Shawbrook Manor, PR26

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

Good transport links, not great for local shop as it's 30 minute's walk away. Quiet location

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

Problems resolved after numerous attempts to contact customer care

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

Not high priority but you have to get an aerial fitted

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

We love the rural feel, yet we are minutes away from town centre, doctors and local supermarket by car. The estate isn’t noisy at all with local traffic. A massive gripe of mine though is the parking. The start of the estate is often double parked during the week due to builders and other contractors when the estate is finished I would imagine this will no longer be an issue.

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

Get a snagger! Next time we buy a new build we are going to invest in one. How poor management company is. Our estate has the potential to be more attractive if maintenance was carried out more frequently (bins emptied, grass and weeding done). Finally how long the unsightly metal building fence would be kept outside our house. 2 years on and several emails to customer care and it’s still not been moved. They aren’t building near us anymore either.

What is the best feature of your home:

We got a great price for the size of our house and garden. We also have a lot of land too. Other developers don’t even come close in terms of value for money - thank you Lovell!

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

Good area with access to motorways etc. Social housing looks scruffy and residents don't look after their properties.

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

Social housing situation and site maintenance that is almost non existant

What is the best feature of your home:

Size and design of our house is great for the family.

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

Plenty of shops and restaurants in the centre of Leyland around 15 minutes away. Has been some antisocial behaviour but have heard the the housing association has swiftly dealt with it. One or two motetbikes on the estate that can be a bit noisy. No problem with parking and bins collected without any problems. Living here feels quite rural, being on the edge of Leyland

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

Have a survey done even on a new build Ask where the rented houses are located

What is the best feature of your home:

The design and location of my house are the best features, it feels quite rural but not far from the centre of Leyland

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

Good access to transport links and shops and a lot of green areas, the bad points apart from what I've already mentioned are the open plan front gardens leaving neighbours to walk across our drive and garden

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

Wish I'd of know how antisocial the area was going to be

What is the best feature of your home:

Energy efficient, own drive, nice sized back garden