Aston Place, B1

The rent prices have soared recently in West Midlands and North, therefore studios are £850+ a month (bills not included), depending on the floor of your apartment. The fridge is extremely small and barely fits anything (even in 2+ bed apartments) and in studios there’s no dishwasher. You are not allowed doormats even though the houses are fully carpeted (apart from the tiny strip in the kitchen area and the bathroom), which in bad weather months (90% of the time in Birmingham) makes your apartment carpet absolutely disgusting, unless you take your shoes off before coming into the apartment and put them somewhere to dry/not bring in dirt. There is a hot drinks machine near reception, but you need to pay for the drinks, unfortunately. There’s a gym, which is great but it does get busy. Also has a water dispenser in the gym, but the water smells weird, like it’s from the tap. There’s WiFi included in your rent, which is good, but you can only add devices through MAC numbers, so bear that in mind. Also, if you do a lot of washing up/showering – your hot water will finish and you’ll need to put a booster on, which doesn’t work between specific hours of the day/night. There’s very little storage in studio apartments and your water boiler is located in the wardrobe in your bedroom and makes loud noises in the middle of the night. You do have a good sized balcony, so that’s a plus. You are not allowed to have a second set of keys for your apartment if you live alone, which is a bizarre. Most of the staff are OK, although there is a certain individual who is extremely rude to residents.

All the Apartments are well designed and the facilities are good for all of us. However, if we need something from the Managers a simple task take so long to solve and looks like we need to beg. Personally, I have had an issue with my Bike which was stolen inside de building and they haven’t refund me. The bike as in a place they allocated and with lock. The person broke the door, cut the chain, stole my bike and they haven’t done nothing.
Sorry doesn’t pay my bike and I’m sure the Company have enough to compensate me and claim for the insurance.

The kitchen is very small barely any space in there not enough room for a freezer which is concerning, building management is decent even though there’s still issues, I think the people that work here make this place a bit better. The design isn’t the best why would anybody want 2 stand in showers but I guess the balcony makes up for it?

Improving the elevator, coffee machine make it free for residents, gym should be 24/7 not closed after 12! Improving the design of the reception as it’s a bit old. Trying their best to let’s the residents contribute with each other with providing them some gifts or stuff like that to convince them to collaborating. Provide a large garden for the residents in the rooftop or ground floor. Provide running track or tennis court for residents to participate their sports same as south, east and west in Manchester which are the modern buildings.

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

The google thing that there is gym, and small reception. The cons are that the elevator is soooo slow and it’s not happening in modern buildings same others in brum! Bin collection is not organised, in each floor should be a room for the bin same as other buildings as Beetham tower in brum. Coffee machine should be free as the rent is high and it should be free for residents.

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

Elevator should be told about before moving in, coffee machine as well.

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

They are really helpful I like the morning shift of the concierges they are the best I’ve ever seen!

4

Facilities

3

Design

2

Location

2

Value

4

Management