The Avenue, S42

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

There are no shops in the 5 minute drive range however being close to Derby Road will connect you to chesterfield and clay cross very quickly. The reserve and field are really good for dog walking however this also causes a problem with people parking on the roads blocking access for locals.

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

The finishing touches don’t seem to be a priority and it almost feels like no one takes pride in their work anymore.

What is the best feature of your home:

We fell in love with the big floor to ceiling windows around the house.

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

There does need to be more amenities close by but the park across the road is breathtakingly beautiful

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

The local football club that park on our street occasionally would have been good to know about.

What is the best feature of your home:

The view is gorgeous and my layout is unique with a kitchen/bay in the front of the house.

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

The area is nice and has a nature park nearby also it has a pub down the road and one of the issues is theres not many shops in walking distance

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

i wish i knew that not many shops was nearby before i moved in

What is the best feature of your home:

the best feature of the house is the size for living

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

We could do with a closer convenience store as there is not one that close to the development. All other aspects such as noise/parking are great

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

Council tax banding - we had expected to be D as similar houses with same size and higher value in other developments were however we were then told it would be E, we did appeal but this was unsuccessful. It would have been useful to be given some guidance on this before hand to help plan budgeting

What is the best feature of your home:

Good garden size, great level of appliances/features included as standard where as they were all upgrades with other developers

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

We have been in are new house just under a year now and we absolutely love are first home. The area is nice and open, a fantastic pub up the road and we love walking are German Shepherd on the nature reserve what's a stones throw away. Are neighbours are friendly and extremely helpful, especially round Christmas with taking each others parcels in when we are out. To get home down Derby Road can get busy especially on rush hour with traffic, but to say we are off a main road we are tucked out the way making it very quiet and peaceful. The only thing it can get busy with is peoples parked cars. Even though we all have drives it can be like a slalom getting round cars and the roads in the estate don't seem wide enough for 2 cars ether side. Other than that we love are house and the home we have made it.

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

I would of been nice if we could of chosen the interior but the house was already built but we like the modern bright feel to the house. We did loose money with our solicitors. As the ones we had wasn't on the housing developers list of solicitors they use so we had to change part way through. No one told us about this so it would of been helpful.

What is the best feature of your home:

We love the open plan and how bright the house is. The ensuite is brilliant and the patio doors onto the garden is lovely in summer