HettonSAFC
Winger
Chiltern Moor?? Yeah. They insist on a maintenance charge on all estates to look after the green area. £115 per annum. Recon council won’t maintain them so has to go private.There used to be an open space in our village. The top half had football goals and a playpark on it. The bottom half was wild grass, trees and shrubs. It was popular with dog walkers but flooded in bad weather as it's at the bottom of some hills and all the water pools there. Persimmon claimed there was no historic evidence of flooding and refused to listen to existing residents who have plodged through it on a regular basis!
My friend has a house next to it. She has a tiny front garden then the field. They view over the field and the fact the bairns could run in and out safely was a massive factor in buying it.
Persimmon bought the land and managed to shoehorn approx 70 houses by building three story town houses. They look ugly! My poor friend now has a view of a back fence and the bairns have lost their playing out space.
The houses at the bottom end keep complaining as when it rains heavily, their back gardens are underwater.
After complaints by locals about loss of play facilities, Persimmon agreed to put in a small play park. However they've put some legal thing in the selling documents that nobody has picked up on. On completion of the estate, the play park is now owned by about 60 of the 70 houses (the affordable housing ones don't have to pay). Those households are responsible for all costs regarding the park, including maintained and upkeep and and compensation claims should someone get injured. They don't want to pay as some don't have small children and others don't think it's fair as children from all over the village will play in the park. The council cannot adopt the park due to this legal thing. I don't really understand it but until it gets sorted, the playpark is locked and nobody is allowed to play in it.
So yeah, I hate Persimmon!