Ballymore Group

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

Dear Buyer/ Renter please beware each of these flats were like a boiler room during this heatwave with no in built air conditioning or cooling system for the price point you would expect premium cooling and heating systems with the flat. Additionally if you work from home or like a quiet evenings, forget it. Each flat had a community garden which is used as a park by screaming children. There parents and security stand idly as the children scream at the top of their lungs during the evening and the school holidays.Sometimes you call security and they do not even come and speak to the parents of the children. The children scream profanities and have used the garden as a football pitch, for hours on end and until late at night . If you like a relaxing evening you better leave your flat to avoid the screaming and crying children of all ages. Complaints have been made to management and nothing is ever done and the endless screaming and playing of children continues . I actually feel I am on a council estate. There are parties until 3am in the morning due to illegal Airbnb’s rented by teenagers. The smell of cannabis is strong near the riverside due to the influx of teenagers, there is a secondary school near by. The place is becoming filthy and there is more and more litter on the streets. People refuse to put their rubbish in the bins provided, leading to rat infestations again not addressed by management. This is not value for money please save yourself stress and financial hardship and invest in better developments. The management are dismissive of the concerns and talk in circles rather address the problems. Ballymore only care about your money, not providing you with a bespoke service They continue to build more and more flats on this small development and the quality of service decreases . Your packages, if delivered to your lobby are likely to be stolen and no accountability will be taken by the concierge. There have been a spate of thefts in the area, mainly mobile phone thefts. The gym is basic and the swimming pool often needs repair. The is service charge but the communal area’s and garden look like dirty and unkempt. Proceed to rent: buy at your own risk ⚠️. The upside is the development once was very beautiful and has a beautiful river view and is near another river view by Custom House station. They are beautiful parks and it once was a family oriented place .

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

I wished I knew that living on the development would get progressively worse with the influx of flats being built leading to more anti social behaviour and the communal areas being occupied by children especially the gardens where the children are left to scream endlessly while their parents remain in their home.

What is the best feature of your home:

The furniture that I have brought and how I have decorated my flat .

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

Fit for purpose - it's not a full neighbourhood but good density of placemaking makes it a worthwhile place to live i.e. reasonable mix of amenities and F&B in immediate locale. You need to go further out i.e. battersea power station or neighbouring areas for a full retail offering. Nine Elms is somewhat served by an awkward appendix of an already medusa-ed Northern line. Its location immediately adjacent to the trophy that is the US Embassy has its pros and cons depending on what Trump has to say on X at any given time. There's also one further phase left to the site so it is a building site during the week

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

Building site by week, protest site by weekend !!!

What is the best feature of your home:

Communal spaces - unfortunately no private dining space so the ambassador workspace (which I like to use) is often hired wholesale for events...seems like an oversight not to have both

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

Amazing location with lots of shops and restaurants near by. Literally 5 mins walk to Canary Wharf shopping mall and the 100s of shops

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

That it would be soo good and the value of all the incredible amenities

What is the best feature of your home:

The far reaching views to the Houses of Parliament and london eye.

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

Amazing development! Close to the river, to the tube station and located in cul-de-sac, meaning no crowds of people around.

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

None. All is as expected before purchasing the apartment.

What is the best feature of your home:

We have a descent size terrace for relaxing during a summer and beautiful kitchen with integrated appliances!

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

Local area is great. open spaces inside are okay but definitely could be more for the space there is.

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

management is atrocious. parcels lost. complaints if you do anything.

What is the best feature of your home:

decent size rooms for the location. has air conditioning