A resident who complained about the lack of garden maintenance outside her property says the work has been completed ‘to a very poor standard’. 

Abigail Joby, who lives on Elm Drive at Loddon Park, was concerned about the “awful state” the green areas were left in and called on the property developers to cut the “overgrown grass” and weeds, as well to rectify the “bad seeding” on the topsoil. 

Taylor Wimpey, one of the UK’s largest home construction companies, claimed in an email to residents last month that they were “arranging contractors” to complete the work. 

The email stated that the mowing of the areas with “levels of high grass” would be undertaken on June 29, however this was not addressed until July 5. 

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Ms Joby said it is “interesting” that the company feels the mowing is now completed as she notes that it appears to be “un-finished”. 

“[It] sums up Taylor Wimpey really. Unable to complete a task to the end, on something as simple as garden maintenance,” she added. 

“My grass area will just look like this now, messy, un-finished and doesn’t match the rest of the estate.” 

The email also said that the company is “intending” to start the topsoil and seeding work on July 4, that has started in some areas, but Ms Joby’s patch is part of ‘phases 7/8’ which Taylor Wimpey claims will be done “as a matter of urgency” but offered no start or completion dates. 

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Ms Joby claims that, where work has started, there’s “just a dump of soil on the ground” and called the lack of a time frame issued for the work to be completed as “ridiculous”. 

She has also now paid the £800 maintenance fee that she received from FirstPort – the property management service company – despite the work not having been carried out. 

MP for Reading East Matt Rodda had previously said that he is “concerned” about the way residents are being treated by developers and called on Taylor Wimpey to “completely change” its approach. He is set to visit the site in due course. 

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“It’s only because Matt Rhodda is visiting the estate that they have done a bit of work. [It’s] to look like they are doing something when they are not, there’s no schedule to complete the work,” Ms Joby added. 

A spokesperson for Taylor Wimpey said they “appreciate the frustration” of residents of Loddon Park and “can assure them” that maintenance work regarding seeding and improving the topsoil is underway and will be completed “imminently”.   

“We would like to thank residents for their cooperation and appreciate their patience while the work is carried out,” they added.