About Peabody

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

The development is still growing, so there is more and more to do everyday! The shops that have opened are great, though there are still empty ground floor lots that will be nicer once retail moves in. The area is lovely – buzzing on one side with hackney wick and canal bars, more upmarket and relaxed towards Victoria park.
There is limited parking, but public transport is excellent and the development all sits on a pedestrian area, making it very safe and quiet.

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

The area is still filling in, but has so much potential! There is some rough around the edges and it is more suited for young(ish) people – some nightlife which comes with noise and rubbish, and not a huge availability of childcare etc for families.

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

They’ve been pretty good – initial small faults were rectified quickly and there is now a residents group. Some decisions have been reversed after feedback from residents, and our service charge hasn’t increased much.

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

The building’s location is great. Peckham is a very lively area and there are a lot of amenities nearby.
There is many supermarkets, schools and parks in the proximity and the building has good transport links.
The road has free on street parking but it tends to get very busy.
Neighbours are amazing and everyone is always willing to help out.
The price or the flats was very reasonable for the area and the look of the interior.
The bin collection is a bit of a nightmare with not enough recycling available for the amount of flats in the block.
We recently experienced parcels theft and flagged it to authorities.
Lack of communal facilities is a real shame because we would love to socialise with our neighbours and have no space to do so.

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

I wish I knew how terrible Peabody was.

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

They have constantly ignored us even when we marked issues as urgent. It’s like we don’t exist to them

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

There are loads of development
The flats are really friendly here

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

The water system isn’t great, its a joint system, so sometimes it’s just not hot enough.
Theres also fire wardens because of the wooden cladding

Why did you choose this development:

Location, i wanted to be in the east and its more affordable than zome areas.

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

We have a Sainsbury’s round the corner as well as a Lidl but buses can get you to places with more shops within as little as 10 minutes to get to thamesmead town centre, 20 minutes to get to woolwich and 25 minutes to get to bexleyheath. All bars and pubs are being closed down in order to build new houses so none in the local area. Before the new flats and houses were built our parking was free and on a first come first served basis since then bein by Ilya we have to pay for a parking permit per vehicle (in addition to rent) which is hard for those tradesmen who use company vehicles for work but also own their own car for family use. We get people park up in their cars playing loud music and doing balloons and then emptying their empty canisters all over the roads and paths. Traffic noise is moderate considering we live next to a main road but can be blanked out once your busy enough.

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

Paying for a parking space as a resident can be a pain in the backside especially if you need to be close to the entrance due to pregnancy, young children, disability or shopping