Mandale Homes

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

the area is fine. Lots of bars and restaurants. Close to the river although up quite a steep bank. The building is aging badly and I think it’s Y&Ys headache up north that they would rather ignore.

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

I suppose I didn’t notice how worn the building was until I moved in and as there are signs everywhere saying there was cctv I had no reason to assume there wasn’t any. Until parcels started going missing as the door is often left open in main entry - janitor said there is no cctv and the building no manager has been telling me he’s getting quotes now since at least July. I’ve lived here 3 years and the windows have been cleaned once. The water is also never hot enough to get a full really hot bath. I also rented through an agency and they let themselves into my property the first week of my tenancy while I was in bed asleep for an inspection that had not been booked in apparently it had been booked in for the previous tenant and a glitch had made it not cancelled out of their system while I know that is not the building’s fault. ( Living spaces )

What is the best feature of your home:

I do love the huge window in the bedroom - however I only have a tiny window in living room so really would prefer if it was the other way around and not an issue.

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

The area is great. Its just 1/2 minutes walk to Trafford Bar tram stop, which is well connected so you pretty much have Greater Manchester at your feet. We are 5 minutes from Chorlton on the tram, which has lots of bars andrestaurants, and there are a couple pubs within walking distance from the apartment. There is a small park behind the building which is great in the summer, and on weekend mornings you can hear teams playing football and people using the park, which is a nice, community-feel sound. I have lived here for 2 years and have had no trouble, so I think the area is relatively safe too.

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

The management team usually email back pretty quickly, but rarely follow up on their actions. The bin store is squalor, and I'm sure there is a violation of health and safety regulations there. The lifts never work, and the maintenance team say they will call out people to fix the lifts, but this rarely happens, and when it does, the lifts break again within a few weeks.

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

I would advise people to not move here. The upkeep of the building is really bad, as its so unclean. The actual apartment is nice but its not worth the state of the building.

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

Located on a hill, close to pubs transport and town centre

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

Not really

What is the best feature of your home:

Bedroom cosey and quite so very comfortable space to be.

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

Close to the city and river. The area is quiet considering it is in the city centre.

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

They respond slowly and are unhelpful. Some issues have taken a couple of weeks to resolve.

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

The opinion of the other flat owners about the management company.

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

I like that the train station is close but there is no school nearby for my children

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

That there are no schools close by

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

That the metro station in paticular was closer and also there was a school closer by.