About Wise Living

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

The location is ideal for families and young professionals, it has great transport links to Manchester and Salford. You can walk to Manchester City centre in approximately 20 minutes, this is noticeable with people using our streets to park and walk to the workplace.

There are a couple of parks within close proximity and a small shopping complex (the Vibe) offering a cafe, hairdressers, convenience store etc. There is little, if nothing in the way of anti-social behaviours, and no traffic noise in the proximity. The primary school is a stone’s throw away, high schools and colleges are slightly more distanced.

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

Measure spare room size, ensure small bed fits. Check en-suite to ensure extraction fan is located. Check sustainability of fences. Check appliances are working properly including boiler.

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

Initially when the houses were being built the management team were fantastic and fixed any unresolved problems. Now the houses are nearly 8 years old there is no contact with the building management.

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

Lots of local shops. It isn’t the area for bars or restaurants, but there are a few. We don’t use public transport, so can’t comment but it seems frequent. Our street is fine other than some neighbours immediately opposite, who can be quite loud. Bin collections are frequent enough for us. There could be better parking for visitors, it can be a squeeze.

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

I wish I would have known how long the repairs would take, as we probably wouldn’t have taken the house.

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

The master bedroom being so big could have extra features such as an en suite, or built in storage. It would still retain a lot of space.

Very good insulation as my apartment never seems to go lower than 20 C even with the windows open.

Good horizontal sound proofing.

The storage cupboard doors have handles on the inside which means that items, such as a broom, can jam the door from the inside if they fall over.

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

Easy access to nearby Sainsburys and surrounding restaurants while not being too far way from Cannon Park Shopping centre and Coventry City.

While the horizontal sound proofing is pretty good, the vertical/diagonal sound proofing is not great when it it comes to noisy upstairs or downstairs neighbours.

At night it’s very easy to hear heavy footsteps, loud conversation that vibrate the walls, yelling, washing machine/dryer vibrations and the ventilation fans.

If your room get hot at night and you decide to open the windows for ventilation, the outdoor ambiance may include the occasional: loud conversations of neighbours, partying, trains and the squeaky bin shed door (because nobody else wants to close the door/the lock is broken).

I’ve had multiple instances of sleep deprivation due to noise disturbances.

The bins in the bin storage shed seems to get full very easily, neighbours keep placing unwanted furniture and electrical appliances in there for some reason and there is no bin for food waste (even though the surrounding neighbours have brown lidded bins).

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

How bad the vertical/diagonal soundproofing is if your upstairs/downstairs neighbours decide to be noisy.

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

Building management seems to responds to emails relatively quickly.
For example, when somebody parked their van on designated parking space, building management sent out an email to all the residents asking for the removal of that vehicle.

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

ASDA is just about 4 minutes drive away and Tesco is about 10 minutes drive. There is a bar close by which you can easily walk to to have a couple beers. There is a pizza and fish and chips shop nearby as well. Bin collections is quite good, however needs to be put out in the appropriate place at the appropriate time for it to be collected. As regards traffic noise or antisocial behavior, it is non existent. It’s a very calm environment.

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

I wish I had known the rooms did not have any wardrobes in them.

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

They have responded promptly and swiftly. They have even raised up issues I didn’t take note of and fixed it.