Dandara Living

Number of Developments

4

Ratings

4.88 Rating

Rating (based on 1269 reviews)

Excellent

90.94%

Very Good

7.41%

Average

1.10%

Disappointing

0.39%

Very Poor

0.16%

Founded in 2016, Dandara Living is one of the UK’s leading designers, developers and operators of largescale Build-to-Rent property. Their aim is to offer “great places to live in great locations”, and with over 5,800 apartments across the UK, they pride themselves on offering a wide range of amenities and great customer service. Dandara Living was also voted the No.1 National Management Company in the UK, according to verified resident reviews. (June 2021) and has top rated developments in the Midlands, North-East, North-West and the top rated development in Scotland.

Dandara Living Developments

ABERDEEN – The Point: this unique development of studio apartments and co-living suites is situated in the Schoolhill area of Aberdeen, right in the heart of the city. The development has a free resident’s gym, TV and screening rooms, co-working facilities, residents lounges and bookable rooms for parties and events. The on-site team are available 24/7 and include customer service and maintenance teams. Aberdeen Train and Bus Station, the city’s main retail and leisure district is a 7-minute walk and Aberdeen University just 1.4 miles away. Utility bills and superfast broadband are also included in the rent. BIRMINGHAM -Aston Place: occupying a prime location in central Birmingham, Aston Place features studio, 1 and 2-bed apartments with full-length balconies. Residents benefit from a gym with fitness classes, a regular calendar of events and car parking. As well as this, the development is just five minutes from Birmingham New Street Station and the business/retail districts. BIRMINGHAM – U&A: Situated at the junction of Lower Essex Street and Bromsgrove Street in the middle of Birmingham’s vibrant China Town and Gay Village, and offers residents a choice of 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments aresident’s lounge, homeworking space, house kitchen and onsite parking, less than ten minutes’ walk from Grand Central Station and the Bullring. LEEDS – Leodis Square: providing studio, 1, 2 and 3-bedroom apartments in a convenient location 10 minutes’ walk from Leeds train station and the main shopping and business districts. All apartments feature a full-length balcony or terrace and the development includes a free resident’s gym, homeworking facilities, residents lounge and bookable private dining room, a pet friendly policy, parking and community events. MANCHESTER – Chapel Wharf: located right next to the famous Lowry hotel overlooking the River Irwell, Chapel Wharf offers residents access to a new 3,700sqft gym, and a further 3,600sqft of resident amenity including homeworking facilities, bookable private dining room, TV/screening room, two ‘house kitchens’ and pet-friendly lounge area. The development is within just a few minutes’ walk of Spinningfields and Deansgate and just 4 minutes walk from Salford Central Station.

Dandara Living Reviews

“Chapel Wharf & Dandara Living – An amazing welcome to a real home in Salford & Manchester.” Verified resident at Chapel Wharf by Dandara Living You can read reviews from Dandara Living residents on HomeViews. Also, if there’s a Dandara Living property you can’t see on the site, click here to submit a new listing. As well as this, if you live in a Dandara Living property, click here to leave your review. You could help someone considering your development find their next home.

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Great home away from home!

This is potentially one of the best places to live in Birmingham. The apartment is new and comfortable, the balcony is a really nice addition for residents to get fresh air or keeping some plants. Facilities such as the residence lounge and gym are amazing and can be used almost 24/7.

However, my favourite part of Aston Place is definitely the people in it.

As someone who is coming from abroad, Indianjit has made my move a smooth journey. She has guided me through the process and also assisted me with settling in. Indianjit has also supported me through the defect process of the apartment and any shortcomings during my first few days in the apartment.

Abs, Paul, Naqqash & Bash are among those that have been very welcoming – they are the friendly faces you will see at the concierge area every day and they are also very helpful with any comments, feedback and issues you have encountered in the apartment. They have made every effort to get to know their residents and their family & friends.

Kishor is also very proactive and helpful in any escalation on the apartment. He is very approachable and react to the feedback from its residents.

The management organises monthly events such as walking tours, breakfast gathering and festival celebrations. This is a great way for the residents to socialise and to get to know their neighbours.

There is no such thing as a perfect place and the same goes with Aston Place but it is so minor that the good supersedes the small issues such as having a small fridge (which they have compensated it well with additional freezer!), a carpeted floor in every corner of the apartment and a bit of a distance for common bin area.

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The area is amazing! Aston Place is a walking distance and easily accessible to all parts of the city.

Their security system is good, and the back door or basement entrances cannot be used without keys. Furthermore, the concierge is very mindful of who enters the building and is let up to the apartments.
Moreover, the double glazed windows help reduce the noise from the street to a bare minimum.

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

There is no heater in the bathroom, which sometimes results in this remaining damp for longer than usual. However, the fan system in the bathroom works well and does its job.

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

The management has promptly responded to any complaints regarding the apartment and Kishor has been a good escalation point for any unresolved issues.

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Highly, highly recommend – particularly for young couples like us.

My boyfriend and I moved into a 2 bed apartment at Chapel Wharf in late January, and it has undoubtedly exceeded expectations so far. Highly, highly recommend – particularly for young couples like us.

The overall design is sleek and modern, whilst still having that cosy element (e.g. carpets in living areas and bedrooms) which adds to the homely feel. Furniture and amenities are coordinated nicely. Super easy to clean. Insulation is really good, never cold and radiators really easy to use/control. Bathrooms in particular are stunning, and showers are nice and powerful. Plenty of storage space as well as wardrobes are large and there is ample room under the beds. The kitchen is also lovely, decent cupboard space and oven/hob great quality. The only critique we had was the size of the fridge freezer, but the management are so accommodating so we were able to request an additional portable fridge or freezer for the extra space (at no extra cost to us). Another thing I’d say is make sure you invest in an ergonomic chair if working from home, as the dining chairs are rather firm!

Facilities are excellent. Post and parcels are managed efficiently and securely, with an email notification system to let you know when your parcel has arrived. Friendly and capable maintenance team here too, no problem is ever too minor. Overall management is brilliant and questions are responded to in a timely manner. The management team also put on events for special occasions throughout the year (e.g. Valentine’s Day, Chinese New Year and Pancake Day recently), so it’s nice to live somewhere with that warm, community feel.

Honestly we couldn’t recommend Chapel Wharf highly enough. Unreal value for money too compared with others. Bring on the Manchester summer so we can take advantage of the huge balcony!

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

The area is ideal. Despite being technically classed as Salford, you can cross the river and be in the heart of Spinningfields (city centre) in less than a 10 minute walk. Absolutely loads of lovely restaurants/bars in that area. There’s a Tesco Express literally 3 minutes away which is super convenient. The Salford facing apartments (including ours) look on to the railway line and beyond, which is cool for an urban view. Whilst you can hear the trains and cars going by, it’s certainly not obtrusive as the apartments are well insulated. We feel very safe living here too.

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

I’d say the main thing is to consider which way you want the apartment to face. We are Salford facing (North West ish) which suits us, but just think about whether you want direct sun or not etc., and I know some apartments look out to other blocks so bear that in mind.

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

Other than the size of the fridge freezer, absolutely nothing. We couldn’t have asked for more.

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Best apartment complex in Birmingham

Building management is fantastic! Concierge service 24/7, maintenance team always present. You can dial the reception from your apartment so whatever you need you can deal with it from your home. Kishor and Paul are always helpful and very fast with their responses. They organize activities each month.

Design of the building is very modern, they even changed it and put more plants around the building so the place has more calm feeling. They also decorate the reception area, for example there is always HUGE tree for Christmas, for queens jubilee we had queen standing right next to the reception. Apartments have great furniture too which gives you an option to decorate it yourself nicely or you can get help from decoration team.

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Building is located right next to the Mailbox. In 5 minutes by foot you can access bars, restaurants, shopping or the canals. It only takes 10 minutes to get to the Grand central and Bullring. It is very convenient even when you don’t want to go anywhere, because most of the restaurants deliver to your door. Building has lots of parking spaces and you can be on M6 in 10 min. Even when building is next to the main road you won’t get too much of a traffic noise.

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Great concierge service. Feeling 100% safe in the building

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

Customer service is FANTASTIC! Everyone is always smiling and ready to help you. They truly spoiled us here.

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Amazing place to live – minor issues – updated review after 8 months

The management team are so friendly and helpful. The facilities are amazing, especially with the new residents hub opening and the gym is inane! When we first moved in none of these facilities were available and I feel so lucky to live here. Design of the apartments is super nice and any issues we have had have been resolved fast. I can’t tell you enough how much I love living here and can’t recommend it enough if I tried. We added a dog to our family a few months ago and the staff were so happy and excited every time we take him out the run out of the residents hub to come see him and it is such a friendly/comfortable place to live.

We have one issue which has actually given me insane anxiety since moving in and to be honest it could get to the point that I may move out if in the long run I cannot deal with it even with how much I ADORE where I live. This is our fire alarm in our kitchen, it is awful. Our fire alarm is directly above the oven and is also a heat alarm which seems ridiculous considering it’s location, however, I am sure this probably building regulations or something. However, it is actually unbearable sometimes. We have cooked EGGS on our hob and it has set off ALL 3 of our firearms in our apartment, it set the kitchen one off and then the other two followed and there was no reason for them to go off as there is minimal steam (not smoke) and the extractor fan was on. I now am really reluctant to cook on my own in the apartment as I cannot reach the alarm to turn it off if it goes off as I cannot reach it without trying to climb on furniture. This seems like a daft complaint but I now don’t eat if I am alone because it makes me so anxious if I cook as you never know if/when the alarm will go off as when it has gone off when no smoke is present at all and there is no way of pre-empting it, it is just so temperamental. I don’t know if anyone else has had this issue but it is something that has really caused issues for us.

A few of my neighbours are also super loud intermittently and someone also occasionally smokes weed, there was a warning sent around about both of these not long ago and haven’t smelt/heard it since so fingers crossed it has gone now but we often had to close our balcony door and window which isn’t convenient when we have a dog. I think it is worth noting though that there are emails and updates about matters like this often and the management team are really on the ball and work hard to make chapel wharf the best place to live. I feel bad for putting a complaint on this review because I can’t stress how much it is generally a fantastic place to live.

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

So close to the city centre, it is a few minute walk to bars, shops and pretty much everything you need.It opens up a lot of opportunities being so close to the centre with such ease. Also, if I am honest the positioning of the apartments kind of makes me feel like I am escaping from all of the hustle and bustle even though Spinningfields is literally a 3 min walk away. Transport is fab, bus stops are right on Chapel Street outside the buildings for access into Salford, the train station is super close too and then as soon as you hit Manchester you are spoilt for choice of trams, trains and buses to get where you need to go and everything runs regularly. If I am honest I can sometimes get a little bit aggravated when drunk people decide to come stumbling down the side of our apartment building and are noisy or sometimes the Lowry guests are super loud. However, if you are living in a city centre I think this is to be expected to some degree and our apartment is an end apartment close to the bridge so this probably doesn’t help as we are close to the people walking past. I think a bonus for us is how we can do the best people watching ever from our balcony, I will sit and have a coffee with my breakfast and 5 mins later Ronaldo or someone else will stroll past, it’s wild and very interesting. I think the hotel being close also reduces antisocial behaviour to some extent as it is a high end hotel and they have staff monitoring the car park etc constantly so any issues are resolved without you really having to do anything. Can sometimes be noisy when the football is on as the teams often stay at the hotel but I don’t mind this at all, it isn’t for long and I personally think it is quite fun to watch sometimes.

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

There was no way of knowing this but the sensitivity of the fire alarm in our kitchen, it makes it difficult to cook anything at all without pure stress about it going off.

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

We raised an issue with our door lock super late at night as it broke, the maintenance team were up the next night to sort it. This was reasonably slow for me as I couldn’t lock my door besides the chain, which was a god send on this night but at the same time there are a ton of apartments and it did happen at night time so I am sure they came as fast as they could. Once they came up it was fixed within minutes and both staff members were super lovely. We haven’t had to request anything else.

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