A Guide to Living in North London

I don’t have a car, but I imagine street parking is difficult around here.

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Vantage Point is fantastic – the staff really make the place. Everyone is so friendly and helpful – it’s wonderful. It’s so nice having resident events, and it’s helped me make friends with people in the building.

The gym and common areas are great too! Can’t wait to use the roof more in summer.

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

That even though the apartment is furnished, it didn’t come with a TV!

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

Yes – my dishwasher broke, and it was looked at the same day, and replaced within a week.

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New building with shared gym, terraces, co-working space. Dogs are allowed! Both apartments and shared spaces have nice design and are high quality. Friendly and helpful people at the reception, responsive management. The rent increase is quite significant over 2.5 years of our tenancy though. Very smooth move out and full return of our deposit.

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

Noisy road outside (closed windows help, but it’s not an option for hot summer), endless constructions nearby.

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

Minor things may take some time to fix, but if something is urgent (we had broken apartment door handle and I could not enter the apartment) help comes quickly.

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There are many benefits to living at Vantage point and within the surrounding area but I’m sure a lot of other reviews will go in to those things in detail. Instead I’d like to point out three big quality of life benefits one gets from living here that you would probably struggle to find elsewhere.

Firstly, the greatest strength VP has going for it is that the whole building is centrally managed. No dealing with individual landlords and no dealing with letting agents. It’s hard to express how much of a pro this actually is in London as both of the former can be nightmares to deal with. At VP the teams who run both the letting process and the management side of things once you move in are great. I think if your expectations as a tenant are even slightly realistic they will comfortably surpass them in all ways. Especially if you compare against renting elsewhere in London.

Secondly, there’s peace of mind in knowing that should anything break down or malfunction in the flat you have direct access to an incredible handyman who’s usually available within just a few days to get things fixed. I’ve had very issues in my 1.5 years living here but when I have they’ve been resolved quickly and painlessly.

Third and finally, I want to say just how incredible it is having access to the amenities 24 hours a day! This isn’t super common as amenities in buildings like this will often close around 10pm. Being able to use the gym/games room/dining room/living room/co-working space/or balcony areas at any time, even the middle of the night, really makes your flat feel bigger than it is. You’re never restricted to being solely in that space. Having constant access makes the shared spaces feel like a continuation of your private space and that’s a truly lovely feeling.

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

I already knew the area well so there wasn’t much I didn’t know before moving in!

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

I had very few things go wrong but anything that did was fixed incredibly quickly!

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New properties and equipment being added up, maintained in aspects, new projects happening around, good gym to support the residents, walking distance to multiple places around, good development of student spaces around, would encourage a library around

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

A bit more of my surrounding and equipments at the property

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

The property team at reception is very kind, helpful and quick to solve problems and bring out bright events