A guide to living in South West London

There’s been a huge resurgence in South West London’s property scene of late, namely because this is an area of the capital with so much potential. The term ‘something for everyone’ is thrown around wildly, but in South West London’s case it’s actually justified. This is an area that comes in all forms and guises, shapes and sizes. And that’s exactly why property developers have made it something of a playground. Read on to discover developments that are rated the best places to live in South West London. In addition, read reviews from residents who own or rent in South West London.

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Best places to live in South West London

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Embassy Boulevard, SW11

By Moda Living

4.96

(34 reviews)

Discover redefined rental living at Embassy Boulevard, Nine Elms. Steps from Battersea Power Station and the Thames, enjoy 467 premium homes with standout amenities including: gym, lounges, co-working, cinema, roof terraces—set in a thriving riverside neighbourhood.

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Ranked 1st out of 77 in South West London

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Sunday Mills, SW18

By urbanbubble, Folk Co-living

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4.7

4.70

(137 reviews)

£1,720-£2,100 pcm

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Sunday Mills sits in the heart of Earlsfield, West London. Perched along the peaceful River Wandle, it is just a 6 minute walk from Earlsfield station. Sunday Mills offers private studio apartments and stylish shared spaces, including a co-working hub, cinema, a fully-fitted gym and a rooftop terrace with 360º panoramic views of London’s skyline. There's is a schedule of events to get involved with, from puppy yoga to pizza-making, so you can learn something new and and meet your neighbours.

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Ranked 2nd out of 77 in South West London

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Florence Dock, SW11

By urbanbubble, Folk Co-living

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4.64

(115 reviews)

£1,695-£2,100 pcm

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Florence Dock is the newest community by Folk. A few steps from the River Thames, Florence Dock is perfectly situated to enjoy all the city has to offer. Enjoy your own roomy studio apartment with access to huge shared spaces, including a cinema, co-working space and a fully-fitted gym and studio. Soak up the sunset with panoramic views of London from one of our five terraces, tuck yourself away with a good read in the Snug or sweat it out in our spinning studio. Stay local for weekend walks along the river or head down to the new Battersea Power Station. Clapham Junction and Wandsworth Town stations are just over 10 minutes walk away.

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Ranked 3rd out of 77 in South West London

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Bloom Nine Elms, SW11

By Greystar

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4.59

(155 reviews)

Bloom Nine Elms, by Greystar, is a collection of rental apartments located in Zone 1. Each apartment is pet-friendly and offers all the amenities you need for better living. Situated in south west London, Bloom Nine Elms has a collection of studio, one, two, and three-bedroom apartments. Onsite amenities include a 24/7 gym, swimming pools, rooftop terraces, pet spa. Additionally, WFH in a dedicated co-working space or your choice of the resident lounges.

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Ranked 4th out of 77 in South West London

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New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

By Legal & General, urbanbubble

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4.27

(63 reviews)

New Acres Wandsworth offers 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments for rent. With a whole host of exceptional amenities included in the rent, residents benefit from panoramic views from biodiverse roof terraces, a 25m heated lido, state-of-the-art gym, workspaces and more. Wandsworth is never be short of historic pubs, local delis or green spaces to walk your dog. Additionally, there will soon be a mix of indoor and alfresco dining to discover.

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Ranked 5th out of 77 in South West London

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Jordan (Tenant)

Verified Resident

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

This is rated 2.00 out of 5.00.

Pretty flats but multiple days without water

Jordan (Tenant)

Verified Resident

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

We have had many water outages for c.24hrs, management have lied about the causes of these and have ignored resident requests for compensation. We have been fobbed off multiple times and told Thames water caused the outages but when contact Thames water they deny any issues. In the last week alone there have been 3 days of water outages (no ability to use the toilet, taps, shower, heating, cook, etc). The management team don’t care about to health or welfare of the residents

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

The local areas is very nice and feels very safe. There is no local tube station and the trains at Wandsworth town are often cancelled or extremely crowded since the New Acres flats were filled.

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

Management have ignored many requests and/or lie about the causes of issues.

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

I would not have moved in if I knew how bad things would be

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James K (Tenant)

Verified Resident

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

This is rated 3.00 out of 5.00.

New Acres is fine

James K (Tenant)

Verified Resident

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

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

The local area is great! The street is relatively quiet if you’re facing the right way Ben collections are good. There are some frequent break-ins, but that doesn’t affect us as we don’t have a car.

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

We have had a broken window for over six months now, during the winter this has been a issue. However, the front of house team are incredibly nice, it is just out of general inefficiencies that caused this problem to repeat again and again and again.

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

The lack of communication is a bad thing. The for sprint increases of men 8%. Good news, the pool is great. The flats work well for this kind of living. And the people are brilliant.

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Conor (Tenant)

Unverified

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

This is rated 4.00 out of 5.00.

Great scheme that would recommend that could do with slightly improved management

Conor (Tenant)

Unverified

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

Development is great. The amenities are brilliant. The gym is good enough to use as your main surprisingly never that busy relative to the amount of the apts. Benefit from being in the block with it and all the amenities as certain blocks are quite spread out. Spec of the apartments are good but not amazing with certain finishes. Property management has its issues. Benefit is that they do put on a lot of events and are good at trying to promote. Negative is seems to be quite unresponsive and probably need more security due to a multitude of issues have heard about. Separately the leasing team are defiantly not as on the ball as would expect for a BTR operator. We were told we were moving in on the 01 when we did leaving our Accom on the 03rd. We assumed all was in order but one week before were told we could only Move on the 5th with no remedy…. As could imagine caused a bit of stress with two days void of no Accom.

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

Great location with a lot of good bars/restaurants on doorstep and very close to Wandsworth town. A lot of the ground floor of the development seem to be being filled giving more direct access to shops ect

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

Didn’t remedy move in situation appropriately and responses/actions were poor.

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

Nothing that really springs to mind for this question

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Omar A (Tenant)

Unverified

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

Reviewer was offered an incentive for an honest review, regardless of rating

This is rated 5.00 out of 5.00.

Why You should Live in New Acres

Omar A (Tenant)

Unverified

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Jan 2026

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

Living in here is amazing because right down from the street there is a Wandsworth Town station which can travel you to a ton of places you can get to airports fast and steadily in addition to that there’s a Sainsbury’s right down near rosefield house and planters makeing grocery a lot easier for those in new acres

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

They responded excellently because once the power outage broke and they led all of us to The main reception where we got free WiFi network

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

Nothing everything is Beautiful and Perfect and astonishing.

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LP (Tenant)

Verified Resident

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Dec 2025

Reviewer was offered an incentive for an honest review, regardless of rating

This is rated 5.00 out of 5.00.

Amazing place to live!

LP (Tenant)

Verified Resident

New Acres Wandsworth, SW18

Dec 2025

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

Lovely place to live, very safe and friendly. Everyone is so polite and just a great place to be! Love being here

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

Always respond efficiently and within a very quick time period.

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

I didn’t realise until moving in how many amenities are available to residents

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