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4.11 (9 reviews)

The London Borough of Islington has committed to making improvements and building homes that benefit all residents. These developments include homes that are suitable for those with limited mobility. One of their developments is Kings Square Estate, EC1v. It is situated nearby to Clerkenwell, the Barbican, and Liverpool Street Station.

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    Kings Square Estate, EC1V

    4.11

    (9 reviews)

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    Latest Reviews

    4.11

    9 total reviews

    Stats

    Overall

    4.22

    Facilities

    4.22

    Design

    4.22

    Location

    4.89

    Value

    4.00

    Management

    3.67

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    The design can be described as Brutal

    POC (Tenant)

    Verified Resident

    Kings Square Estate, EC1V

    Sept 2021

    The landlord and property manager is Islington council and generally are very responsive to any problems. We have onsite concierges who are great and the caretaker couldn't be more helpful. Parking may be avalible on site, but we definitely have got Kings Square gardens with its play grounds is always well looked after. The design can be described as Brutal, but the flats are large, were refurbished with new kitchens, bathrooms and double glazing a few years ago.

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

    The area is superb. In Finsbury, Clerkenwell starts the other side of the road. & tube stations within walking distance, Angel, Barbican & Farringdon. More bus routes than I can count. Four supermarkets at the angel, swimming pool and sports center behind the buildings and two gyms on the same street. Opposite City University and the Barbican complex including the arts center at the end of the road.

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

    The concierge is where you have deliveries addressed too unless your certain that you will be in.

    3

    Facilities

    5

    Design

    5

    Location

    3

    Value

    3

    Management

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    Residents pay a lot for those developments

    Larysa (Owner)

    Verified Resident

    Kings Square Estate, EC1V

    Sept 2021

    I bought a flat few years back and since then the facilities around has changed. To be honest it was ok before with a lovely park just down the building. I would say that those changes were needed as much. The design around they made nice and all is clean and well organized. The only down side is my service charge gone up more than twice high since I bought the flat. And it's about 400 a month now from 150(when I bought it) , which is too much now and I'll look to sell the flat cos of that. Before anyone buy a flat see the future development of the area as the service charge was going up and up every year and now it's gone up for one year from 200£a month to nearly 400£(which nearly doubled). Too much for me having 2 young kids to look after. And the development does not pay me back as much as I pay for it!

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

    The location is central so it's great. What I was looking for. Great cafes, bars around, easy travel within city.

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

    I didn't raise any issues. So can't share my experience regarding that.

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

    I wish I knew the service charges prices at least for the coming 10years before I bought a flat. They kept increasing every year and this year almost doubled.

    4

    Facilities

    4

    Design

    5

    Location

    4

    Value

    3

    Management

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    Overall a pleasant estate, overlooking the park, you could do a lot worse!

    Makeitso (Tenant)

    Verified Resident

    Kings Square Estate, EC1V

    Sept 2021

    The design of the estate still looks like 60’s mass housing design despite all the money spent by the council to improve the overall look of the estate and its grounds. I can’t help thinking that the money would have been better spent on building more low cost housing, even though new flats were built over the parking area for the flats, there were nowhere near enough to meet the current demand. I am disabled and have been trying to swap my accommodation to a ground floor flat for over 15 years but it is near on impossible to swap a 1 bedroom flat, no matter how good the area is. Living on the estate for over 30 years now, I have to say, I love the area and it’s central location makes it easy to travel into the west end in 20 minutes. The local shops are very handy and Upper street is only 5 minutes away and full of restaurants cinema, street market (Angel Islington) and shops. The parking is getting more and more difficult with more and more families owning more than one car and resident parking bays are simply not enough. The outdated entry phone system could do with replacing as even when it works, you can barely hear or understand who’s at the door. On the whole, King’s square is a pleasant estate and is always kept very clean and tidy.

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

    On the whole living on King’s Square is quite pleasant. I overlook the park and the traffic noise is very minimal. The noise from neighbours however can be quite loud at times as the walls are very thin and there’s no noise reduction at all, you can literally hear conversations from adjacent flats.

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

    Don’t expect much from Islington council, they really don’t care about the average person and are more interested in outwardly looking good rather than doing good!

    4

    Facilities

    4

    Design

    4

    Location

    4

    Value

    3

    Management

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    The building looks beautiful but seems to be cheaply built.

    Tardrew House Tenant (Tenant)

    Verified Resident

    Kings Square Estate, EC1V

    Sept 2021

    The building looks beautiful but seems to be cheaply built. We can't hang anything on the walls like shelves or the TV because there are no studs in the walls and it just falls down. Some of the windows fall out if you open them too far. The interior door handles all broke and fell off within a week of moving in and the council refused to fix them citing 'wear and tear'. The buzzer breaks at least once a month and takes weeks to be fixed. There's only one plug in the laundry cupboard so we can't have the tumble dryer in there. No air conditioning so with the big windows the place is deathly hot in the summer. The door frame around the front door of my flat started coming away from the plaster after the first week or two of living here and again the council wouldn't fix it. There's condensation trapped in my living room window so we've never been able to see out of it, still waiting for a repair three years later. Although some of these repair issues are down to the council, if the place had been built well enough in the first place we wouldn't have the issues at all. The balcony is not covered so it's useless in the rain and a death trap in the sun. The paving stones get so hot that you cant stand out there. The balconies are also right next to the neighbours windows so every time someone has a smoke everyone elses flat is full of it. In all, beautifully presented but an absolute pain to live here. I'm spending a fortune constantly fixing things on a property that I don't own.

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

    The area looks lovely aesthetically but it's annoying that there is no bin chute in the block. Often have to choose between leaving my small children alone in the flat to take the rubbish out or wait until there's another adult home.

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

    With the housing situation I don't think there's anything that would've stopped us moving in, we didn't have much choice. I wish I'd known it was going to turn into a never ending DIY project.

    3

    Facilities

    3

    Design

    5

    Location

    2

    Value

    3

    Management

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    I am the type of person who enjoys walking and we have some beautiful and attractive buildings

    Nusredin (Tenant)

    Kings Square Estate, EC1V

    Sept 2021

    I am the type of person who enjoys walking and we have some beautiful and attractive buildings Even the old seemed buildings are very amazing interior design. and the park is amazing big and have a lot of activities going on there ,we enjoyed it with my family always .

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

    Regarding transport its very good since we have to buses going on to opposite direction and the bus stop is just 2 min from us which is perfect ,regarding shops and restaurants also its alright walking distance no complain.

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

    So far I have a positive insight on all things I experience so far.

    5

    Facilities

    5

    Design

    5

    Location

    5

    Value

    5

    Management

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