Bedwellty Field, CF81

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

Good location for supermarkets and getting onto the a470 towards cardiff & m4. Love that there are a lot of lovely walks to excersise, take children or walk dogs. The estate is very peaceful majority of the time and all the neighbours are friendly. Pulling out of the estate can be hard due to the blind bend and other vehicles driving to fast Initially we had a lot of anti social behaviour by teenagers coming to the park where they did vandalise the park and was coming into the estate sitting on peoples gardens or purposely trying to run across the street. However since many reports to the police this has got better. In lockdown there was a lot of noise from the industrial estate but will require to assess in summer

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

We wish we had known that there was a phase 2 as we loved how small the estate was and how private it would be. However on asking we was told there wouldn’t be another phase but once moving in after a couple of months we found out that llanmoor were in the process of purchasing the field opposite.

What is the best feature of your home:

I love we have 3 car parking spaces and that our home is very open plan.

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

The local area is of a good quality, there are many small shops, takeaways and pubs a short walk away. The neighbouring town of Bargoed is a little further and this hosts the closest supermarket.

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

I wish that we had known the work it would take to create a useable garden.

What is the best feature of your home:

The quality of the build and attention to detail inside and outside.

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

The site is in a highly convenient area, with supermarkets no further than 10 minutes away, and Blackwood town being only a 6 minute drive away by car. There are numerous train stations around (which are accessible by car), and lots of places to walk the dog (including Bargoed Woodland Park). Traffic noise is minimal in general, however, cars can often be heard racing and doing donuts in the nearby industrial estates and roads. Sounds more like an accident waiting to happen than any other concern really. Bin collections are regular, and the noise isn’t really an issue as they’re completed quickly, but usually pretty early at around 7am. The biggest issue we have with the whole area of where the estate lies, is the litter. There is litter everywhere!! Many litter pickers have been spotted nearby, yet the rubbish always returns; very frustrating as an owner of a Labrador who eats everything (also seems to be a general concern within the Welsh valleys.) Every house has ample parking, yet many people still park on the roads which causes congestion when entering the estate and at junctions. Unfortunately this is our biggest issue with the estate. A lovely children’s park was built at the entrance of the site, but people from afar use it and block up the roads with their cars. The park should have been located further back into the estate, or parking spaces provided for its use. Homeowners within the site are friendly and polite, and the big trees outside of our house are lovely to view in the changing seasons. On the whole, we are very grateful to buy our first home here. The location is highly suitable for our jobs and needs, and the houses are built to a high standard. Hopefully people around the area will start to appreciate where they live a bit more and just stop dropping rubbish everywhere.

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

As mentioned previously, we wish we had known before buying this new build that we could move plug sockets, tv sockets, and light switches. Had we known this beforehand, we wouldn’t needed to have spent lots of money making changes afterwards.

What is the best feature of your home:

Llanmoor are excellent developers, and we just advise that they ensure they give their buyers as much information as possible during the buying process.

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

Plenty of shops around and estate is close enough to blackwood and Bargoed for shopping/restaurants. I live on a little corner where there are 4 houses and there isn't much room at all. Apart from our drive, parking is impossible (for visitors etc). Bin collection is good, traffic noise is bad as we are next to a main road.

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

You'll be woken up around 7:30 every morning if you live near the compound, maybe not good if you have a baby in the house or work shifts. Try to figure out which area will be busy for longest. I have friends who have had no issues at all as they live out of the way but others who live near me are also annoyed at the fact we seem to have gotten some bad luck with the placement of our houses.

What is the best feature of your home:

Glass doors between the passageway and the kitchen

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

Over all we are extremely happy with our home and location. We have good transport links bus stops and train station nearby. Supermarkets and shops are fairly local but accessible by car. The people in our street and on the development are polite and friendly but I must add when they all have driveways I wish they would use them. My wife is disabled and needs a mobility scouter to get around which is made difficult when car/vans are parked on pavement’s. With regards to anti-social behaviour we have to endure the noise from the industrial estate behind our house caused by car’s wheel spinning and doing donuts both in the daytime and also late at night

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

I was aware of the industrial estate that our house backs on to but not the disturbances.

What is the best feature of your home:

I would have to say myself it’s the downstairs clock room but my Wife will say her walk in wardrobe.