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Places for People

3.76 (102 reviews)

Places for People is a place-making and regeneration company who take a commercial approach to delivering social outcomes. It is one of the largest property and leisure management, development and regeneration companies in the UK. In total, the group owns or manages more than 195,000 homes, operates 125 leisure facilities and provides services to more than 500,000 people. Ruskin Square is a residential development by Places for People currently featured on HomeViews. It features 161 residential units with a mix of one and two-bedroom apartments in a multi-storey tower in the heart of Croydon. East Croydon station is only moments away with connections into Central London via Southern and Thameslink services. Residents can enjoy easy access to the Centrale Shopping Centre with its range of restaurants and shops.

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  • Website: www.placesforpeople.co.uk

  • No. of developments: 8

  • Development locations: South London, West London, East London, South West England, North East England, West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber

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    Latest Reviews

    3.76

    102 total reviews

    Stats

    Overall

    3.82

    Facilities

    3.50

    Design

    4.33

    Location

    4.43

    Value

    3.63

    Management

    2.72

    Viewing 1-5 out of 102
    Great if you want to live near a city but not in it

    Copper Resident (Tenant)

    Verified Resident

    Copper Building, BS13

    Mar 2024

    I think the design is interesting, functional and safe but they didn't quite finish off the building and the carpets could definitely do with being changed. The outside area of the complex is great and was perfect during lockdown as it felt like our own personal park. We are lucky enough to look out on the pond/lake and seeing the ducks, annual heron and even the odd otter has been delightful. The apartments themselves are basic and allow you to put your spin on the place quite easily which we liked. The management company are useless (that is probably still being too kind) but the staff that work in the grounds are really nice and polite and try help as much as they can.

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

    Let's start with the good...There is a retail park on your doorstep with an M&S, The Range, Costa Pets at Home, B&Q and a gym within 2 min walk (the one in the building is very disappointing). The community are really nice (not everyone but for the most part). It is easy to get out to the mendips and is close to the airport. Unfortunately, it is the lack of transport links and then even worse lack of parking that really lets this development down. The apartments themselves are well insulated from outside noise, retain their heat well and are sturdy. When we moved it we were told there would be communal BBQ areas built but there is really only 1 area and it isn't officially a BBQ area, the residents just use it as one. There is petty vandalism of cars around the area which links me back to the lack of parking.. Unless you are lucky enough to be able to rent or buy a space under the building there is no where safe to park your vehicle at night. Also the bike storage is a joke as many bikes get stolen or you go to find you are missing a tyre in the morning.

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

    I wish id know just how terrible Urban Splash were going to be at getting back to me about fixes (we have been living with non-working bedroom lights, a leaky shower and a dented front door for 4 years).

    What is the best feature of your home:

    We live in one of the "penthouse" apartments and we save a ton on heating. The insulation ensures we never need to put the heating on and in the summer we can open our massive sliding door and keep ourselves cool.

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    Facilities

    4

    Design

    3

    Location

    4

    Value

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    No place to live

    No one (Tenant)

    Verified Resident

    Lakeshore, BS13

    Dec 2022

    Please full of problems. My apartment was filled with mould. Same problem in all of the other flats. All balconies are shared between the same-level apartments. Even if you rent a parking space if you don't display the badge you'll be fined. A lot of

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

    Close to shopping places. Close to the city centre. Nice park inside the building. Cinema close to the apartments

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

    Always tried to cover the mould instead of fix the issues

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

    All the problems in the development. Never fixed the issues raised

    2

    Facilities

    4

    Design

    3

    Location

    1

    Value

    1

    Management

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    Lovely place to live

    David (Owner)

    Verified Resident

    Copper Building, BS13

    Dec 2022

    Apartments are nice and open, kitchen/living area has huge floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lake, bedroom the same. Nice kitchen facilities and bathroom has a very large shower. Range of bus routes going into the centre is convenient. Also has a gym on site.

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

    Perfect range of shops literally outside, gym, supermarket, clothes, take away, coffee, pharmacy, etc.

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

    All problems raised for the apartment have been fixed.

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

    How good it was going to be, honestly love living here.

    4

    Facilities

    5

    Design

    5

    Location

    4

    Value

    3

    Management

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    Peaceful Development

    Cait A (Tenant)

    Verified Resident

    Copper Building, BS13

    Dec 2022

    Nice design, good location! Very peaceful atmosphere, especially overlooking the lake. Parking is beneath the building which is usually safe and secure when the gates are working and there is an on-site gym with pretty much everything you need. It’s a very picturesque development in the summer too

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

    Very very close to the retail park with a wide range of different shops. Good walks behind and within the development. Lots of bus services near by (even though they are run awfully!) and can get a scooter pretty close too. Parking is a bit rubbish though, there is a private car park underneath but it only has 6 visitors space for well over 100 flats so not good if people come to stay, there’s a road outside but it’s limited and you can’t park for more than 4 hours in the retail park. Parking is only issue

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

    Most of the time, there was one issue where management said they would not get involved but them multiple people complained and they fixed the issue

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

    That there are only 6 visitors spaces available for the entire development, considering there are well over 100 flats on site

    5

    Facilities

    5

    Design

    4

    Location

    3

    Value

    5

    Management

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    Great design. Terrible after sales service.

    Cath R (Owner)

    Verified Resident

    Port Loop, B16

    Nov 2022

    We love the design of the houses, the tall ceiling and tonnes of natural light are the main reason we bought the property. They could do with some more storage solutions, currently there is no sensible place for shared resources such as cleaning equipment or season items such as Christmas decoration FM has been woeful. Snags are not fixed in a timely manner, we waited 9 months for a repair for example.

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

    Our development has been completely abandoned by US. Crime and litter is through the roof. After sales is non existent. The facilities we were supposed to have such as parks and commercial units have not been completed ( or started)

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

    Responses are rare, and require chasing several times before a response is received. Dates for repair are not forthcoming.

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

    That the aftersales would be so abysmal and we would wait so long for repairs.

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    Facilities

    4

    Design

    5

    Location

    3

    Value

    1

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