Bow River Village is a great development overall. Great location with riverside flats, close to a big Tesco and good transport link – 5 min walk to the tube and just 10/15min to Canary Wharf by bus.
SHG is not a great property management and Higgins was a terrible construction company. Lots of issues after moving in and they were very slow to fix then. After a while with lots of arguments and back and forwards – everything was fixed (some we did ourselves at our expense) and now we are able to enjoy where we live and we like it.

The design is pretty good. Some of the buildings are fine typical modern design but some ate ghastly. Blue cladding. Looks hideous but overall its standard typical London new development design. Gym shops and proximity to the park. We dont have a concierge in our bulding and management fees are extortionate. We frequently have to complain about cleanliness and repairs. Overall its pretty good. Id say 7/10. Beautiful place to live though.

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

The good parts of Waterway are the location near Put ey and Wandsworth Town. Wandsworth Park and right on the river. There are no main roads so its quiet. There is some antisocial behaviour but not massive. Its worrying to see masked youths breaking into vehicin broad daylight with no fear of Police.

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

I wish I knew more about the lack of policing and such.

What is the best feature of your home:

The views over Fulham roverside are fantastic. The quiet is amazing for London.

4

Facilities

4

Design

5

Location

3

Value

3

Management

Good development and flats are finished to a good standard. There is a lot of delays in fixing problems that arise in the development which is causing a lot of frustration. Management are slow in fixing issues and it takes a long time for issues to be resolved. There are good communal spaces however we cannot access the communal rooftop in our building as the door is broken and Southern have not attempted to fix it yet.

The development is less than three years old. I have lived here for a year. Southern have all but stopped doing any maintenance which the residents pay for. The windows are not cleaned, the gardens are untended and dying. The outside walls are covered in graffiti. The footpaths are always dirty. An abandoned car was dumped over a month ago. Southern have left it there. A post out the front was knocked over a year ago. It has been left. The bins are never placed in the bin store. From February to May this year. Glass refuse piled up outside someone’s home. Eventually it was collected but only after several complaints. The family out the back set off firecrackers in the communal gardens which terrified other people’s pets then they shouted and carried on until 3.00 am on New Year’s Eve. The development has been burgled twice. It is quickly becoming a slum. It will be very difficult for people to sell on.