Brook Valley Gardens, EN5

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

Barnet’s a great area to live with a fabulous high street with lots of restaurants and shops. There are lots of green belt areas to walk in locally as well as great transport links both on the development as well as the underground just a minute drive away. Parking isn’t great on the development but we have 2 parking spaces on our driveway. The development is quiet and very well maintained.

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

All problems were dealt with professionally and promptly with great results.

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

I wish I’d known that L&Q would introduce parking restrictions in our road.

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

Barnet is a really nice area to live in. There are nice coffee shops, parks , a gym that is close , everything you need is between 10-15 mins walking distance.

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

We have been trying to sort our issues with the developer and struggling to get solutions or answers.

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

I wish I knew that my parking space was out of use.

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

We love living at Brook Valley Gardens. The proximity to good shops, the underground and good bus links have meant this area serves our families needs well. There are great open spaces suitable for dog walking too.

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

Always. Any issues have always been handled professionally.

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

Parking restrictions were unfairly brought into our road. We have double yellow lines - the only road to do so on our development.

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

There are quite a few shops and restaurants a short walk away. It is on the northern line, so easy to get into town.

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

I have not raised any questions and so this question is not relevant.

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

I wasn’t certain if the ongoing development would create a lot of noise pollution, but it does not.

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

The area is well connected but has few shops and cafe/restaurants around. Transport is good with both tube station and several buses. There are anyway a lot of council houses in the area and the people living there are often loud and tend to leave a lot of litter around the streets, as well as not cleaning after their pets. Hopefully the situation will improve by the end of the last development phase. Bin collection is good but it becomes a problem in case they skip a week; although it happened only a couple of times per year so far.

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

The litter situation on the streets is quite bad, I genuinely hope it will improve asap.

What is the best feature of your home:

Good kitchen with full optionals and space distribution.