“1. Your details make no mention of the fact that the property is on a phased development which is still under construction.”
In fact, there is a sign, on the main road at the start of the lane which leads down to it, which states that it is an active building site from 7.00 am to 7.00pm Monday to Friday. There were diggers arriving daily in the morning and passing unit 10 in both directions. The house next door was being plastered and decorated externally, and we were asked to move our vehicle off the driveway of our property on several occasions - e.g. while they erected scaffolding on next door, while they chipped plaster off next door so it did not go on our car. We even took delivery of fencing supplies for next door which arrived at the weekend.
2. The house is advertised as having an accessible bedroom downstairs. While the bedroom itself is accessible and spacious, the en-suite shower room would not work for a person with mobility issues, particularly the shower which has a very restricted entrance to it.
3. As the site is still under construction, none of the roads/driveways have been completed as yet and have just been covered with slate chippings - they are shown as having a tarmac surface on the estate agent's sales literature for the properties. This means that there are drains standing proud of the drive and road surfaces, and there is a challenging step up into the house via the main doorway which is at the side of the house - I have arthritic knees and struggled with the big step every time.
4. The house would benefit from a house/welcome book containing all the instructions we needed. We found some but not all appliance guides under the television, but no instructions regarding rubbish disposal/recycling. The WiFi instructions relate to 5G devices only - we do not all have 5G yet and had to contact the owner for different instructions which he sent by text message.
5. The kitchen could do with a few more basic implements such as a colander (there were only small wire strainers) and we never did find a tin opener, and had to borrow one from a neighbour.
6.If small children or pets are involved, it would be useful to know in advance that the rear garden is not enclosed and is open to the road at the front.
Having made the above comments, the house itself was in fact lovely and we were disappointed that it did not live up to its promise as advertised.. Given the price that we paid for the house, we felt very let down and disappointed.
Apologies for the challenges of the building work. this property was bought from a developer, and we were assured the work would be finished before we started our lettings. In fact it was until they came back to fix problems on two other properties.
All work is now finished on site in entierety, and its a quiet and relaxing place to be.
We have also added the missing items you requested.
Kind Regards,
Property Owner