Cornwall's Strangest Town: A Real Life SimCity!

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  • On the outskirts of Newquay in Cornwall sits the most ambitious housing project I have ever seen. Nanlsedan sits on Duchy of Cornwall land and is scheduled to be completed in 2030. Roughly half completed at the time of my visit in February 2022, the new town will eventually house almost 4000 new homes. A new high street has already been completed as has a school fit for around 400 pupils. Many people have already relocated to the town. It is an almost unreal environment, akin to walking through a film set. Pastel coloured creative house designs scatter across a carefully planned and well manicured patchwork of wide streets and boulevards. This place really has to be seen to be believed! Join me as I wander the streets of Nansledan and talk to it's residents about what life is like here so far.
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  • @charlieptc4287
    @charlieptc4287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    The high street hasn’t been built yet. This is just the start. It’s not weird it’s beautiful. The community here is amazingly.

  • @Casper-we3dq
    @Casper-we3dq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I like the fact that both Poundbury and Nansledan look like the local vernacular, which helps to create a more diverse built environment. Too many of the new developments look identical wherever they are.

    • @iagovar2557
      @iagovar2557 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Tell that to architects and developers that love putting people in cement shoeboxes.

    • @Casper-we3dq
      @Casper-we3dq 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@iagovar2557 A lot of architects are arrogant and believe the average person is wrong and will learn to love the square boxes. That’s said the planning authorities need to demand better too.

    • @AtlasofInfo
      @AtlasofInfo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Casper-we3dq They deliberately destroy our old buildings, towns and cities. They are "anartists"... a group of people obsessed with imposing their hatred of upper class people on all of us by destroying everything great that rich people built and paid for. Even though our old and beautiful buildings benefit everyone, regardless of who paid to have them built. The original "anartist" was a man who hated art and submitted a urinal as a piece of "art" in the early 20th century. His name is Marcel Duchamp and there's a very interesting and enlightening speech given by David Starkey about modern art and Duchamp specifically.

  • @jimboha6745
    @jimboha6745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Love it. Bought in 2019. Quality of build by @Morrish homes is excellent. Only some 500 homes out of a potential 4000 have been built so a long term project. Picking up on some of the comments tree planting on all homes is a feature with fruit trees in communal areas for all to share from apples and pears. Properties have purpose built nesting holes for birds and bees. Good communal spaces and next phase will see playing fields for older children, major road access with large supermarket , bar / restaurants and Independent shops.Residences also have protected SANG nature area across from the school to enjoy. Properties all come with allocated parking and / or garaging but too many residents opt for garaging and then use it for a store and then moan they haven’t got enough parking space. 🤔 Key for the development will be how it expands and communal areas adequately maintained by the Management Company.

    • @MsMesem
      @MsMesem 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      NO TREES! Streets and parks bare. Horrible.

    • @victoriaskuse118
      @victoriaskuse118 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I guess you didn’t spot the newly planted tress…. 🤨

  • @CrankyHermit
    @CrankyHermit 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Most of the houses here do have back yards. Garages and residential parking are mostly in the mews behind the houses and gardens, in the interior of the blocks. There's more greenery and more trees than are apparent in this video. They're still young and small, and branches were bare at the time of Wendall's visit. The town will eventually feature many more civic institutions, parks and public spaces, and more businesses providing jobs, to which many can walk from their homes. The streets and intersections are designed to slow traffic, and to be interesting and safe for pedestrians and cyclists. Of course the town will acquire more character and charm as it weathers and ages, as moss and various green things take root in the nooks and crannies, and as more residents add their personal expressions to the place. All new neighborhoods are soulless at the start, until souls begin to show up and establish their lives there.

  • @TravellingTorunn
    @TravellingTorunn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Really interesting! The first seconds I thought you were in Appledore because of the pastel coloured houses, but then it looked too new. And it was 🙂 Interesting project, and it looks actually pretty and well planned. But I fully agree with you about the Truman Show feel, Sim City, film set etc. because everything is so new and unspoilt and there is no litter anywhere and very few people. But that is just now, and it will probably wear a bit and look more "normal" in a few years. And people will move in and have a normal life. I am happy they make the houses look a bit traditional and that they have made alleyways and different kinds of facades. I think this may be a very good project.🙂

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Without doubt one of the most unique places I have been!

  • @markbuhler5721
    @markbuhler5721 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thanks Wendell, really interesting development! Much better than the average housing estates being built today

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for watching!

    • @ianhunkin5384
      @ianhunkin5384 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Have you seen the beautiful green fields this monstrosity has been built on...now where are the badgers,foxes,wildlife gonna go...the prices are astonishing...its a carbuncle....there's one in st awful...st austell and its vile too

    • @herambaanjaneya2041
      @herambaanjaneya2041 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ianhunkin5384That’s fine just as long as you’re prepared to give up your home for the poorly housed or homeless!

  • @annbuckle5880
    @annbuckle5880 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We stay near Newquay and saw that estate being built love the school very modern it's ok for new builds to be built aslong as they include council homes for the local cornwall people

    • @ericboxer3053
      @ericboxer3053 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meaning local indigenous Brits not Africans with British passports or fakeugees

  • @rafalskorupski
    @rafalskorupski 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My first impression is Truman show exactly even before you said it :-)

  • @caroledavey7572
    @caroledavey7572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We have lived here for 5 years and have really enjoyed it. There is mostly a great community spirit. It will be much bigger in time so not sure how that will change the general feel of it. For personal reasons we are moving and I will be sad to leave but glad I lived here when it was so much smaller..

  • @nigeats65
    @nigeats65 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Patrick McGoohan is The Prisoner on the filmset at Portmeirion.....!

  • @sarahj3917
    @sarahj3917 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for taking us on a visit round the new town, will be interesting to see a revisit in a few years where no doubt it will have expanded and there will be pubs and takeaways.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’ll sure go back next year to see the progression

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There’s a strict list of businesses that can and can’t operate on the site so takeaways like a chip shop wouldn’t get on here. There is a pub and supermarket planned though. Won’t be for a good while yet though. The next quarter is an arts and crafts area with a large nursery, restaurant and more shops planned.

  • @nigelknight6688
    @nigelknight6688 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice one Wendall what a interesting little place houses look good as well definitely a 👍👍

  • @richdt6312
    @richdt6312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This place is an exact replica of Poundbury on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset. Also on the Duchy Of Cornwall land. And still being extended since late 90’s. There is a lot criticism in the community between Dorchester and Poundbury and neighbouring Weymouth. Channel 4 filmed a short drama called the commuter starting Timothy Spall.
    I don’t know if they all have wooden framed windows in Cornwall. But most residents are complaining, as rules say they’re not allowed to change them to insulated windows.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe I’ll check out poundbury too. Strangely fascinated by these places!

  • @jamesw2414
    @jamesw2414 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting. Will be nice to see when it’s settled in a bit more in years to come. Not a new town as such, but most of Hulme in Manchester was built around 30 years ago. Thank you for sharing.

  • @JT-qd2sk
    @JT-qd2sk ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Beautiful buildings but needs more greenery and trees and less tarmac, resin bonded gravel would have been much easier and softer on the eye

    • @lmonk9517
      @lmonk9517 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That wouldn't be in keeping with Cornwall.

  • @straighttalkinggirl7622
    @straighttalkinggirl7622 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In a nice way, it reminds me a bit of a 1970's kids programme called 'Camblewick Green'.

  • @j-r3207
    @j-r3207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I walked past there every day to get into Newquay! An hours walk! It’s a loverly part of Cornwall! I love the different colour houses. There building these kind of properties all over Cornwall & lots are cheap as chips if the council rents them 🙌🏼

    • @kw8757
      @kw8757 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cheap because the local tax payers subsidise them.

  • @Jean42ette
    @Jean42ette ปีที่แล้ว +14

    A place for the Stepford Wives and A.I living - dystopia hiding behind a fascade.

  • @Elementalfigures
    @Elementalfigures 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Do you remember the 1960s tv show the prisoner reminds me of it😂👍

  • @herambaanjaneya2041
    @herambaanjaneya2041 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A beautiful new place! The future that I hope for in the U.K.!

  • @sallydingle321
    @sallydingle321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was really interesting Oli...as I haven't been there yet and it was a great idea to show us around 👍. I can't make my mind up about it really... I suppose time will tell. It takes time to build a community I suppose. I'm all for individual looking houses and the fact that they built different price ranges means a varied community too. The school looks amazing and we sure need more of those...hope they get doctors, dentists and everything else that is obviously needed too...time will tell, as I say. Great idea Oli and just subscribed to your Instagram 👍🏡😁👌🙏

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it’s a fascinating place, weird and wonderful! Thanks for watching

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s not perfect by any means. There’s a few people who feel they own the place and try to run the gaff like a dictatorship but the vast majority of people are good, honest, hardworking people of all ages, backgrounds etc. we love our neighbours. They’re amazing 🥲

  • @10Hussy
    @10Hussy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes I’ve driven past the village …. I think it’s missing greenery, trees me thinks. It’s a great video - you should should be on the one show… good voice for listening too 👍 happy listening to from me sat in the maldives 🇲🇻🤣 could be Porthcurno but a wee bit warmer 🤣

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Your on holiday in the Maldives while I’ve been walking round talking to an action camera in Brighton… smashing life I am!

    • @10Hussy
      @10Hussy 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores … never been to Brighton… should go sometime… Maldives a one off treat 🤣 back in st ives soon 👍

  • @patrickcrowther9195
    @patrickcrowther9195 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's difficult to judge a place just from a video. But my impressions are mostly very positive. Architecturally it's varied and interesting, there seem to be plenty of open spaces and the bright colours of many of the buildings are suited to that unique Cornish light. Anywhere built so recently is going to have something of a movie set about it at first, but I reckon in five years or so it will have acquired a more lived-in patina. Might just be a model for other projects of this nature. I'd really like to have a look around it myself.

  • @chriscrawley2680
    @chriscrawley2680 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Give it time ... Wetherspoons, Costa , usual stuff . Needs community centre , rugby ,cricket ,football clubs etc . Will be ok bit souless looking . Fine report from Wolverhamptins no 1 Cornwall blogger

  • @burtwallace5909
    @burtwallace5909 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One thing I did spot was it all seemed to be on the flat ,which for all age groups is great . As for community and New Town success ,a return journey in about 100 years , only time will tell ,won't be an overnight success just like that !

  • @troyshore3357
    @troyshore3357 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Pretty community. Does look like movie set. Does the wind blow that way all the time? Interesting video for sure.

  • @izabela1961
    @izabela1961 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a charming place!

  • @mandydeane5824
    @mandydeane5824 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I am getting a cross between the Trueman show and the Prisoner. Portmeirion is a gorgeous setting. It is really quaint but could do with more landscaping.

  • @fordcortina3730
    @fordcortina3730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If ever you are passing Dorchester call into Poundbury and have a look at Charlie Windsor's development up here. The place is twee yet soulless, just like Nanlsedan appears to be. Considering that Poundbury has been building since 1993 (almost 30 years) you would expect it to have some sort of soul or vibrancy to the place by now, but no. Poundbury has a theme park feeling about it, like it is recreating some past period, but unlike, say Beamish Living Museum, Poundbury feels 'fake' and is 'fake'. In places, Poundbury has started to weather and some of the buildings (mostly those used by businesses) are streaked with dirt and grime and are no longer the pristine state they once were. it will be interesting to see how Nanlsedan fares as it appears to be in a equally windswept position as Poundbury is. Wendall come up to Dorset some time and do a comparison video. Keep up the great content.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You wouldn’t believe it but I actually drove within miles of Poundbury today, on my way to Brighton, without knowing it at the time… maybe I’ll check it out on the way back 🤔

  • @louisep4805
    @louisep4805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Incredible town thanks for sharing Wendall 🙏👌

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure is a one of a kind place!

    • @louisep4805
      @louisep4805 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores Yes it looks like I must visit when I am next down that way looks a fun place to live 👌

  • @4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse
    @4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    He had one in Dorset too called Poundbury but he gave it to William now!

  • @patrickcrowther9195
    @patrickcrowther9195 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good to see chimneys. Buildings don't look right without them.

  • @dawnbroadhurst5112
    @dawnbroadhurst5112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Currently writing this as I watch u on our TV 📺 I think this new development looks really really nice ….. yes it doesn’t have the character like the traditional house in Cornwall but there is definitely a uniqueness about the place.
    I love the bright colours each building has been painted in and the different styles.
    The community allotment which I think I saw is a lovely way to bring the community together ( I’m a gardener by trade so anything like that is a big ✔️)
    It would be deffo worth a second visit Wendall????? What do u think????? Once it’s matured about maybe 🤔
    Very interesting indeed thank u sooooooo much for sharing

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I will definitely go back to see how it develops at some point

    • @dawnbroadhurst5112
      @dawnbroadhurst5112 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores that would b soooooooo cool Wendall x

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s hard to add character when you can’t even change your door colour or get a door knocker without written permission from the Duchy! There’s a massive community code you have to follow. You can’t have anything visible from the street in your garden, like washing lines and trampolines. You missed out the parks too! There’s some lovely play parks.

    • @dawnbroadhurst5112
      @dawnbroadhurst5112 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LOULABELLAFOREVER I can Imagine…..I believe there are a lot of rules to follow

  • @clives344
    @clives344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You hit the Nail on the Head thought the same as you it reminded me of the Truman Show completely..even the shop looked like a set.
    Did any spotlights fall from the sky🤣. Think though the pastel colors look great. Just could do with a few pubs there. Agreed looks like American especially where i spent sometime working in a place called Exton in Pennsylvania. Exactly the same looked like a film set there as well.
    Looks well maintained but what will it look like in 20 to 30 years time, wondering what the build quality is like.
    Thanks for the video.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you want to see what it will look like in 20 years time look at the next vid I made from Poundbury

    • @clives344
      @clives344 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores okay will do

  • @zogozogy98
    @zogozogy98 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This would make a great spot for Liminal Space photography

  • @andym1908
    @andym1908 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Oli A lady who used to be a Somellier Fifteen and latterly Paul Ainsworth works for the Deli you visited

  • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
    @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The houses where you say about parking…we don’t have any parking. Only a garage. This also isn’t the main high street. That’s going to be the next street along.

  • @MrDEWaters
    @MrDEWaters หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is a planned new town just north of St. Charles, MIssouri (a suburb of St. Louis). It looks somewhat similar to this. They call it "New Town". Care was taken to plant large numbers of trees, giving the place a look that is certainly less stark than what we see in your video. Is the climate in Cornwall so harsh that trees don't grow easily? Your video has inspired me to make one of my own---look for it soon on my TH-cam channel "St. Louis and Beyond".

  • @daevidsmiff4420
    @daevidsmiff4420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Wendell, I listened to some of the comments sent to you calling you an Emmit, can I just say that you live in Cornwall now,, you contribute to the Economy and you pay your dues, you clearly enjoy your move and ss far as I am concerned you have every right to live where you choose, the people who criticise should adress their comments to the owners of the Second Home division who use Cornwall as a Piggy Bank. I lived in Cornwall for 12 years and served my Country, yet even though I was doing so then similar comments came my way, my reply was o.k you go and fly my Aircraft to protect our Troops....that shut the majority up, Wendell you produce greatly informative quality blogs and I am a great supporter of you...in fact most genuine Cornish people would applaud you, I know I do...respect to you Wendall always

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Daevid thank you for the kind comment and support. The grief is a very small minority, and I’m used to it by now. The overwhelmingly positive majority outweighs the haters, and Wendall shall continue! Yamas sir!

    • @kernow9324
      @kernow9324 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Daevid, you articulated exactly my feelings too. Thank you for your service, sir.

  • @Hardyfamily100
    @Hardyfamily100 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All the different colours make them look like doll’s houses

  • @ladygwarth
    @ladygwarth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I think it needs to weather and grow into itself over time.

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I noticed no potholes or litter. It looks like a ghost town that people haven't yet moved into. Normally, when a housing estate is built, people move in as soon as each house is completed, and only a few houses are under construction at any one time.

  • @smoothfox007
    @smoothfox007 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    No litter anywhere, how fab is that !

  • @mrengland6325
    @mrengland6325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thnx again m8 n1

  • @djm7003
    @djm7003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not a great lover of modern housing but that looks really nice. I know it's a different thing but if that was built in Birmingham the green spaces would have been left to their own devices and the grass would be three foot high and the streets would be filled with rubbish and fly tipped sofas and fridges within 12 months.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe in Birmingham but never in Wolverhampton 🤣

    • @djm7003
      @djm7003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh my god. I didn’t realise you could get a snob from Wolverhampton. That’s a first. 😜

  • @finanzferdinand9874
    @finanzferdinand9874 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Spot on with the Truman Show reference
    Its too sterile and uniform. Developers usually make an effort to avoid uniform buildings

  • @lorrilewis2178
    @lorrilewis2178 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why didn't they plan for trees lining the streets? It desperately needs trees.

  • @chrislo2068
    @chrislo2068 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Where are all the trees and birds 😬

    • @helenbenjafield7351
      @helenbenjafield7351 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Were trees destroyed in order to create this,I hope not,they would have been far more attractive?

    • @lemsip207
      @lemsip207 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The trees are saplings at the moment. The birds will return when they are grown.

    • @sicapon
      @sicapon 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Most of the birds will be in the local Wetherspoons

  • @daviddakin9275
    @daviddakin9275 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think it looks great, I love the Newquay area but had not heard of this development so had to Google where it was, there is a huge amount of building and development going on in and around Newquay at the moment, I just hope that they attract permanent residents and are not left empty for 4 months of the year but I also think with all this building work what are the residents doing for work (are there even enough permanent jobs for the amount of housing being built), unfortunately if houses are built without employment opportunities then crime rates will increase and so will desirability of the estate.

    • @MatthewChapmanYT
      @MatthewChapmanYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to deliver here.
      Very very empty apart from the flats around the roundabout and the cheaper roads, many Arabs/Chinese own multiple rows

  • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
    @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The build quality is very good. There’s three different builders so some healthy competition. I’m a Sedgley born girl but lived in Newquay for over 15 years and it’s home. Wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Everyone I spoke to was very positive about their experience living in Nansledan.

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@WendallExplores I recognised your accent straight away :) we live in Nansledan and you filmed our house. We enjoy living here and our only gripe is we bought off plan and our allocated parking disappeared and we were told we had to park in our garage or on the road. The road you were on will be a main route once it’s finished but it won’t be the high street. That hasn’t even started yet! Come back again in a year and see how much it’s changed. It changes month by month! Hope you’re settled down in Penzance x

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LOULABELLAFOREVER I’ll come back in a year or so for sure. It’s such a unique and interesting project.

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores there’s a few air b&b’ son site (although letting a whole house out for holidaymakers isn’t allowed). Maybe you should come and spend a night! Shiva is the place everyone tends to go. It’s a super cool little cafe and bar with yoga studio next door.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LOULABELLAFOREVER it’s a real shame there are some air b n bs there. I don’t think that should be allowed. It would be cool to stay the night, get the 24 hour experience 🤣🤣

  • @charliedock2621
    @charliedock2621 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Cheers I didn't know about that place. I do know that King Charles did build another one called poundbury in Devon, and that's a really looking nice place to live

  • @menikmati9057
    @menikmati9057 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    check out poundbury next

  • @stephenkelly3404
    @stephenkelly3404 ปีที่แล้ว

    We had a look there this week and would move there seems to be away the mental ease of newquay lol…
    But seems some new owners have put them up for sale already 430k plus!
    There’s also seems to be some for over 60’s only can anyone confirm this ?

  • @griswald7156
    @griswald7156 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bit of a pain painting the gable ends…they need Cladding with insulation underneath 50mm..😊

  • @charlieptc4287
    @charlieptc4287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The build quality is stunning as Charlie boy has demanded excellent quality

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only the best for Charlie boy

    • @charliecampbell14
      @charliecampbell14 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The build quality is unfortunately not good quality. My family live in the estate and we’ve had the entire ground floor replaced three times right back down to foundations because of cut corners, snagging list as long as the A30.

  • @Sython6
    @Sython6 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reminds me of that film Vivarium.

  • @xfoolsgoldx
    @xfoolsgoldx 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would be happy to live there👍

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m not sure if I could live there, but it is fascinating to get lost in the streets there

  • @lordred4116
    @lordred4116 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can't wait for all the Turkish barbers, Vietnamese nail bars and Bangladeshi takeaways to move in. Or won't diverse and inclusive Charles allow them?

  • @prodavnicayugo
    @prodavnicayugo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Disappointed to see some gas boiler vents but not a single solar panel (or wind turbine!). A place like that would be perfect for community heating and other eco programming

  • @TriviaChallenge
    @TriviaChallenge 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sustainable town with no solar panels, trees, allotments or electric vehicle charging, hmmm.

  • @griswald7156
    @griswald7156 ปีที่แล้ว

    Isn’t this Williams Duchy now?

  • @user-oe7be4hm8q
    @user-oe7be4hm8q 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wheres the pub?

  • @Jigsjigz
    @Jigsjigz หลายเดือนก่อน

    Give it a few years the houses will be run down and corners damaged because theres no side walks, feels like they have no privacy living on the street like his and a small garden thats overlooked by multiple other houses like most streets these days, it all looks tight with 1 or 2 random massive openings, like you said it looks more like a 1960s film set.

  • @suzyhorrigan1544
    @suzyhorrigan1544 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😮 awefull

  • @griswald7156
    @griswald7156 ปีที่แล้ว

    Parking looks a bit of a pain….where do the chargers go? Wher are the front lawns ?

  • @lizrigby-jones3700
    @lizrigby-jones3700 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are they affordable for local buyers? Not sure. Reminds me of toy town.

  • @julieritchie3373
    @julieritchie3373 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope this town works out well as it appears to be a great plan. The nay-sayers are always out there. Tree's take years to grow, you have to wait.I would have enjoyed seeing more of the buildings instead of Wendell's face. I'm concerned about the houses being built so low to ground- isn't this a(periodic) flood zone? Insurance might be expensive if yes.

  • @PatrickFDolan
    @PatrickFDolan หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reminds me of Disney when it's closed for maintenance.

  • @veganvocalist4782
    @veganvocalist4782 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a community or potential for a close working community ? There has to be places to meet and social areas not just pubs

  • @finanzferdinand9874
    @finanzferdinand9874 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If you drop an empty crisp bag, SWAT team apparently jump out of bushes and helicopters and surround you within 3 seconds.

  • @womanofgod568
    @womanofgod568 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    NINETEEN EIGHTY FOUR!

  • @anetteskyumlarsen8077
    @anetteskyumlarsen8077 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, there is some nice houses, but it seems rather cold. It's like it has no soul 😔. Not at all scandinavian. More like you said a movie set. Not to offend any living there and it would be interesting comming back in a few years.

  • @danchanner7887
    @danchanner7887 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It looks neo-Georgian, like an attempt to build Cheltenham-on-Sea.

  • @andrewray9200
    @andrewray9200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is not an experiment, there are many similar developments, i believe poundbury Dorchester was first, decades ago.

  • @Christophers-Assorted-Stuff
    @Christophers-Assorted-Stuff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the first things I thought about was parking. I think it is most essential to be able to park without restricting the flow of traffic. It looks like some of the houses don't have an offroad parking space or garage, something that is essential if you want to charge an electric vehicle at home. Good to see no yellow lines but no doubt they will come when the towns population grows. I don't think I would want to live there, it's just too erm, too neat and tidy. I expect I will go there for a look one day but I'm in no rush.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      At the very least it’s a fascinating wander!

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We don’t. It was a big shock when we found out. They said oh you’re expected to park in your garage. We do but we have more vehicles than we can park in a garage as we have a large family and the older kids need cars; they can’t get to their hospitality jobs by buses even if they were running early or late, which they don’t! That’s Cornwall for you. We also use our cars for work!

  • @matty506
    @matty506 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is it so hard to just give more parking, these little towns are always a nightmare to park, I say that as a tradesmen who is forever parking streets away lugging tools about.

  • @edwardmiessner6502
    @edwardmiessner6502 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To you it looks like Prince (now King) Charles' Sim City but to me it looks like his heavily modded Cities Skylines build.

  • @malcolmking7302
    @malcolmking7302 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where are the pubs?

    • @womanofgod568
      @womanofgod568 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Charles, best friend to Saville, is the most outspoken Global Reset supporter out there, so don't expect fun in his 1984 town!

  • @MatthewChapmanYT
    @MatthewChapmanYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So so many houses here are second homes on Airbnb. Just what 4 years after being built as affordable homes.
    Many Arabs/Chinese investors own multiple properties in multiple rows! 🤪

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If that’s the case that sucks!

    • @TheFastNana
      @TheFastNana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol 😂 not quite April 1st yet

    • @MatthewChapmanYT
      @MatthewChapmanYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheFastNana as in April fools?
      Nope, it’s 100% fact. I used to deliver their. I know exactly who and where they live.

  • @lorrilewis2178
    @lorrilewis2178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Speaking of "The Truman Show", it was filmed in a REAL master-planned resort town in Florida, and King Charles mentioned the community in his architecture book.

    • @laurieiz77
      @laurieiz77 ปีที่แล้ว

      Leon Krier, who designed Poundbury, King Charles’ other town, also advised on the city plan of Seaside, where Truman Show was filmed. I’ve been visiting Seaside since the 90s. It’s still thriving, but only wealthy people can afford to live there now.

    • @lorrilewis2178
      @lorrilewis2178 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@laurieiz77 Oh I know. I remember when Seaside was being built. It was always for the wealthy though it became even more so over time. Most of the houses are second or third homes and are vacation rentals most of the year.

    • @womanofgod568
      @womanofgod568 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@laurieiz77 What should we expect from Globalist Charles? He wants us all on a never ending Climate Lockdown in 15 minute ZONES and cities, where only the super rich get to go on planes or have cars.

  • @TrevsTravelTales
    @TrevsTravelTales 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Strange Old School Houses, No front or back Yards in Many Houses, Not Many Trees or Fences so Wind would be a Problem, Why no Eves or Verandahs. They Look like they would be Hot in Summer. Cheers Mate. Social experiment Gaol Town.

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not like the sprawling suburbs of Australia Trev 🇦🇺

  • @emmyjo720
    @emmyjo720 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It is better than Milton Keynes...this town isn't finished yet...

  • @merlynphillips7502
    @merlynphillips7502 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It h as to have time to age and get that lived in feel

  • @piotrsieminski
    @piotrsieminski ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe this is what every new town built by the British across the World up to 19 c. looked like. Few years ahead and you will get used to it.

  • @joules531
    @joules531 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Quite surprising that electric car charging doesn't seem to have been appreciated. How many of those residents will be happy to pay four or five times more, per kWh, that those with off road parking?

  • @ryannatividad3137
    @ryannatividad3137 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have mixed feelings on this from a societal and architectural perspective. It is a huge improvement on typical auto-oriented suburbs in the UK and their typically mediocre architecture. At the same time, I don't think the revival, almost pastiche architecture is a good fit for modern life. You can incorporate modern building practices and innovation, and still create the urban design that places like this (or it's predecessor Poundbury in Dorset) without adhering slavishly to historic revival architecture. I wonder if it's because it is just new, or because it had a significantly smaller budget, but it seems like the building materials, landscaping, and other qualities of this new development in Cornwall look slightly faker and cheaper than what I've seen of Poundbury. In either case, I do think New Urbanism could be beneficial in the UK (and other parts of Europe and North America) for new towns and retrofitting existing suburbs, but I think there should be an openness to a wider range of designs, functions, and architectural innovations within them. Some of the Scandinavian and mainland European newer eco neighborhoods could offer better models towards this end.

    • @elektrochava
      @elektrochava 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Seems some people long for trad architecture so it's fair that finally this is built again after decades of drab newtowns with modernist styles. To me this seems quite homely place, it lacks a bit of trees though

  • @deanandconner5194
    @deanandconner5194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    affordable for the rich. looks nice oli .any chippys there

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No chippy and no pub

    • @xfoolsgoldx
      @xfoolsgoldx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores No pub😮 Sounds like a opportunity😉

    • @TheFastNana
      @TheFastNana 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There will be a pub, when they build the high street, 🍺🥂we’re all looking forward to that. 🥳

    • @MatthewChapmanYT
      @MatthewChapmanYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sadly very true. It’s full of English folk aged 50-60

  • @RandallSlick
    @RandallSlick 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Poundbury-on-Sea.

  • @tonyadeney1245
    @tonyadeney1245 หลายเดือนก่อน

    visited poundbury few times /// took time but feels more like a real town now -------- question rather be there than say a rough estate in london with druggies gangs and loons .... ---------- /// visting london for week to renew passport lived abroad ten years .... victoria never seen so many fruitcakes wandering about the same ones everyday ... /// any new development looks odd at first ....... good intro though -- personally id go for a pink house sea blue is nice --- where the one painted like a stripey piece of seaside rock ... red and white stripes .... wen''' doing the visits we are too busy to do good job ...

  • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
    @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was quiet as the kids were in school and everyone at work

    • @WendallExplores
      @WendallExplores  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It was filmed on a Saturday mid day

    • @TheFastNana
      @TheFastNana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The sun shines a lot in Nansledan, but it’s deceptive, that wind is bitterly cold. Come back in the summer and we’ll all be out and about.

    • @LOULABELLAFOREVER
      @LOULABELLAFOREVER 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@WendallExplores that surprises me! There’s usually loads of kids about the weekends and we get visitors to the shops.

  • @Hedgehogsinthemist123
    @Hedgehogsinthemist123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up in a village just up the road from what is now Nansledan. It used to be just fields which had a tendancy to flood. The non-Cornish residents are reporting drainage/flooding issues. It's just a while elephant which has yet to be finished. It's strange how there is supposedly a 'vision' for this place of a bustling town and community, yet only up the road is a town called Newquay which nobody is interested in doing anything with. The high street is dying, so why is this place going to be any different? These places always get talked up. It will just wind up a big souless ghetto, but an expensive one. A lot of the houses are air B&B which is against the rules apparently. When I saw the school being built I was adamant it was going to be a hotel because it's so big. The other strange place which is similar to Nansledan is Poundbury, near Dorchester, UK.

  • @Coolgamerkid567
    @Coolgamerkid567 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My school is nansledan

  • @patrickgirault7771
    @patrickgirault7771 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where are the people ?

  • @davidthorpe635
    @davidthorpe635 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Balamory without the trees

  • @the_patient85
    @the_patient85 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s like the Truman show

  • @horatiohuskisson5471
    @horatiohuskisson5471 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The reason it looks quite soulless or fake is because the complete lack of nature. They need to plant way more trees, I did see a couple of saplings but not much. Nature (as well as people) will bring it to life.

  • @tmac9972
    @tmac9972 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yes but is it diverse, is there the right amount of this or too much of that and are these welcome and come to think of it there are way too many of those.

  • @cheesepizza392
    @cheesepizza392 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Those new homes will be for Pharaohs children and if King TUT has a Vision for the Town Best Get Out Now

  • @louisemarsh6106
    @louisemarsh6106 หลายเดือนก่อน

    15 minute town lol you will not be allowed to leave soon

  • @zacharyhughes1666
    @zacharyhughes1666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I live in a flat here above the roundabout and I’ve got to say that I would advise against buying here. The ‘Prince of Green’ has put up houses crammed on top of each other, made to look expensive and fancy when in reality they’re all looking increasingly dilapidated not even 5 years in and we’ve found our interior to deteriorate scarily fast. Shockingly little green space, no balconies gardens for flats to allow you to air washing. No where to lock your bike up and threatening letters if you use the hallways to store anything. It’s a gentrified dystopia that lacks heart and soul and has been built solely to line the pocket of the Duchy of Cornwall! Shop elsewhere if you’re house hunting 😂

  • @jonviolet6116
    @jonviolet6116 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Prince Charles Land,20 minute city 🤔