We have an apartment on Phase 1 which looks south west across the golf course towards the new blocks. Having had a view of the cranes for the last year, anything will be an improvement! I quite like the look of them to be honest. I like diversity rather than uniformity. A splash of colour and something a little different to break up the view of rows and rows of white apartments is a good thing in my opinion.
The glass fronts are another matter. I wouldn't want people viewing my terrace or want to be viewing other's terraces. Anything that reduces privacy is a bad thing in my opinion.
As for parking, there does seem to be a lack of spaces in that area of phase 2. From the plans, blocks 268-270 and 272-276 appear to have 1 space per apartment. Block 271 looks to be about 10 spaces short. Perhaps the area opposite block 285 was originally planned to be the overflow area for blocks 271/272?