Eastman Village, HA1

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

Good shops, proximity to harrow town center and public transport, neighbourhood are the good aspects. Anti-social behaviour and thefts are common in the area. Parking spaces are incredibly scarse.

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

Pathetic Customer Care, Very cheap fittings, including flooring and electrcal accessories

What is the best feature of your home:

Location, Proximity to public transport and town center

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

Good location! Good interior design - Poor hot water system - Overly dense and congested environment within the premises. - Poor car parking

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

Nothing is more important than the estate management company, poor services must let you regret!

What is the best feature of your home:

SMART design is indeed a good idea and the energy saving concept is good but do i pay less, I'm not sure yet

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

It's Harrow so there will not be a single brunch place in sight, however it's convenient and easy to travel to central so it's not a major issues. The development is very nice, very quiet thankfully, people seem polite. The flats are built to a high standard especially noise proofing, thankfully you cannot hear your neighbors that well. Construction noise is not as problematic as I thought it would be, and it's entirely manageable thanks to the high quality windows. funny enough, some issues are only with some other residents, not Barratt or the management company. I appreciate the management company reminding residents there is a no smoking policy in the communal areas of the building, too many people engage in anti social behaviour by doing this, not realizing they shouldn't force others to breathe their smoke. Pets are allowed which is a huge plus, no extra cost to apply for a permit.

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

there is no parking, but the problem stems form the council not allowing more parking spaces, nothing to do with developer.

What is the best feature of your home:

noise proof windows, nice minimalistic decor, well fitted kitchen, great balcony space, great and clean building, well organised maintaince of building.

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

It's unfortunate that the developers sold these homes in 2020 with promises of gyms, supermarkets, and restaurants, but it seems their priority is completing each block of flats first. This has left us with no nearby cafes, bars, or restaurants, and it could still be years before these amenities are available.

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

I haven't personally raised issues with them. My opinion of the managing company formed upon the repeated accounting mistakes.

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

I wish I had known about Barratt before moving in. They are not keeping up with the updates to the development. The last update was more than 6 months ago, mentioning really vague changes to the location of the supposed gym for example, who seemed to have been scrapped from the project to be placed 'somewhere else' for lack of space.

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

Pros: easy accessibility Quiet environment Friendly people Cons: limited parking Limited electric charging points

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

Fairly quickly Have not had any burning issues so far

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

About the changing service charges- gets expensive every year