A guide to living in Salford

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

Close to absolutely everything both Manchester City Centre and the City of Salford have to offer. Shops, restaurants, cafes and coffee shops aplenty. Great transport links, both public transport and the road network around Greater Manchester. Parking is available on-site, there are also options locally too - both extra charges of course. There are currently roadworks on Chapel Street, which are disruptive if you are driving, but that is not Chapel Wharf's fault and they have done everything in their remit to liaise with Salford City Council and the contractors and keep up well informed throughout.

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

Always quickly, never had a delay or problem if anything was needed.

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

Why we bothered looking at other apartment complexes nearby, when Chapel Wharf is clearly the best. In fact a letting agent only a few doors down told us this when we called in two years ago 'If you've been to Chapel Wharf, we won't be able to beat that! And it was true

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Very central location and close to the city. The road outside might be under maintenance for now creating congestion, but once it’s finished, it should be better.

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

Have not raised an issues yet , no nit sure about it.

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

We were well informed in the demo viewing , and also it would have been great if we had a viewing of the room before we had moved in.

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Few local convenience stores nearby and there is soon to be a sainsburys in the building which is super exciting! Deansgate is only a 5 min walk away so there's an abundance of bars / restaurants within a really short walk. There's also a tram stop within a 10 min walk if going further afield. Parking available in the building and there are other secured parking options available close to the building but then also the AO Arena which is a 5 min walk away. As it's off Deansgate there's little to no loud noise and the apartments are relatively sound proof, the worst you hear is the train now and then if you have the window open.

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

Super fast, never any issues and never feels like you're hassling anyone.

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

Parking at the AO Arena is probably your best bet if the parking in the building is full. It's really safe and costs me £75 per month.

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The location is perfect, just a short walk from the city centre yet far enough away to escape from the busyness. There are small local shops around for any of your essentials which is handy. Also a restaurant in the building is super convenient. The parking is a bit of a let down to be honest. The parking at the flat is really expensive and the parking around the outside of the building is not great as you only have ten minutes which is especially hard when you need to move things in and out the flat. I would say it is quite noisy here too. In the summer with the windows open, you hear the trains, the cars and people on the streets so it does get very loud.

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

They are really good and helpful but sometimes it takes a while for them to get to you as other people have problems too that might be higher priority. I think more staff on this area would help as it’s not the maintenance team themselves, it’s just the way it’s run.

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It’s really modern and clean here, it makes living here feel like a dream and the facilities like the gym, yoga, and games room are really good. I think the suites are good in theory, the amount of times I’ve got a suite, only to realise there is no bottle opener, kettle, whisk etc and having to bring anything I need from my apartment down to the suite defeats the purpose in going down there altogether. The bin chutes constantly get blocked up and people just don’t care about blocking it for everyone else although Cortland do there best in sorting out the issue, people can just be ignorant. We are very grateful to have stayed a year at Cortland and we have enjoyed aspects of it. It’s great for people who are new to the area, like us, excuse of the location but it can be upgraded in some areas.

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Most things are great, inc the gym location - working spaces, suites and club room. Facilities and cleanliness are top notch

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

Sometimes can take some time just due to the sheer volume of enquiries they get but if it’s urgent they’ll fix it super fast

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

Everything is great I don’t really have complaints, maybe how much construction work there is sometimes