Oxley Woods Living

Life in an Oxley Woods eco house

 
 

Archive for the ‘General’ Category

 

You know you live in a cool place when you can buy a teatowel with your house on it.

October 2, 2011

It is claimed that many people don’t like the look of Oxley Woods houses, at least at first glance. We residents know that the truth is different, as we get to see the admiring looks of people passing by.

Of course it’s only natural that the residents here will champion our houses until the cows come home. After all, we’re the people who know that once you’ve experienced the natural light, ample spaces and clean lines of the designs it is difficult to contemplate living in a standard house again.

But of course it is always nice to have our point of view backed up by external experts. We knew that we lived in an iconic location, a haven of architectural brilliance in a sea of brick. And now we have further proof that we were right.

First there was the BBC, interviewing Gill for Radio 4 Moneybox. Then we had a visit from a TV production company contemplating locations for a possible series to be called ‘Living in the Future’.

But now we have something much more tangible:

Teatowels.

Mugs.

 

Trays.

 

Coasters and placemats.

They are funky, fun and fantastic. Just like our houses.

And if you know someone who lives here, now you know what to get them for Christmas.

All items are available from the stylish People Will Always Need Plates, featured as part of their Eclectic Avenue series.

Hat tip: Rosie, for picking up a copy of Homes and Antiques magazine.

{Guest post by Chris}

It’s official, they’re off!

December 2, 2010

A note through the door from Taylor Wimpey confirms one thing and one thing only… They’re leaving the site.

There are still some workmen about, mostly ground work going on, but they’ve gone and we don’t know when they’re coming back.

Life on an Oxley Park building site.

At least it’ll be quiet for the festive season.

Site moving, hold tight people!

November 18, 2010

Just a short notice to let everyone know that Oxley Woods Living is moving from a hosting provider in the US to a UK based provider.

This may result in some downtime over the next 24-48 hours, but normal (hopefully, better than normal) service shall resume by the weekend.

Where do the children play?

September 28, 2010

Oxley Park is proving to be a bit of a misnomer at the moment.

Sure, there’s plenty of green space.  We’re fortunate enough to face out on to a small park with ponds, lovely trees and a decent amount of grass to play on (as long as you can avoid the disgusting dog pooh some people think it’s acceptable to leave all around).

But, what we don’t have, yet, is any Oxley Park park.

This is becoming irksome for a number of residents I’m sure, not lease as we have a primary school on our estate, and what appears to be a high concentration of young families and their children in the area.

We’re blessed with a wonderful geographical location for a town/city estate. We have woodland on two sides, and lots of green fields and space in another direction.  But we seem to be the only inhabited estate that doesn’t have a children’s playground.

There are some planned, apparently, although we’ve been unable to find the planning details (if anyone can help with that, please do), but wouldn’t it be nice if developers had to put the infrastructure, kids play areas included, in place BEFORE they finished building and selling their properties.

There’s even been a case of one developer trying to change an area they had planned to build play park into further residential development instead!  Much to the dismay of the locals, and rightly so.

I doubt there’s anything at all residents can do to hurry along the construction of play parks, but they can’t arrive soon enough for us, and our kids!

Clothing collection leaflets not all they appear to be

July 2, 2010

A leaflet dropped through the door here today in Oxley Park for a clothing collection… “Can you spare you old unwanted clothes?” it asks.

It would appear the company behind these adverts would really like you to spare your old clothes, so they can turn them into a tidy profit.

The leaflets do not directly claim to be in aid of any charity, but they are designed and phrased to make you feel good about giving this company, previously noted for their misleading advertising style by the ASA your old clothes for them to profit from.

I don’t know how many homes in Oxley Park this leaflet is hitting, or how widespread in Milton Keynes, but if you do even a tiny bit of google research it appears that Rutex Ltd are running nothing short of a nasty scam, and it matches, almost word for word, previous scam mailers by a company named W&W Ltd, who were apparently dissolved last year.

Knowing this is not a charity, but seemingly a long running (so one would assume, profitable) scam, it makes you wonder what “Donations are sent to the third world countries to help clothe the poor” actually means. Do they SELL this stuff to the third world, or does it never get there at all?

In short, avoid this sort of scam leaflet, and if you really do have spare clothes, sell them and keep the money for yourselves. Even better, donate a few to a REAL charity, not some door-to-door collection con company.

Shameful.