About Urban Splash

Urban Splash is a British company founded in 1993. The company focuses on regenerating decaying industrial warehouses, mills, Victorian terraced houses and other buildings. Located in Castlefield, Manchester, Urban Splash have created more than 5,000 new homes and 1.5 million sq ft of workspace in over 60 regeneration projects in the 25 years since its establishment. The companies main belief is that “Change is an opportunity, not a threat”.

Urban Splash Developments

Lakeshore is an Urban Splash development that is listed on HomeViews. This development sits in Crox Bottom, Bristol. Offering studio, one and two bedroom apartments, Lakeshore’s a Grade II listed building and the former home of Imperial Tobacco. Residents here benefit from a lake view, acres of green space, as well as, sustainable features.

Another Urban Splash development is New Islington. This development is comprised of 80 town houses. Situated in Manchester city centre, the houses are fitted with balconies overlooking the New Islington Marina. As well as this, residents benefit from car parking, private garden terraces and a resident’s garden.

Urban Splash Reviews

“We love the design of Smokehouses and we’re really pleased that we chose our particular apartment which has views down the Tyne towards the sea. We love watching the sea crashing over the sea walls on stormy days, the different light at certain times of year make it spectacular and we never tire of looking out of the big floor to ceiling window.” Verified resident at Smith’s Dock

You can read more by clicking below to read what residents have to say about living there. If you can’t find your residential development listed on HomeViews, you can click here to submit your listing. Also, if you’re already an Urban Splash resident, click here to submit a review.

Number of Developments

10

Ratings

3.84 Rating

Rating (based on 155 reviews)

Excellent

26.45%

Very Good

49.68%

Average

14.84%

Disappointing

4.52%

Very Poor

4.52%

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The initial design of the development is poor as some flats have access to the intercom and others do not, meaning some residents are not able to allow visitors in through the gates (which are always broken anyways) without having to leave their flat. The lifts are always breaking, postage parcels are constantly getting stolen due to the incompetence of the security/building management team, who despite thousands of pounds worth of parcels being stolen this month alone still refuse to accept parcels or come up with a solution to stop thieves from getting into the complex. The gym is a basic gym with simple equipment but for the cost (£35 induction and no monthly fee) you can’t really complain as it offers similar equipment to the gym over the road. The gates are always breaking, you can gain access to the lakeshore building by the second and third floor without a fob (which has been broken for at least a year) so anyone can gain access to any flat they want in either the Lakeshore or Copperbuilding development(both are linked via level 2) . And in an area which has had its issues with antisocial behaviour and thieves etc this is something which should be addressed but still hasn’t been. And the fact I have to pay £60 a month to park my car in a car park that isn’t even secure on top of rent/mortgages (that’s right you don’t get a parking space when you buy!) is just the cherry on top.

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

Location is great as next to local shopping complex and with transport links into the city centre. However it is located in a rougher area so people outside the complex are not as friendly.

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

The electric meters are located on the second floor and you need to have a member of the building management team allow you access to them, water meters are also required to be accessed by the building management if you do not own your own property and are renting

What is the best feature of your home:

The general lay out of the flat is smart with modern design and lots of smart storage

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Living in the Smokehouses

Smiths Dock is a great development of an old dock area. Having watched the construction of the first phase I decided to look at the plans for the whole site. The Smokehouse apartments caught my eye immediately with their unusual design and riverside location.
The apartment fulfilled all my expectations with open plan living and fully fitted kitchen.
A very short snagging list was sorted within a week of moving in and had no issues in the 18 months since.
Some of the communication from the management company has been poor not least their failure to issue an invoice for the service charge for the initial six months despite my requests, leaving me with a double whammy when the next six months worth was due.
Still a great place to live, quiet, secure with good parking.
It’ll be an even better place to live when the next phases of development are completed.

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

Great riverside location near a vibrant and developing area of bars and restaurants.

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

Watch the heat exchange meter… using the heating eats up your credit.

If there is one thing you would change about your flat or property what would it be:

Possibly change the communal heating system. It may well be efficient but the cost to heat my thermally efficient one bedroom apartment is similar to the cost of heating my old. draughty four bedroom house! Fortunately the apartment is so well insulated I never need to use the heating.

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Wouldn’t recommend

The longer you live here the more you realise it is pretty overpriced and the ‘facilities’ aren’t that great. Car park is run by a private company charging £60 a month and gym is never open. The actual layout of the buildings is a nightmare as the two buildings are very close and face each other meaning you are constantly paranoid that your neighbours can see you through the window. Always have issues with the front gate, living in this area it is important that the gates work for security but they rarely do. Nosey neighbours are a massive issue here – there is a Facebook group where everyone just tells each other off and it’s become a place where everyone is in each other’s business and it is hard to do any simple thing without someone else complaining about it. Wouldn’t recommend living here to be honest, overpriced, cheaply built and poorly designed with miserable residents in both buildings.

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

Area is hartcliffe which is notorious in Bristol for being rough – lives up to its name most of the time. Reasonably Good transport to Bristol city centre but not really anywhere else.

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Terrible neighbours. Rough area. Everything is always breaking as cheaply built.

If there is one thing you would change about your flat or property what would it be:

The design of the building – when we moved into lakeshore the other building wasn’t built yet – we didn’t realise the lack of privacy the new building opposite would bring to our daily lives.

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Copper Building

The apartments are very stylish and modern however you can tell that they were not finished to the standard that they should be, its as if they have been rushed and no attention to detail has been given.

I am yet to report the issues with our apartment due to the current situation, for example we have plug sockets not properly fitted to the walls, the tiles in the bathroom are grouted in very poorly and the paint job throughout the apartment is extremely poor (you have see streaks when looking at it from a certain angle).

The location of a lot of the plug sockets are also not in ideal locations, for example all the plugs in the kitchen are in one place and therefore its extremely hard to have appliances out, without them being in the way of each other. The aerial sockets in the bedrooms are also not in the correct locations for the way the room is designed.

The community at lakeshore/copper is excellent, they are so friendly and there is always someone able to give advice and help each other out.

The apartments would be excellent if only there was more effort put into the finishing touches of the apartments, with regards to the issues I mentioned above.

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

Excellent location as it is right next to a retail park which has lots of shops – can basically get anything you need there! Great transport links to the city centre, airport and train stations.

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

I wish I would have known how difficult it is to sort out the utility bills. Have been in copper for three months now and yet to receive an electricity or water bill.

If there is one thing you would change about your flat or property what would it be:

I would change the design of the apartment, for example the location of plugs and have more storage space as it is extremely limited.

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