A guide to living in East Sussex

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

MODA Hove Central is close to many supermarkets, walking distance to Waitrose, Lidl, Tesco, co-op and other little Asian food stores. It's also close to easy return points for Amazon if you purchase off amazon a lot. You can very easily get buses, trains and Uber which are all literally right there. There is a handy pet store next to Lidl and TK Max so you can easily walk to get various household items and pet items, which is incredibly handy when you don't have a car. Across the road from Lidl is Hove park, great for walks and park for kids. It's about a mile from the beach and a quick uber to Brighton central. It is such a convenient location! There is visitor parking here too, but it is a bit limited, probably parking is the only thing that can be a bit difficult if you don't rent an allocated park, but the side streets close by actually do have free parking that my friend used one time. All round super convenient location. And it is quiet at night, neighbors seem to be very respectful and friendly. The concierge staff are fantastic and always friendly and available to help 24/7.

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

I haven't had any big problems, but the small things I have needed have always been dealt with very quickly, friendly and communicative.

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

I cannot really think of anything that I wish I would have known before moving in, everything has been pretty well covered. I believe there is a WhatsApp group for the tenants, that I have not tried, it would probably be good.

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

Its okay nothing amazing parking is crap have to join a waiting list then a further 250pm, massive influx of anti social behaviour as we live in front of council flats loads of weed smokers in the building

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

Always really fast could not complain always helpful

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

That the condition is poor, my building is new but sofas old tv unit old dirty just nothing amazing

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

The location is great - 10 minutes from Hove station and a good amount of restaurants/bars, as well as Hove Park. The neighborhood is quiet and more residential, with easy access to buses/trains into the main areas.

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

Maintenance requests are easy to submit and the team quick to respond.

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

We didn’t realise our building directly overlooks the train tracks and is extremely loud when the windows are open! We quickly got used to it but I imagine it’d be off putting to others; we rented sight unseen though, with a video walkthrough, so couldn’t have known and really isn’t a problem now.

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

Few amenities really close by, although local shops within five minutes and main road shops within a 10 minute walk. There’s a wonderful park directly opposite and a doctors and pharmacy around 10 min walk away

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

Had very few issues, but when anything had been asked or raised, it’s been dealt with quickly and efficiently

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

Just how pleasant it is to live here and why I’d didn’t do it sooner!

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

This is the first apartment I’ve lived in since moving to Brighton. It’s a good place. Bad part is opposite and surrounding it is just students. So many people smoking weed either on their balcony’s or downstairs. Neighbours are a hit and miss. Really rude, slamming doors or really polite and respectful. The people who work here are not bad. I felt like I moaned a lot, but given I pay nearly 2k a month, I moved in an apartment where I had someone’s stained dirty mattress, floor boards chipped, plug sockets coming out of the wall, a really old sofa (brought a new one) finally! All I can say is I’m happy I’ve moved to Brighton, but I would never choose to live here again knowing I’ve experienced what I have.

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

Not awful, taking longer than usual at times. But almost all the time I have a response to what they have done to sort it.

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

Definitely the standards of the apartment, knowing what we did, I’d never have payed the amount we did. Took so many pictures of just things that was not right, raps being tarnished and mouldy from day one of moving here. Almost the whole area is students and people smoking weed.