About Affinity Living

Exchange point is a nice building with good facilities, some things about living here are frustrating but on the whole, I’ve had a positive experience living here and I feel like you have little niggles wherever you live. The cafe, gym and residents’ lounge are great but it is a shame it’s in the sister building along with the concierge. I wish we had something similar actually inside our building without going next door. We have a concierge desk but no one is ever on there. The bin chutes often break down or become blocked but this is often no fault of the building managers and more the tenants putting things down there that they shouldn’t. The apartments themselves are ok but there are a few frustrating elements. The locks on the door can easily malfunction and stop locking without your knowledge, the window workmanship on the building isn’t the best, in 10months I’ve had maybe 7 maintenance visits because of them. The only other thing worth noting is there are a few light switches in illogical places but that’s minor although annoying at times. I would recommend living here as overall it’s been a good experience.

When I first saw this place being built I thought I wouldn’t be able to afford it, a year and a half later a global pandemic and change of job, somehow I decided now was a good time to take my first adventure alone… sort of, a good friend is here with me, but getting to the apartments, it honestly feels like living in a hotel with the exception of maids not banging on your door to clean, there is a free coffee machine in the lobby, a barber Tesco and co-op within 5 minutes walk, a train station in the same radius, cost is relatively high in comparison to a council house but for living practically in the city centre, this place is worth it.

Property management has been good, we have had no issues with anything in our apartment, the property manager did attend just over 2 weeks ago to change something but this was standard across the entire building. He was pleasant as were the workmen that came and did the work.
Building management is good, we like the team that is in place and they have been really helpful to us especially as we have had to self isolate during our stay.
I feel they could be stricter on some of the other residents that are taking liberties, it’s really annoying to the people who follow the rules, the biggest liberty and bug bare that I have is with the parking and the fact we signed a tenancy agreement, when we signed the tenancy agreement it was made crystal clear that we would not be furnished with a parking space, we accepted this but others within our building are taking liberties and parking behind the building in disabled spaces and pretty much where ever they like and nothing seems to be done about it.
The facilities are good. It will be better when we get the gym. I’m glad we have the coffee machine and that we have the cinema area that we can use and the cycle racks.
The design of the property is fine, I just wish we were able to access the building from the rear using our keycard as it all depends on which way you come back from town.

Affinity living is not just a development but a community. The apartments are spacious designed with a clean modern look in mind. The view from almost every apartment is brilliant. The management normally takes care of any incoming parcels while we are not around, there is a person at the reception at all times in case we need any assistance. Regular cleaning of common areas is also done.