U+I Group

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

It’s very central and at some times, it’s nice on the south end of the building in the morning, but It’s super noisy here because of students talking and shouting outside all hours of the night. I have barely had a full nights sleep since moving here. There is no residents parking on the street around here. There are some paid parking spots under the building but I gather they are expensive. There are sometimes junkies outside and even in the corridors when they get into our building on the Morley street end of the buildings. The bike storage here is laughable because it’s in the basement with no lift and once down the stairs, you have to get your bike around the corner through two fire doors. Impossible unless you are young and fit.

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

I wish I had known how incredibly noisy the students would be outside. It seemed quiet when I looked at it because the sound proofing in the student building is good but there are some problem us that when anyone is outside anywhere in the development you can hear the sound echoing everywhere. The buildings are far too close together and no thought was giving to how much and how far the sound would carry and also be amplified up by bouncing around the building. I also wish I’d know how much the service charge would go up. It was £150pm when I moved in. Less than four years later, it’s £400. Horrifying.

What is the best feature of your home:

The inside of my flat is very nice. The ceilings are high. It’s hard to hear the flat but on a sunny day it’s very nice living in a new build with big windows. There is really good sound proofing up and down this building. I never hear my neighbours upstairs. You can hear doors slamming in the corridors at night though. I don’t share any walls with anyone (three walls to the outside) so I can play music really loud which is great.

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

Really close to local shops and train station with easy access to local amenities. Bin collection is good, you just put it in bin storage room whenever but sometimes people dump stuff in there which results in a hike in service charge price.

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

They were quite slow with certain enquiries and quick with other. When our balcony door was broke, someone came round within 1 day to fix it.

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

The noise of Weatherspoons downstairs is something to keep in mind. It’s not so much the noise of people, but the emptying of glass bottles every morning becomes very jarring when it’s loud broken glass being dumped into a container.

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

The local area is very up and coming. There is a range of bars, restaurants and shops immediately downstairs that are used by the local community. The transport links are good with a national rail station on the doorstep as well as DLR and busses not far. There is a lack of parking unfortunately and the on street parking is limited.

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

Very few. We are still waiting for repairs after several years as well as dealing with the issues of unsafe cladding.

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

Many of these flats are owned by overseas in esters and owners which is very disappointing. Appears to be a money making purpose, increasing rental fees each year.

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

Great location - very close to Deptford High Street and train station and also walking distance to Greenwich. Off street parking available to purchase. Very occasional noise from other properties but to be expected living in a development.

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

I personally have not raised issues recently, but there has been some issues with theft in the development. Management appear to have tried to rectify this and have provided email updates and surveys, however this could have been better managed e.g. upgraded security

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

The flats are part of a development so expect some noise from others.

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

Really nice well finished apartments. The area is lovely and transport is spot on with only a couple mins walk to Bromley south and then 16mins to Victoria central London. Many shops that were promised to be opened in the development remain closed, and this predates covid.

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

Communication form living city is terrible. Their email etiquette is non existent and many issues remain unsolved. Often emails are ignored and phone calls never returned

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

I wish I had known that the recycling facilities were so poor. Also that the budget for service fee would not be accurate for a couple years