Barratt London

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

Love the area. Shops, restaurants & bars are excellent. Transport links are amazing with the tube station just across the road. There is no parking though, but that's pretty much standard across London with newbuilds.

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

I'm pleased with the fact that there is a Residents Management Company registered by the developer from the start with the freehold about to get transferred to it.

What is the best feature of your home:

Modern amenities, open layout, sleek kitchen, and convenient location.

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

Our development is in an upcoming area, near docks, a short walk from Canada Water and Surrey Quays Jubilee and Overground stations. Great. The issue is L&Q who manage, well "manage", our development. Absolute cowboys who cannot be trusted.

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

I wish I had known how totally unprofessional and basically dangerous L&Q is as an organisation.

What is the best feature of your home:

The design of my flat is very pleasing. The management is appalling.

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

Good : have good local market Bad : No leisure activities to do Good: area has school near by Bad : not a spacious society

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

No guest parking. They don’t take rubbish on time and we throw rubbish in open in the start.

What is the best feature of your home:

This has big balcony which attracts many people in building

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

Excellent location for commute to anywhere in London. Wandle Park tram stop is just 1 minute walk, it takes only 6-7 minutes from East Croydon station to reach here. Wimbledon station is 18 minutes away with tram, there are plenty of bus connections too, along with East Croydon station the other national rail stations close to the premises are West Croydon, Waddon and Mitcham Junction. Excellent transport links, 10/10 for that. Ikea is 10 minutes walk. This place is a major shopping hub surrounded by all supermarkets and other megastores. Sainsbury's, Marks and Spencer, Lidl, Aldi are all in one place. Morrisons and Asda are 10 minutes away, 24 hours Tesco extra is on 10 minutes drive. You will rarely find a place with almost all the supermarket in one place. There is also a Starbucks, TKMaxx, Adidas outlets, Smyths Toys superstores, Currys PC world, Hobbycraft, Decathlon. There are plenty of furniture shops too like, Sofology, Furniture Village, Oak Furnitureland, SCS sofas and floorings, Natuzzi Italia and many more. There are plenty of options to eat, Valley park just 10 minutes walk has wide range of restaurants and more shops as well as Cinema. On the other side just within 5 minutes drive is the Colannades which again offers food outlets and more shops. The area is very green as it overlooks the beautiful Wandle park. There is a day care nursery "Banana Moon Day Nursery" is part of the development. There is also rock climbing gym "CroyWall Climbing Centre" on the premises. I have not come across any such place which offers so many facilities the reason why we are staying here for over a decade. Visitors parking was an issue but no longer as there is a free parking upto 3 hours and then can be extended for further 2 hours with a charge, free overnight parking from 10pm to 8am. This is just behind the development. Apartments overlooking outside are quieter compare to the ones overlooking the communal garden. Also you are lucky if you find one overlooking the park.

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

As mentioned above don't get confused with the selling price of the apartments for the same number of bedrooms. They differ a lot. Some apartments also come with terrace but they are much cheaper than the ones with balcony due to the size of the actual apartment. Some apartments doesn't get direct sunlight so they are cheaper when they sell them so you need to check all those factors before buying.

What is the best feature of your home:

Excellent view Plenty of natural day light Excellent transport connections Excellent local amenities 20 minutes walk to East Croydon Station (only during summers)

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

It has 3 stations which is very good along side a large variety of buses and lime bikes. It has a huge field just opposite along with a Sainsbury’s. There is also a local hospital not too far away along with a Pret. Lewisham DLR is under a 30 min walk and 5 min on train or 10 on bus. Everything is local and good.

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

Parking is limited, and expensive. But for the house or apartment you get it’s worth it

What is the best feature of your home:

Fibre optic gigabit Broadband, modern kitchen. Decent bathroom. Big rooms