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Woodberry Wetlands is a nice place to pop by for a walk to clear the cobwebs and Clissold Park is not far either.

Good supermarket options onsite – there’s a Sainsbury’s Local, Goldstar and a Co-op opening soon. At least 4 Cafes in the immediate area (Zer Cafe, Woodberry Wetlands, West Reservoir, Finsbury Park Cafe).

For meeting friends, the Naturalist is always relaxed and serves a great Sunday Roast. Easy to get to central and south London (via Thameslink). When you want to have nights out elsewhere in London there are infinite easy options for getting home – Piccadilly/Victoria line night tube, night buses, well inside inner London so no taxi troubles.

Getting out of London via car is not so convenient. I would estimate it takes 45 minutes to get from here to the M25. Parking is a challenge too unless you have a dedicated parking space. The development seems to be designed around not using a car on a daily basis (which generally works for us) – just rent a zipcar when you have an Ikea trip, an airport run or a family visit to make.

Building/Property Management – I have found them responsive and whenever i’ve needed them they’ve got things sorted for me. Recently changed building management company in some blocks (in Feb 2020) and so we’ll see how that goes.

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

Modern, comfortable and convenient area to live with plenty of outdoor space. Everything you need on your doorstop – supermarkets, cafes, bars, pubs, wildlife, sports facilities, dry cleaners, doctors, tube and overground.

Generally peaceful and with easy access to the rest of London.

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

Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park can be noisy for the 1 weekend in the summer if you are on a higher floor with the windows open.

If there is one thing you would change about your flat or property what would it be:

The doors in the corridors are built with safety first and can make quite a noise if neighbours aren’t careful. I would change the mechanism so they don’t slam (Premier Inn has really nice safe non-slammy doors as an example)

Management team as I have mentioned are not good. Parcels are constantly being lost – especially during lockdown. I guess these are the difficulties of living in a flat rather than a house. The service maintenance fees of living here are extortionate for a service that is basically non-existent. The green space should be gated and residents only, because lots of outsiders come and use it and litter everywhere and yet the residents pay maintenance.

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

I like the look of the overall area. My entire family who are currently writing these reviews here agree that this is the strongest point. The ease of access in to central London as well as ethnic pockets of London like Stamford hill, Haringey and Islington make this a very diverse area.

I dislike the management team. My father and I had to wrestle with them for 3 years straight to sort out some issues with leaks in the buildings and flats we own. They are awfully inefficient and I feel that the developer made a poor choice in picking the estate management team.

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

I wish I had known how bad the management team would be.

What is the best feature of your home:

Architecture that is interspersed with a vibrant natural environment. I love the wetlands and the birds

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

The charge for a parking space in ridiculous but there are streets nearby with free weekend parking which is useful for guests and it would be helpful if this type of information was available upon arrival.

I dislike the lack of restaurants nearby and there is nowhere I would go out to eat here. The quality isn’t too good in comparison to the price and so I go to green lane to eat out . On the development one pub is relatively good but more variety of restaurants would be good. It is clear barclays is trying to attract local restaurants but it isn’t working too much as most have been too expensive (for example 14.50 for a burger and 5.50 for a pint) . There are some constraints by regulations in terms of some planning. The investments made in lanscaping is very good with high diversity and large variety of plant species. However the area has not been great at encouraging business. I mostly get my groceries from Sainsburys which is close by and convenient which is useful .

There are some landlord issues as some people are renting from people who are based abroad and the proportion of unoccupied flats is high. You don’t get many people buying here. However there is a relatively good community feel and weekly communal drinks.

Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:

I really like the location, the reservoir, the childrens park and the interior of my apartment building in particular.

I dislike thst some flats are unoccupied and the lack of good restaurants available on the development itself (there are good restaurants close by though).

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

I would have liked to have known this is a very good compromise in terms of cheap transport but still green space and still accessible for inner city commute. I recommend living here.