About Muse Developments

A lot better than the last development I lived in just 5 minutes away, which you could tell was a lot more cheaply made. The flooring bubbled up and the corridor was so uneven when walking down it.
There was only one small lift for around 11 stories so it took forever and had to use the stairs a lot. The layout was meant we were quite overlooked and it was very dark. I did like having a window in the bathroom though.

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Commenting links are great with trains to London Bridge, Charing Cross and Victoria. Is just another annoying if you need to get from south east to south west such as Clapham for example.
Wish there was more restaurants but there is becoming more. Street feast is here in summer and Greenwich and Canary Wharf isn’t far away.
A Tesco and a smaller sized Asda not far away.
With the development this area is seeing my only concern is how this will impact me. The current building work of a block nearby doesn’t affect me. But there is planning in place to build a block opposite me near Tesco and I love my view at the moment and worried this would affect it and the sunlight if I was to stay longer term.

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The Italian deli in town is amazing.
Wish I’d known my neighbours had such bad music taste, especially on a Saturday morning.

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The area has excellent transport links. Canning Town to Canary Wharf takes less than 10 minutes. To get to Westminster takes 16 minutes from canning town station.

Local amenities and shops are often independant which gives the area character. There has been some gentrification of late, with a Nandos intending to open in the near future. Stratford can be reached easily from here which has plenty of shopping opportunities, but options in Canning Town itself are more limited. Canary Wharf shopping centre is also excellent for quieter weekend shopping in a great location.

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I wish I’d known about the Rathbone market stalls (on Rathbone market Friday and Saturday) before moving in. It took me a while before learning about them, and they’re excellent for a variety of good quality, value meat, fruit and vegetables.

We were promised a concierge when we bought the property, but this frustratingly has not materialised (and arguably is false advertising!). As a result, packages being lost/stolen is fairly common given the shared entrance/lobby with Fizzy Lewisham and also with the area being visible by the public walking past.

Service charge is overly high given the lack of amenities – no concierge, no car parking, no gym. The communal rooftop area is rarely used.

There is literally no car/van drop-off point for deliveries or for moving in/out which is highly inconvenient and needs to be addressed.

Building has historically had a poor management company (currently Savills) which do not offer a good quality service.

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The location of the building is by far the best feature of this residential block. The transport links with direct trains to London Bridge, Charing Cross, Victoria and Cannon Street makes it easy to commute into central London and the DLR station is very convenient to access South/East London.

The development is also very close to a wide range of supermarkets (large Tescos, large Sainsburys, large Asda and small M&S) all within a 5-10 minute walking distance. Lewisham town centre, 5 min walk away has everything you need in terms of post office, bank, dry cleaners etc.

The development is right next to (literally on top of!) the DLR / National Rail station so the noise levels are high, but the sound proofing is generally good and you will get used to the noise such that it doesn’t really bother you. There can be a lot of siren noise as the Police station is 5 mins away and also Lewisham hospital is a close by. We haven’t had too much issues with noise and its a fair trade off compared with the convenience of leaving right next to a station.

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Lack of concierge (as was promised), lack of car/vehicle drop-off point for the development

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

Building management has generally been poor and lack value for money.

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Lovely location, shops bars and restaurants all within walking distance.

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Parking is a problem. Antisocial behaviour from skateboarders. Weed smoking lags in cars parked up all day and night. People using our private gardens and roads for letting their dogs run free and mess everywhere.

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We live the property. But the parking is a problem. No real parking management just pps parking solutions on the prowel to rip its off. This should have been a gated community. We are paying for it to be but any one can use and abuse the area.