Embassy Gardens, SW8

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

Fit for purpose - it's not a full neighbourhood but good density of placemaking makes it a worthwhile place to live i.e. reasonable mix of amenities and F&B in immediate locale. You need to go further out i.e. battersea power station or neighbouring areas for a full retail offering. Nine Elms is somewhat served by an awkward appendix of an already medusa-ed Northern line. Its location immediately adjacent to the trophy that is the US Embassy has its pros and cons depending on what Trump has to say on X at any given time. There's also one further phase left to the site so it is a building site during the week

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

Building site by week, protest site by weekend !!!

What is the best feature of your home:

Communal spaces - unfortunately no private dining space so the ambassador workspace (which I like to use) is often hired wholesale for events...seems like an oversight not to have both

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

Lacks restaurant variety, limited street lighting, safety concerns with bikes, noisy due to ongoing construction.

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

Too many construction works and increasing homelessness

What is the best feature of your home:

The building is well-managed with a variety of activities, cleanliness in Tower F is thanks to the attentive Claudia Coco.

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

I have no issue with the area, I moved there for a reason. But the development is terrible. Rowdy, student atmosphere. I reported drug taking, they just don't care. Police had to get called with a particularly racist neighbour that they also wouldn't take seriously. So many sleepless nights with many sound systems. There was a period where I was having to call concierge pretty much every night after midnight. They just wouldn't do anything.

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

I wish I knew how apathetic the management team were

What is the best feature of your home:

It's so difficult to think of anything positive. I guess the sky pool was nice when they actually allowed tenants in (paying tenants) that were treated with total disdain.

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

Best thing is the Waitrose. Probably only reason why I am still here but have decided to move because of poor management.

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

Very poorly almost no response as I have explained previously.

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

I wish I had know how poor the building management and facilities team are in the event of a leak, water supply, heating or cooling issue.

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

Nice local shops and amenities - the opening of BPS is a very welcome addition to the area, lots of new restaurants and great connections into Central London.

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

Yes this has all been resolved well as it is separate from Ballymore

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

How poorly this space was being managed and that facilities, which are the main selling point of this development, are either broken or not available