Abbeville Apartments, IG11

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

Accessibility to Central London and Canary Wharf are major plus of living here. Almost all the supermarkets are in the locality + some decent restaurants and pubs

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

We have requested for handy man services for some work to be done in our apartment and that was timely addressed

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

The area gets quite busy on weekends and market days. This is not necessarily bad but wish we knew this beforehand

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

The area is provided with any kind of facilities and shops you need on daily basis, including a variety of different restaurants and coffee shops. Good connections with transports.

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

They used to be more attentive and helpful with some minor issues in the past. While the price of renting is increasing every year we expect some improvements of services as well.

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

That we cannot keep any pets and that there is not a stable security service during night time.

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

Barking was a crime hotspot at this time making the walk home from the train station feel unsafe for women

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

Fairly fast - don’t remember any issues in 3years there

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

Local area insights - wish I had spent more time to decide about the area - somewhere safer more green space

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

Next to park and supermarket and local market, Starbucks near station, good bus routes into central or out to Essex

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

My niece bike was stolen from the bike storage but they found it through security footage later

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

Not much I didn't expect, it's a standard apartment so not sure what else to say

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

The BEST thing about this apartment complex is that it's right above an ASDA supermarket, so you can literally take an elevator down to the parking garage and walk into a large supermarket. Local market has everything you might need that you can't get in the supermarket. Lovely park just outside the building as well.

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

Haven't needed to raise too many issues but I imagine they'd be helpful in the event one does arise.

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

Make sure you look at the nooks and crannies of the flat you're viewing to see the quality of it.