Persimmon Homes at Calderwood, EH53

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

Good location, green and spacious streets with plentiful parking. Bus links with Edinburgh during the day but no night bus.

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

Cost and quality of factors appear to differ depending on phase of development.

What is the best feature of your home:

Mid terraced but still ample parking around. This was important as we have 3 vehicles.

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

We absolutely love living in Calderwood and we could not ask for better neighbours! The community feel is wonderful and everyone is so friendly! The local cafe is fantastic and we hope to have some more facilities in the near future as the estate continues to develop! The new primary school is a testimony to the area and is absolutely fantastic! Would highly recommend living in the area if you are looking for a real neighbourhood/community feel.

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

The factoring in the area is really laughable, we are charged a fortune for very poor quality work, this is an ongoing issue with the developer and community

What is the best feature of your home:

Love the layout and the size of our home and garden. Best feature is having a second bath in our en-suite which is proper luxury

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

As we live in phase 1, we are very close to East Calder, cafe, play park and country park which is great. Newer homes are really in the middle of nowhere.

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

Property management charges!

What is the best feature of your home:

Drive way for two cars and an open plan kitchen which opens straight on to the garden.

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

With only the larder here, some more shops would be beneficial. There is definitely a community atmosphere in Calder wood

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

To be honest there is nothing that has surprised me, the information given and the vision of what was hoped has all become a very good reality.

What is the best feature of your home:

The large garden and corner plot make my home very special. Our little street is friendly and neighbours look out for each other.

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

My part of the development is in a prime place with excellent public transport links, the local café and not far from the main part of East Calder where the shops, health centre, school and other local amenities. My lane is off the main thoroughfare so there is no noise from the main road. We also have an excellent country park on our door stop to enjoy the outside world which was invaluable during the pandemic.

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

The quality of the earth in the garden was very poor and was one of the first things we replaced as we are very green-thumbed and spend a lot of time in the garden.

What is the best feature of your home:

The spacious rooms with lots of light and good separation between the homes in the development