Hawkins & George, BS1

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

It is a fairly busy area on weekdays due to neighbouring offices and, therefore, significantly quieter at weekends and particularly so on Sundays. There are some bars in close proximity but the noise is insignificant. It is close to Castle Park, Temple Meads train station and Cabot Circus. I love its position, I think it is perfect.

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

I had a problem with my hot water and a plumber was called immediately. He attended promptly and replaced the faulty part in the same visit - no mess, no hassle and he was here for less than half an hour.

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

Great location, close to everything but without the late night noise typically associated with central locations.

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

Lots of cool shops, friendly environments and cool places to walk to and hangout with friends and family.

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

The building management here are very fast at responding and resolving our problems.

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

I wish I knew how cool and nice everyone was and that I’d moved here sooner :D

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

Shops, bars, restaurants pretty close. Building is fairly close to city centre. No major issues with bins and community and etc

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

Sometimes yes and sometimes no. In recent month they've been less helpful

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

Pricing and the increase rate of the rent per each year

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

I absolutely loved living in Hawkins Lane Building for 4.5 years. Beyond the fantastic location and great building, the team themselves made it such a safe, well-managed, loving, and lovely place. I'll especially miss Craig, Lana, and Sarah- they've been so kind to me and often went out of their way to support me.

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

Building Management have always attended to all my queries and any issues I've raised. In fact, even when it's been issues that are more personal (such as when I lost my mum and informed them) they all did everything they could- within their capacity- to offer words, actions, and behaviours of comfort and solidarity. I sincerely wish each and everyone of them the same kindness they've shown me over the years.

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

I feel like I was given adequate information before I moved in, and can't think of anything else to add.

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

Local shops, like tesco express are very expensive and have little variety of products and lack of products at certain times. At lunch time there is always a queue that goes out the establishment into the street. The shops in walking distance are for groceries tesco express, Sainsbury's local and coop. The restaurants have quality food and drink but are so expensive that most people use takeaway. The minimum price for indoor is 35 pounds per person per meal. The cafés and bars are good in the sense that they are very popular and serve a great range of beverages. The open space is Castle park, however is to be a construction site soon as a consultation from Bristol Council is ongoing for a new offices and flats development . As for transport links we have temple meads station with direct link to London, however train tickets are increasingly expensive. Own transport like a car have to pay for clean air tax, the parking is not free and there is no access for cars or vans to the site unless previously requested and access granted. By bicycle, the path is segregated but cyclists go in and out of it in such a way that is a barrier to the disabled or elderly people. The council does bin collections but residents and external people do not recycle properly and place garbage outside the bins. There is a lot of noise due to heavy traffic at rush hour, constant construction works, and eco between the walls of the buildings. There is a lot of anti-social behaviour like drugs, prostitution and networks hacking.

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

Most times ignored or send an useless contractor to the flat. As a matter of fact every week there is one coming with the management master key.

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

I wish i knew how difficult it would be to move out.