About Oxley Holdings

The Thames side location is ideal with regular boats into the city. The location will shortly benefit from crossrail on the other side of the royal docks in addition to the already frequent DLR.

The surrounding area is awaiting developments to rise from the ashes of the old docklands; with a few on their way to completion. The are two good parks either side of the development, which have been amazing whilst in lockdown. Most properties have balconies and shared outdoor spaces too.

The interior spec is to a high standard, mostly sharing a common apartment footprint with varying exterior architectural designs.

Would I recommend it? Yes, as more great things are to come once commercial units are filled and there is more to do in the surrounding area.

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

Dislike Lack of local restaurants and bars, choice of shops other than Sainsbury’s.
Love the gym and the open spaces, Ballymore should encourage more restaurants/bars by allowing them to set up rent free/lowered rent whilst we’re in the pandemic – better than an empty unit. it’s quiet in the evenings and love the Thames side location – crossrail across the dock will be a bonus soon too!

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

Ballymore can organise parking permits to help moving in and protection in the lifts. Most of the commercial units on the high street advertising as opening soon are not e.g. Kaboom lounge, Asian Supermarket, Creams bakery, french restaurant and Japanese/Sushi restaurant – the life/dream advertised hasn’t come to fruition yet…

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

Not a lot in all honesty – maybe a window that fully opens in the bedroom.

The biggest issue and what makes me always advise AGAINST other people buying here, is the soaring service charges year on year, and the smoke and mirrors that BAML enshroud in it. The service charges are always higher than what they advertise when you buy, and continue to rise and rise. We are paying the rent for the concierge and post room(!), and somehow we are even now paying for the maintenance and upkeep of the TFL Thames Clipper/Uber boat dock… Since when do private homeowners pay for the maintenance of public transport facilities? These are the kind of things BAML have roped us into. To this day we are waiting for them to publish the accounts from 2018 so that we can scrutinise the charges. There is a lot of avoidance behaviour which is quite suspicious.

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

Lovely area for a community feel, with a slowly expanding range of shops and services. Quite a delay in restaurants opening up which I don’t understand though. Transport links are good, but unfortunately the DLR is completely jam packed in the mornings (at least in pre-covid times when people physically went to work) and that won’t change until crossrail opens up.

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

Definitely as above regarding the service charges.

What is the best feature of your home:

The fact that it feels like it’s own community/little village

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

The brochures said there would be a number of facilities available to residents but many of these have still not been completed. I wish I had known the timeline for these additional services in advance as the Sainsburys wasn’t completed until December, 4 months after we moved in. Many things haven’t been finished yet so ask for a timeline.

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

The only downside is that there’s still quite a lot of construction going on within the development – but the people and spirit within the community make up for it!

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

The water and gas is provided communally and you’re not able to switch gas providers due to this.