Romal Capital

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

There’s a lovely bakery downstairs, the area is always very clean and well kept. The bins are kept clean and collected often, parking can be a struggle but having the large carpark near the shops for people visiting for short periods is amazing!

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

I wish I had knew how many people had pets in the building, it’s made me really want to get a pet now. I would also recommend signing up for VOI or getting a bike as the walk into the city centre can be somewhat long with shopping in hand!

What is the best feature of your home:

The space is amazing compared to other developments nearby. It has everything that I was looking for and the finish is top class. The service charge and ground rent are both reasonable and the company is transparent where money is spent

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

Recently bought an apartment in the area. It’s amazing having Costco & home bargains just across the road! The area is still in development but it’s very clean & the building is far enough from the road that I can’t hear any traffic noise from my apartment!

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

I wish I knew how many pets were in the building, almost everyone has well trained dogs & cats and it’s made me look at adoption websites daily since moving in!

What is the best feature of your home:

Newly fitted appliances, all electric so no gas in the building makes one less bull to worry about!

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

Rented here for 2 years. As with every apartment building you get bad parking availability, some anti-social behaviour but the reviews on here blow it way out of proportion. Bins are emptied often, never had any issues. The public areas are often clean, reception/foyer could do with some work.

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

I wish I knew that the area is so quiet, the nearest shop is on old hall street. You can also use home bargains/costco car park if you have a friend visiting for an hour or two as they have a maximum parking time of about 4 hours. I also wish I knew that the estate agent downstairs rents a lot of the apartments, I think some are privately rented such as mine but I imagine maintenance and such would be dealt with even faster with someone just downstairs as the office is located on Jesse Hartley way.

What is the best feature of your home:

I moved from an apartment that was ran down so im happy with how energy efficient this building is. I turn my heating on for an hour and the heat stays. The building is also complete with new fittings and fixtures. I wish the bathroom was more modern but it’s perfect for what I need.

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

The area is improving a lot, and more improvements to come. The area is often quiet and clean. Although there is no parking available I don’t drive myself so not an issue but can be difficult as nearby car parks are a few minutes walk away.

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

I wish I knew about how much building work was going on during the day around the building. Luckily this is kept to 9-5 and doesn’t affect me on a daily basis but would like to have known for when working work from

What is the best feature of your home:

Quiet location, neighbours are mostly renters but don’t see why most people have such a strong opinion against this. The apartments aren’t the cheapest that Liverpool has to offer and almost everyone I’ve encountered has been great!

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

Moved in here 12 months ago since we have moved in had a constant stream of emails from CPM management removing benefits from our tenancy. 1st issue was getting an email a week before to tell us that car parking facilities would be removed. Meaning the following week we had to find a new location to park our car with no solutions offered. If you visit the property at night you will see all the tenants cars parked on double yellow lines recieving tickets because they now have nowhere to park. Another email the following month, told us the free internet we were provided as part of our tenancy was being removed once again on short notice. And that if we want to continue with the internet it will cost us £30 a month. Then the final nail in the coffin was receiving an email to let us know that the water tanks in the building have not been maintained properly. And that any water we have been drinking from the tap for the last 12 months has probably been filled with harmful bacteria. And that going forward we should boil all our water before consuming it. Genuine disgrace of a property managment.

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

Sent us a number of emails telling us of the issues but provided zero solutions.

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

That I would be spending 12 months drinking bacteria infected water.