main bus route into Manchester. Other public transport links are poor.

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

Surface water drains into a local basin and so this charge is removed from water bills. However, this is not done automatically and you need to supply United Utilities with documents proving this.

What is the best feature of your home:

The open plan dining/kitchen area is excellent for having family or friends round for dinner.