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Loved it in every way. No issues my side. Mrs Weeksy feels it’s too middle of nowhere, in truth that’s half its appeal to me
My opinion is literally pointless as I'm not buying it, you are. But there's something about new builds, rooms just look cramped/crammed with furniture/weird layouts.
The bedroom with the TV on the wall and thinnest drawers they could find to fit under it. The lounge with the outside door and then the sofa across it because there's an odd sized bay which casts loads if light onto the TV!
It's probably fine for most people but it's not for me.
The good news is, I bought a house once, I'm too lazy/spend my money elsewhere to do all the renovation it needs (needs a new kitchen and lots of bits and pieces doing). I'm too lazy/not willing to invest the £200k I'd need to find the house I'd want to buy as a replacement. My house is an ex-MOD house, so it's on a bit of an 'estate'. But it's a semi where the rooms are big enough for furniture and it looks out onto a nice green/grass area. I'd like to be in a detached out in the country more, but it's not looking likely it'll ever happen.
We moved into a new house in 1998, moved from a terraced house built in 1860’s. It suited us, our son was a year old, there was a play park near the house, loads of people around our age and loads of kids for our son to play out with.
house was a 4 bedroom, bathroom, 1 en-suite. Had a dining room that was completely impractical as a dining space. Spent loads on it, kitchen, all bathrooms done, wood burner. But it was bloody freezing.
we’d grown tired of it and wanted to move. Bought a new house last year, 5 bedrooms, large garage, large garden, 3 car drive, 2 en-suite, large kitchen, dining space, living space at the back and another living room at the front. There’s only the 2 of us as the 1 year old has moved out 😀
we absolutely over it, the standard of building is a massive improvement over our old house, which was by a decent builder. Spec is far better, checks on the work at each stage of the build are very tightly controlled
it’s so warm in winter, put the heating on for an hour in the evening and the house is still warm in the morning.
one of the best decisions we’ve made