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Simple Life at Yew Gardens, DN12

15th

Ranked 15th out of 32 in South Yorkshire

By Simple Life Homes

4.12

(20 reviews)

Yew Gardens is situated just a few minutes from the A1(M), between Doncaster and Rotherham. Also, restaurants and wine bars can be found in the nearby villages of Bawtry and Tickhill.

Facilities

  • Communal gardens

  • Onsite maintenance

  • Parking

  • Pet friendly

  • Company logo for Simple Life Homes

Latest Reviews

4.12

20 total reviews

Stats

Overall

4.15

Facilities

4.15

Design

4.15

Location

4.35

Value

3.90

Management

4.10

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My development

D (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Jul 2021

Some houses are build on hills and have no practicality to them, especially with young children who can’t climb up hills/need flat land when learning to walk. Little bedroom could actual be a lot bigger as you can’t swing a cat in there never mind bedroom furniture. It’s more of a closet/dressing room that a bedroom. Everything else is great!

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

Excellent range of shops and pubs close by! In a location near lakes and woodland areas for nice walks! Kids are a bit Ferrell trying to damage the area but we try to stop them! Pebbles end up on the park 90% of the time so I can’t let my son on there.

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

Yes they’ve been perfect, any problem reported they have been quick and efficient in sorting it out. Would have liked to have the landlords help a little more toward a safer garden rather than us having to save to get it done so it’s safe for our child to play in

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

The size of the “box” room, the layout of the garden clearly, it’s big enough just not level enough.

5

Facilities

4

Design

5

Location

4

Value

5

Management


A pleasant development to live in

Nibbles09 (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2022

I can't fault the properties although their is a variance in garden sizes throughout the development. Most have some sort of sloop on them which can be a pain. The energy ratings and warmth of the properties in the winter is excellent and are very easy to run, you won't need the heating on long. The biggest thing that lets the sight down is the maintenance contractor for the front gardens and the area around the small park. They're very sporadic in turning up and the effort put into making the fronts look nice is minimal. For example all the owners contribute to a pot to keep the estate look nice (Simple Life pays ours), the area around the park has damaged fencing and grass that doesn't get cut. Shame as this would be a nice community area. As for Simple Life in requesting problems are excellent through their portal, but directly contact the asset manager has been heard as they seem to change them on a regular basis and aren't the quickest at replying back to you. The My Simple Life app needs to be maintained more regularly, for example my tenancy agreement and gas inspection has been renewed and still showing from 2 years ago.

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

The area does have a small supermarket and several shops on the main drag through the village. Its does have a good bus link to Doncaster and Rotherham with a mainline train station about 15 minutes away. You can be in the capital within 1 hour 40 minutes and Edinburgh in 3 hours. Being situated in the middle of a good road network with the A1 to the right and the M1/M62 to the left of you. A major shopping retail outlet Meadowhall at Sheffield within 20 minutes drive away and for those of you who love Ikea right opposite Meadowhall. I probably wouldn't go out in Edlington as its full of working mens clubs and the bottom of the village can be scary at night with anti social behaviour. For me I would go to York or Doncaster. Very little anti social behaviour apart for the odd kids who come into the development from the village. Plenty of parking with your own drive. I would say the development is a multi culture. Very quiet neighbourhood.

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

There quick to respond through issues in a timely manner.

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

I would have like another tennant to act as a minder just to help me with the little things I didnt know. Like local ammnieties, bin days etc

5

Facilities

4

Design

5

Location

4

Value

4

Management

Manager response

Hello, Thank you for your great reviews of Yew Gardens - we're really pleased to read that you're very happy. Thank you for your feedback on the grounds maintenance - this will be fed back in to the team to check up on for you. In regards to the app - everything pulling through should be the most recent documents. If you could get in touch with your Asset Manager, or via the app, so we can identify you and look in to this for you, it would be much appreciated. All your feedback is very useful to us.

Posted by

Anonymous, Simple Life Team

Sept 2022


Very good property

Monica (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2022

Urgent problems were solved very quickly after contacting property management. Very friendly staff from simple life so far, pleased. The house has a pleasant modern design, with storage and a amazing backyard. Additionally, if you are looking for a place to rent and you have a furry friend you can relax because the properties are pet friendly!

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

Very quiet and peaceful area. Supermarkets and schools nearby.

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

I have used the platform to report problems and works perfectly. Quick response directly from developers and engineer with availability to visit the property.

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

The parking space at back is not accessible through the backyard’ unfortunately.

4

Facilities

4

Design

5

Location

4

Value

4

Management

Manager response

Hi Monica, Thank you for your wonderful review of Yew Gardens and for your recommendation of Simple Life as your landlord.

Posted by

Anonymous, Simple Life Team

Sept 2022


Love my home

Will4lfc (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2022

Love house but the fronts could do looking after better ie the grass and the weeds and the silly bark that just seems to get thrown everywhere.the company that tends to this just seem to cut the grass then leave all the cuttings to blow in your house,not very good.

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

Shops just a short walk away,bus stops around the corner,excellent neighbours,great community.

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

Quite quick with somethings not so much with others

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

The only bad thing I have is iv not got access to my back garden only through the house and my bins have to stay under my kitchen window at the front also we were the first tenants in the house and the rear garden was dead and not looked after so I had to dig it all up and returf it myself.

4

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

4

Value

3

Management

Manager response

Hello, Thank you for sharing your valuable feedback with us and thank you for your recommendation. We note your comments regarding the front grounds maintenance and we will flag this to our team for their attention.

Posted by

Anonymous, Simple Life Team

Sept 2022


Simple and Good

Bilal K (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2022

Electronic devices purchased for home use are not of good quality. especially oven and washing machine. The toilet sink downstairs is very small. The bathtub is not used now, the normal shower is more beautiful.There is enough storage space at home.

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

It is near the M1, so we are middle of the England. So that we like it.

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

We are waiting for the carpet, which has been moldy for 4 months, to be repaired.

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

Quiet and fresh area

4

Facilities

4

Design

5

Location

5

Value

4

Management

Manager response

Hi Bilal, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We’re disappointed to hear that you feel the appliances are not of good quality. We tend to include well-known trusted brands such as Electrolux, Whirlpool and Indesit. We’ve believe we have been able to identify you based on the information provided and our Head of BTR has investigated the timeline to get your carpet sorted. We can see that there has been a delay and a breakdown in communication our end, which we can only apologise for –these are not the standards we pride ourselves on. We can see that the Asset Manager has been chasing the works with the contractor, but they have failed to be updating you, which is our expectation. The works have been reviewed and will be sorted for you very shortly.

Posted by

Anonymous, Simple Life Team

Aug 2022


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Simple Life at Yew Gardens, DN12

15th

Ranked 15th out of 32 in South Yorkshire

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