Pretty shocked reading the amount of positive reviews for this development labelling it as nice and quiet.
I must have had a completely different experience than everyone else. To start something major you should be aware of before considering a property here, see the below article:
Drug dealing occurs in the building, the police raid pretty much once or twice a month. There are constant asbo’s roaming the hallways that dont live here looking to purchase drugs.
As there is no 24 hour concierge or security and the front door doesnt always close behind you when coming in. People that are not residents are constantly engaging in anti social behaviour in the building making it feel very unsafe.
To add to this the tenants that do live here, the majority are teenagers or young students. Meaning music is played till all hours and as the walls are paper thin dont expect a decent nights sleep the whole time you are here.
I often could hear my neighbours footsteps, conversations, coughing and various other bumps and bangs.
One particular neighbour had a karaoke machine and id find myself often being woken up at 4am by some poor rendition of oasis wonderwall.
To end on a positive note the flats themselves are well put together, bathrooms are great and alot of space for the money.
But the paper thin walls with no soundproofing whatsoever, and the anti social behaviour that is never addressed. Makes me not able to reccomend living here.
Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:
Good aspects:
Near costco, home bargains and some good views of the river mersey.
Bad aspects:
Even though its outside the city centre the people who live in the building and the new clubs opening in the area make it a very loud place to live. Making the trek into the city centre not actually worth it anymore.
Plus at night some of the streets are dark and dingy and ive often noticed drug dealing and other illegal activities in the area. Plus the amount of coked up students outside the Invisible wind factory on a weekend is a nightmare.
Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:
That the Invisible Wind Factory club across the road were opening an outdoor area. Since the opening of the garden area for the club every weekend they have been doing events in the beer garden in particular outdoor raves.
When one of these events is on visit the area in the day and experience how loud the music being played is. Its honestly that loud that even though the club is down the road, your windows vibrate. And you can hear the music in your apartment even with all the double glazed windows closed.
The club I think were given permission to build this aslong as they stick to a 10pm curfew. But they just ignore it completely and often the music goes on till 3am.
How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:
Didnt have any problems that required the building management other than a few minor things which they dealt with like meter readings etc.
However took no action whatsoever on the noise complaints.
