Convenience with price
Super small studio with poor ventilation. When you cook in your flat, the smell of food just lingers and quite often there are false firm alarm. This is a co-living building, so one can expect similar problems like no on-site management staff, one pays more for the bills which cost £250 each month no matter how much energy you have consumed, deliveries undeliverable and maybe more.
Overall, regarding whether the rent (membership fee) is value for money, one needs to weight if the location is the most major factor worth costing that much. No very recommended for non-local with visa, as one can’t prove him/herself’s stay in the UK with no tenancy contract, bill documents and council tax
payment. As a non-local, if you happen to be without driving licence, you can’t even open a local bank account.
Please tell us what you like and dislike about this area:
Nothing much I should complain. Neighbourhood is clean, safe and convenience to Southfields Station which is absolutely nice for commuting no matter in terms of journey time and cost.
No parking availability is the fact. Yet, living and working in London, proximity to public transport may be more important. What would be more fantastic would be if there can be closer to supermarket. All nearby groceries stores are express and local type; which one has to expect to spend a little more for the convenience of the location.
Please share one thing (or more) which you wish you had known before you moved in:
It’s co-living membership and what would entail. The contract itself scared me quite much as seems like I’d lose every right as someone paying “rent” which they claim membership fee….however I only have a full look of the contract after paying holding deposit. I could only cross my finger and hoped everything would go right. But to be honest, the things run so far so good. Not extremely bad.
How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:
Quick response but action not quick sometimes. Repetitive requests are expected if you want to make good something.