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Charles Church and Persimmon in Cheltenham
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[FONT="]I've been looking at a new development in Cheltenham by the above builders, it's called either oakley grange or eden villas depending on which section you choose. Unusual thing is, well unusual to me, the whole of the estate roads are being managed and maintained by a residential property management company. I can't work out why the developers aren't handing the roads over to the council, apparently the roads will be finished to an adoptable standard. It's impossible to get a sensible answer from the site sales office. Is this the usual way development roads go.[/FONT]
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Yes, it has become so.
Local Authorities are increasingly reluctant to adopt roads and open spaces on new developments unless significant payments are made by the developer through S106 or CIL arrangements.
At the end of the day, it is much cheaper to have the immediate residents pay for maintenance work.
On a new development this probably amounts to no more than a bit or road sweeping and cutting the grass along with some insurance. It could get expensive a few decades down the road (pun intentional) when the whole lot needs replacing though.0 -
Having been on an active site i wouldn't care if the roads are adopted. I wouldn't touch this crowd with yours.0
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I would probably look into persimmon a bit more - they dont have a terribly positive reputation currently!
Management fees are the norm now though.0 -
Yes, councils generally don't take on new roads as they've quite simply had enough
Just one of the key reasons I won't touch new builds. 0 -
glasgowdan wrote: »Yes, councils generally don't take on new roads as they've quite simply had enough Just one of the key reasons I won't touch new builds.
Indeed.
And Macadam/ Asphalt is not cheap. Especially when the developers subject the base course to construction traffic for months before the development is finished thereby compromising the sub-base.
Massive potential cost for any resident.0
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