Stephenson Grange, S42

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

Plenty of shops within 3miles. No restaurants or pubs within walking distance. Good bus service to Chesterfield and Nottingham. Because of building works being undertaken at Elizabeth House there have been lots of bad parking on bends etc. this will hopefully improve when their car park is available again.

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

It is a very quiet area, just needs the top coat on pavements.

What is the best feature of your home:

I love the kitchen the built in white goods are excellent

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

The estate itself is OK with houses set nicely apart and off the road that runs through the layout. The accident waiting to happen on the corner where Elizabeth house is, is a concern with drivers having to take to pavements to void oncoming traffic. The road is always caked in thick mud from the Atkinson build and diggers drive fast on the roads.

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

How bad the sound proofing is. I can hear everything our neighbours do.

What is the best feature of your home:

The large bedroom on the top floor with a nice spacious en suite

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

Easy access to Chesterfield, the M1 and beyond. There is a large supermarket a couple of villages over as there are no real ‘proper shops’ in walking distance (closest is a 6 minute drive to the Coop) however there is one planned for this development will be fantastic. We still have the open fields around us, easy access to the 5 Pits Trail and the Peaks. Very little traffic noise at all, just the odd siren from the main road.

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

Just know that getting anything will be slow, tedious and you end up trying to sort things yourselves as waiting for Lovell to do it takes an eternity.

What is the best feature of your home:

We love our garden, it is large with a gentle slope running away from the house (more sloped than we were told in the meetings we had) however with having landscaped it ourselves it will be great next summer!

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

Lots of cars parked on the road on the development itself, suggests poor planning. No bars or restaurants nearby but good links to motorway and dual carriageway. Plenty of shops nearby. Plenty of buses. Lots of littering, encouraged by the site not cleaning up after themselves. The area itself isn't bad but has a reputation as not being a desirable place to live. We do have a nice view over the valley.

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

The plumbers they use are cowboys. Use a professional snagging company to find where the plumbers have cut corners, and find a decent plumber yourself.

What is the best feature of your home:

The general layout is great. The home feels light and airy and is sensibly laid out.

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

Local bars and shops are limited in the immediate area for now, but i's definitely up & coming. We see new sites almost every month.

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

Wish we'd known that our electric car charger point was going to be a 3-pin rather than what we thought would be a full on car plug.

What is the best feature of your home:

It's cost and spacious without a huge cost or footprint.