Huge new build estate

h158

There is a HUGE newbuild estate due to be built a few mins walk away from a house we are in the process of buying. 500+ houses 😳 Anything I should consider? Would this put you off? 

Running_Horse

Depends on the area. We left a village knowing there were long term plans to double its size and build two new neighbouring villages of 1000 properties each. It will completely urbanise an old rural settlement. But we moved to a suburban area near the edge of town, knowing the area will creep out to the town’s natural borders. It’s known about and won’t change our very established neighbourhood. The building disruption will affect the rural area and lanes far more than the town setting with established facilities and roads.

Mildreds_Earrings

h158 said:

There is a HUGE newbuild estate due to be built a few mins walk away from a house we are in the process of buying. 500+ houses 😳 Anything I should consider? Would this put you off? 

Things to consider:
Traffic
Schools
GP
NHS Dentist

We had a large and still growing new estate, built near us a few years ago. We were already established in the area, so we were okay but new residents had problems getting their children into local schools and accessing local GPs and an NHS Dentist. The one thing that did affect us all was the additional TRAFFIC! 

mjm3346

h158 said:

There is a HUGE newbuild estate due to be built a few mins walk away from a house we are in the process of buying. 500+ houses 😳 Anything I should consider? Would this put you off? 

Does the area look like there is the scope for other developments, is it in a council build zone  

daveyjp

500+ houses could take 5-10 years to complete, depending if its one developer or split between 2/3.

Will the construction phase affect you?

sheramber

We have several new estates being built around our once small town and others nearby.

Despite already being registered with dentist and the only GP ,  appointments are like gold dust due to numbers.

Slinky

If you want to move, will the competition from all those shiny new build houses be a problem?

GixerKate

Have a think about the disruption - how long will the building take? are the big heavy vehicles going to be passing the front door?  What about the noise? dust and general chaos that comes with it or is it far enough away that it won't be too much of a bother?

Then you've the impact down the road when all those houses are occupied - what about the traffic, the local schools, dentists, doctors etc?

I am in a new build (although not so much a new build now, its 2 years old) and there are other developments popping up and the schools are almost full, the doctors is refusing any new patients and so is the dentist.

Another area to look at is drainage - the local system around where I am can't cope with existing usage - every time it rains the drains back up and its normal to have raw sewage on the local roads which are likely to be closed due to flooding.

I don't want you to be put off as it may all be ok but its worth having a good think.  Before buying our new build we looked at an older property and across the road there had been planning permission submitted for a new estate and it did make us think hard about it however the property wasn't quite what we were looking for anyway.  2 years later and the building work has now started - I am so thankful we didn't progress!  That road and surrounding area now has terrible traffic (they have temporary -not really temporary traffic lights), the local houses and roads are covered in dirt, mud etc and I've heard that the noise during the day is not great.  When its finished though, the area should be ok, the traffic shouldn't impact on the local village too much as its one turning onto a main road.

GiantTCR

h158 said:

There is a HUGE newbuild estate due to be built a few mins walk away from a house we are in the process of buying. 500+ houses 😳 Anything I should consider? Would this put you off? 

Apart from what the others have already said (traffic, GP, dentist...), with 500+ homes being built I would assume the local council and the developer have agreed to a number of affordable houses and/or properties that will be used for council housing. So that may put off potential buyers if you ever consider selling.

diystarter7

GiantTCR said:

h158 said:

There is a HUGE newbuild estate due to be built a few mins walk away from a house we are in the process of buying. 500+ houses 😳 Anything I should consider? Would this put you off? 

Apart from what the others have already said (traffic, GP, dentist...), with 500+ homes being built I would assume the local council and the developer have agreed to a number of affordable houses and/or properties that will be used for council housing. So that may put off potential buyers if you ever consider selling.

This happens in London all of the time. What was once a quiet backdrop of disused land suddenly you going to have a little town there and if the existing properties or mid range to slightly higher end, they suffer as a lot more traffic etc

on a much smaller scale a mile from us, a conservation area where two massive mansion-type houses stood empty, on purpose imo, the developers finally got consent to build a few dozen houses, mostly detached but with a few semis and a few 4 linked I think and these are 'affordable homes via HA.  The surrounding area is sweet mainly detached property for the 1900's and 1930's etc but people had been selling up the last few years and people, younger couple with families sell up in Brixton and surrounding areas that have shot up in prices and move here and get much more for their money but the quietness of the area is going and will be gone.

you can beat the older houses, roads, closes etc as they often have bigger gardens/drives front and back and roads are often wider and the best ones are where almost every other property is of a different design.

The last 15 years or so I've yet to seen a half-decent mass build. Sure those that build their own at times do a great job but mass build ceilings are getting lower and lower as well as the rooms and the gardens it feels so enclosed I'm glad I'm not living there.

GiantTCR

diystarter7 said:

GiantTCR said:

h158 said:

There is a HUGE newbuild estate due to be built a few mins walk away from a house we are in the process of buying. 500+ houses 😳 Anything I should consider? Would this put you off? 

Apart from what the others have already said (traffic, GP, dentist...), with 500+ homes being built I would assume the local council and the developer have agreed to a number of affordable houses and/or properties that will be used for council housing. So that may put off potential buyers if you ever consider selling.

The last 15 years or so I've yet to seen a half-decent mass build. Sure those that build their own at times do a great job but mass build ceilings are getting lower and lower as well as the rooms and the gardens it feels so enclosed I'm glad I'm not living there.

Yes I agree, new build development are crappy most of the time. They cram as many houses as they can...they advertise those properties are family homes for couple with kids but where do the kids play? Those houses have got minuscule gardens.

Every development looks the same, there are those 4-5 house models and that's it, cookie cutter houses all over the place.

I myself ended up in one of those developments, as I bought a detached built in 2006. There are probably 250-300 houses, all looking exactly the same. You see them coming up for sale, you look at the photos and they have all the exact same layout. Can't wait to get out of here and self build.