Bersted Park, PO21

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

The development has a number of open spaces, including a small nature reserve, large field, playing field, trim trail and children’s playgrounds. We are a short drive away from Bognor Regis and just a few miles from the city of Chichester. Just a short walk away are our local shops, including cafe, takeaways, hairdressers and pet shop. We have the 700 coastal bus route at the entrance to the development, on which you can travel to Bognor and Chichester every 10 minutes or even as far as Portsmouth and Brighton if you don’t mind a long bus ride. The roads can sadly get very busy, the area is not set up for the volume of traffic that now uses its roads. Parking on the development is ridiculous. Many houses only have a drive for one car, parking on the roads frowned upon (management company tried to bring in parking restrictions to massive uproar) and there are so few visitors spaces on the development.

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

Parking problems and finishing not as good as expected from builders of excellence.

What is the best feature of your home:

Three good sized double bedrooms. Rare for a three bed house.

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

We love the location and the peace and quiet, the parkland, the lake and the birds, the numerous play areas for children and the proximity to the primary school and community centre, but we don't like the fact that there isn't a single shop, a café or even a postbox.

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

The have been very helpful and acted promptly on our enquiries and requests.

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

The rubbish collection is on a Thursday and bins need to be wheeled down the access lane and put by the access road by community centre, not outside the house.

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

The open green space is very good with a lake ,trim trail and football pitch .plenty of play areas for young children. Unfortunately only one pub within walking distance but a local shops within walking distance and larger shops only a short drive away. The best thing about being here is a short drive to so many lovely places especially the sea.

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

Telephoned and was told they would look into the query and nothing happened.

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

Before we moved in we checked the plans for the rest of the development. These changed when Berkeley implimented a 10% increase in the number of houses which apparently they could do with out further planning consent. The result was more houses squeezed into the remaining plot of land .The houses to our front are numbered A, B and C and look straight in to our house. Berkeley also quote parking spaces, ie every house has 2/3 spaces. Unfortunately one of these spaces is the garage and nearly everyone uses the garage for storage , probably because a lot of modern cars cannot fit into the small garages. As a result the roads and pathways become crowded with cars. I cannot understand the road construction either , the block paved areas are always damaged and are in fact rumble strips ,what is their purpose? One last moan, why have the work men and contractors not got designated parking. For monthe we have had vans and cars parked on pavements and outside our houses, even revering onto the already poor grass areas. I know i said one more moan but the quality of the grass is diabolical.

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

Very close to local shops, takeaways, hairdressers, everything you need including bus stops travelling to Chichester/Portsmouth/littlehampton.

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

I feel that I knew all I needed to know before moving to the area.

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

I wish the house came with 2 parking spaces. Which would leave the road safer.

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

Absolutely love living here, beach is lovely, town could do with some regeneration. Nearby shops are fantastic, hun collections are fab and the bin men are fabulous. No traffic noise, anti social behaviour hasn’t affected us.

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

Not enough storage in the homes and everything bespoke so hard to find replacements when things break.

What is the best feature of your home:

Underfloor heating (although have had to have it fixed), down lights in the wardrobe, mirrored cabinet in the bathrooms