A guide to living in Newcastle

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

Hadrian's tower and the new managment takover of the building with great connection to local transport

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

Location of all the transport locations close to the building

What is the best feature of your home:

The layout is great and the furnishing provided are very good standard.

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

Very nice area, plenty of nice restaurants around, nice walk up and down the river, lots of bars, and only 10-15 mins walk to the centre. However the seagulls are CONSTANT, that’s about it for noise, occasional siren. Very close to central station and monument, parking within building is good, people are generally very nice.

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

Building management has always been very active and responsive whenever there is a problem.

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

Not sure, just that the apartment is quite expensive

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

It’s always clean and never had any problems. If anything needs fixed it does straight away! I just wish there was a shop close

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

Promptly and swiftly. Had an issue with the dishwasher and washing machine and was sorted the next day

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

I wish I knew how cold it gets in the winter in these flats and how hot in the summer!

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

the area is fine. Lots of bars and restaurants. Close to the river although up quite a steep bank. The building is aging badly and I think it’s Y&Ys headache up north that they would rather ignore.

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

I suppose I didn’t notice how worn the building was until I moved in and as there are signs everywhere saying there was cctv I had no reason to assume there wasn’t any. Until parcels started going missing as the door is often left open in main entry - janitor said there is no cctv and the building no manager has been telling me he’s getting quotes now since at least July. I’ve lived here 3 years and the windows have been cleaned once. The water is also never hot enough to get a full really hot bath. I also rented through an agency and they let themselves into my property the first week of my tenancy while I was in bed asleep for an inspection that had not been booked in apparently it had been booked in for the previous tenant and a glitch had made it not cancelled out of their system while I know that is not the building’s fault. ( Living spaces )

What is the best feature of your home:

I do love the huge window in the bedroom - however I only have a tiny window in living room so really would prefer if it was the other way around and not an issue.

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

Great central location, no free parking but carpark opposite (a little pricey), council tax expensive

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

Building management itself at Forge is friendly and good just Grainger is run quite badly as a company, hard to get hold of anyone about renewals or contract problems, viewings are a nightmare to book and get any response. Very pushy for money

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

Can't think of much, maybe go to the resident's events?