Well over a year then, the building works on site. Entry onto the estate finished with traffic lights and road alterations all complete. There is a corner of houses completed and I had heard someone a few weeks ago describe the houses as being ‘thrown up’ meaning things were being build fast. Surrounding lakes and landscaping at this initial entry point all done as well. I had noticed that the first new residents had already moved in. There might be about a dozen even more houses ready for people and several of those are occupied already. So I decided to walk in and take a look around:
It was Sunday morning and I saw a van unloading washing machines and other white goods outside a new house.
I noticed a lot of full up dustbins (may be Monday is bin day on the new estate).
I saw an RAC van I don’t know if it was a call out or whether the guy was at home sorting his van out before his shift or whether he was working on a broken-down car in a garage? He did leave the estate in his van at the same time I was leaving!
I saw an occupied house with a small plastic gnome on the garden path holding a sign which says ‘Go Away’!
I saw a red ribbon and bow tied across the front door of a house, as if Redrow Homes were making a welcome gesture to new owners who had not arrived yet (maybe they would arrive on Monday?)
I saw a house with a pair of pink trainers just left by the front door, as if the mud would make the new carpets dirty?
I saw a couple (I think they were potential buyers looking for the show homes office which was open). He was wearing what seemed a very freshly laundered glowing lemon yellow shirt almost stiff and starchy like it was just out of the box wearing suede shoes. He reminded me of Dom from Gogglebox. She was power dressed or making some kind of statement – in a short shiny dress and a bag that was not snake skin, but was probably an organic patterned fabric with gold fastenings on. Later I saw them drive out in a coppery/gold coloured BMW number plate UDD22
I also noticed a sheet of 8×4 18mm ply-wood on the road very close to the show homes office. I had recently paid about £30 for the same item. I could not tell if it had been placed there to cover missing or damaged service or man hole covers temporarily, or whether it was just left there? Possible as this is effectively still a building site even though this corner tries very hard to look like it is a new community of happy house proud people with pansies and other small colourful plants growing in the front gardens of the show homes.
