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Harbour Central, E14

22nd

Ranked 22nd out of 25 in Canary Wharf

By Galliard Homes

3.87

(18 reviews)

Harbour Central is an impressive new-build development featuring five residential buildings and a leisure complex. There are 642 private apartments here, with studio, one, two and three-beds layouts available, along with eight penthouse apartments. Situated in the centre of West India Docks, the site is less than a 10-minute walk from the heart of Canary Wharf.

Facilities

  • Balcony

  • Bike storage

  • Communal gardens

  • Concierge

  • Lounge

  • Parking

  • Roof terrace

  • Security features

  • Swimming pool

  • Galliard Homes

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Latest Reviews

3.87

18 total reviews

Stats

Overall

3.89

Facilities

3.00

Design

4.44

Location

4.72

Value

3.67

Management

3.33

Viewing 1-5 out of 18
Great location and design but it stops there

A L (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Dec 2022

The facilities promised when moving in (gym, bar) were not delivered. When using the cinema room, not allowed to leave the remote in the room so it is quite inconvenient and has put me off using it. Property management did an abysmal job at negotiating a building wide energy contract, so all residents are stuck with paying way above average prices for energy.

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

Great transport links with plenty of ways to get places and in a short amount of time. Nearby shops also make it extremely convenient. Only thing is lack of available parking for guests.

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

Building management respond well to any issues in communal areas, e.g. with leaks in rise cupboards.

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

The true facilities available in addition to the very high energy bills negotiated by the propertt management

2

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

2

Value

3

Management


Beautiful flats - horrendous management

Kathrin S (Tenant)

Jul 2021

beautiful flats, nice neighbours - AWFUL management. As nice as the flats are, do your research before buying or renting here. The flats are advertised (on the official Galliard website as well as by various property agents) with "Gym, residents lounge, spa, champagne bar...". Well, first none of these were open during covid times, despite other developments in their area allowing their gym etc to be open for usage by single households. Second, there is no spa. There is no champagne bar. And the gym costs you 40£ a month and doesn't even have mirrors. Once you get over the missing facilities you realise you'll have to pay at least 40£/month "standing charge" to SSE for your heating and cooling, whether you use it or not. Someone at SSE and Galliard is getting rich while you pay for absolutely nothing. There's also nothing you can do and you can't switch provider.. great, eh? And you're lucky if your electricity meter is wired up correctly and you actually pay your own bill. Then you think "Ok, whatever, don't care about the bills, at least there is a concierge". Sorry to disappoint but the concierge does as good as nothing. Your parcels are delivered to a "safe storage place" whether you're home or not. So no matter what you order, food or large deliveries, it will end up in the basement storage. And you can call yourself lucky if your delivery driver notifies this "smart" system so you know it arrived. Otherwise you can go downstairs, request a code and then walk around in the garage for 5min to get reception to receive your code before you can go and search for your parcel. When you leave this "safe" room, the door doesn't fully close so anyone after you doesn't even need a code to get in. Oh, and if you now think at least you can sit in a beautiful flat and admire the view, you thought wrong. The windows get cleaned less than once a year and one of our windows hasn't been cleaned since we moved in last year. Also, on windy days your whole flat will whistle like you live in a teapot... to quote the Galliard engineer: "This just happens when living in a high rise building". Well, thank you. All in all, really beautiful flats but I would not recommend renting here if I had other choices in the area.

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

The building is in a nice area, close to CW mall with secure underground parking and easy access to public transport. Lots of restaurants and bars nearby. There's some wanna-be gangsters who drive with their cars at night and rev the engine but I guess you get that everywhere in London.. also lots of weed smell everywhere.

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

I wish I knew about the standing charges, nobody told us and the landlords didn't know either. Now we are all trapped in contracts with outrageous charges that we can't get away from.

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

Get away from Galliard and SSE, then change the Management altogether.

2

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

2

Value

1

Management


Good building

Fedor (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Jun 2021

I'd say that the design in general is pretty cool and I guess it would be an amazing building if not the cheap flat furniture that I had in my flat that I was living in Apart from that gym was made separately not within the Mainw Tower, in addition, cinema is very good

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

Local shops are good around Transport links a very good The area in general is amazing, I love it.

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

I would love to know that I wouldnt have gym and that my utility bills will be so badly high

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

Change the furniture quality, everything is breaking of everyday usage, which shouldn't be like that

4

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

3

Value

5

Management

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Awesome location, friendly neighborhood and great building & property management teams

L.H (Owner)

Verified Resident

Jun 2021

Overall I'm very happy with Galliard Homes service as a home buyer. Their staff always go beyond to help with swift response to my queries. The flat offers modern design and furniture. The facilities are comfortable and clean. I'm satisfied with both building and property management teams. Although I'm struggling with the recent introduced parcel system by the property management team. I hope they can take feedback from residents and drive the improvement.

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

The location is fabulous! There are all kinds of shops and restaurants around. The area I live is so peaceful to walk around/jog and feeling calm from the quiet while its only mins away from busy commercial areas. Less than 10 mins there are options of underground and DLR that can take me to everywhere in London. Concierge staff is very friendly and helpful. Unfortunately there's no bin-collection in the building and I have to go to the bin room in the basement. The property management team recently introduced a new parcel system and direct the carriers to leave all parcels in the parcel area in he basement. Even though you need a code to enter but once enter, there's no human monitoring which parcel you take. There's no clear responsibility ownership if a parcel is missing. I actually just lost a parcel and still in the process to locate it and no clue who I should ask compensation.

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

I had issues with the electricity and painting. They responded and fixed within a week.

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

I wish I had known how the cooling/heating, water and electricity services were billed.

3

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

4

Value

4

Management


Living in Maine Tower

Istvan (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Jun 2021

The building is loud in wind. The concierge is really kind. The furniture is not the best, unfurnitured would be better but it is ok. The cycle parking on -1 floor is great. Really miss the roofgarden. I would like more green around the building, there are a lot, but more is better :)

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

Pub: close to Pepper, one of the best pub on IOD View: beautiful view to Thames and city Parking: catastrophe, dont use car in big cities, or buy parking in the garage

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

This view is much better than i thought. Better air condition would be great.

Please share one thing (or more) which you would change about your development:

Unfurnitured flat would be better or more space to unused stuff.

4

Facilities

5

Design

5

Location

4

Value

5

Management


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Harbour Central, E14

22nd

Ranked 22nd out of 25 in Canary Wharf

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