About Sheen Lane Developments
Sheen Lane Developments is a development company based in Richmond. Sheen Lane have delivered over 2000 residential units across 36 schemes in London and the South East.
Expensive Hellhole
Building facilities are often damaged and broken. The elevator was out for more than a week (7 floor building). The back door didn’t lock with a damaged mechanism for 2 weeks.
The elevator is broken in some form at least once every two weeks. The cover for the lights inside has been broken and hasn’t been replaced for 6 months.
The building has 10 flats per floor but only one tiny elevator and only one entrance which means it gets more traffic than the A1.
The floors are constantly covered in refuse and stains from leaking refuse bags. The elevator is stained from top to bottom, I think someone emptied themselves into it at one point.
The carpets in the hallways and stairwell are stained with black mold.
The building is cleaned only once a week and immediately dirty the next day. I’ve once seen an entire kebab tray dumped out upside down in the staircase for a week.
Since the refuse bins are not secured, there are non-tenants dumping their garbage there as well (I’m not talking a candy wrapper, but people pulling up in cars to dispose of entire rubbish bags or other refuse).
The apartments themselves look nice but are shoddily constructed For example my inbuilt bed’s drawers can not open because the heating element is in the way. The gaps at the bottom of the flat doors is so large i can see peoples shoe-soles when they walk past. The doors are also not soundproofed so i can hear everyone clear as day.
I had a boiler malfunction only a week after moving in which took 3 weeks to resolve despite pleading (cold showers for 3 weeks!).
The fire alarms are also placed directly above the oven which starts false alarms at least once a week in every flat (I’m not exaggerating)
The claim of “excellent security… with CCTV” is untrue as there is no permanent staff in the building to enforce security, and CCTV seems to not be used to enforce safety or react to antisocial or criminal behavior even when reported to management.
Management in general seems unresponsive unless they need something (like a new contract). I’ve even overheard them complain about tenants complaints (thank you not soundproofed door!).
The only positive I can say is that the room looks clean, modern and nice and the Fiberoptic Internet is nice too.
Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:
While Ewing House is close to the train station, it is also just next to a bar and club. This might be a positive for some but the reality is that drunk or drugged people just hang around this building, sometimes having fights or taking a leak against the building. The club also tends to empty thousands of bottles into their rubbish bins past midnight causing an incredible ruckus.
There is also a large element of drug consumption and selling around the building with cars idling waiting for their “customers”.
The building is also permanently permeated by the smell of cannabis and cigarettes (and also the mold from all the carpet-stains).
The tenants in Ewing House are a mixed bag, while 60% seem to live quiet lives, there are at least 4 flats that have parties daily with alcohol and drug consumption being high.
It is also situated next to a construction(?) company which constantly does work in their yard, even on Saturdays, noise pollution is high.
The tenants do not dispose of rubbish or other refuse properly and just throw it vaguely near the bins. Wind and animals get at the refuse and strew it everywhere. Getting to the car park is like wading through a landfill with the same smell permeating the area. I’ve also seen rubbish and rubbish bags just strewn in the staircase.
In general from living here about a year I’ve seen more and more normal respectable people move out and be replaced with anti-social people, no wonder, who would want to live here except for the ones that HAVE TO.
Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:
If I had known what kind of people live here and what the situation with drug consumption is in the building I would have picked literally anywhere else to live.
How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:
Building management is painfully slow. I had no hot water for 3 weeks and after a while they stopped responding to any requests or issues so I’ve given up communicating with them.
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