A guide to living in Borough of Barking and Dagenham

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

overall it's a good development, everything is new so it looks and feels good I didn't feel anything bad about the safety, But without proper local shops it's hard to survive, The local GYM which is very basic should come soon, there is a regular release of toxic industrial gas which often interacts with you due to nearby industry and waste management/treatment plants this should be stopped immediately, as it impacts your health sometimes it's noisy because of industrial plants, heavily lacking the facilities, peak hours traffic is bad due to schools as well

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

environment and nearby industries/warehouses are making it bad

What is the best feature of your home:

new modern and better quality homes & river walk is good

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Next to park and supermarket and local market, Starbucks near station, good bus routes into central or out to Essex

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

My niece bike was stolen from the bike storage but they found it through security footage later

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

Not much I didn't expect, it's a standard apartment so not sure what else to say

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

The BEST thing about this apartment complex is that it's right above an ASDA supermarket, so you can literally take an elevator down to the parking garage and walk into a large supermarket. Local market has everything you might need that you can't get in the supermarket. Lovely park just outside the building as well.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Haven't needed to raise too many issues but I imagine they'd be helpful in the event one does arise.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

Make sure you look at the nooks and crannies of the flat you're viewing to see the quality of it.

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Bin room is usually overflowing so that's not great. The area is nice, there's a large park and school next to the building. Grocery attached to the building is also nice. Short walk to the station so transport is good. Overall it's a good area for families, very multicultural area.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Pretty good responding to requests, not sure if it's the same for other apartments

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

I didn't realise there would be as much development in the area, it seems like there is construction everywhere which isn't great for views and noise levels

Please tell us about the good and bad aspects of living in your local area:

Transport links are fine at Barking and also several buses (including new Superloop). Street is noisy from market and traffic, also there's a school depending on what side of the building you're on. Not much anti-social behaviour, just loud kids playing in the communal area on the first floor.

How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:

Lots of emails reminding people about community issues so they do care.

Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:

I wish I new the area was going to be gentrified before I moved here as I expect prices to start rising soon.