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Oxygen is located in Manchester’s New Islington district. Residents benefit from a swimming pool, steam room, sauna, 24 hour gym. Additionally, the development contains a spin studio, residents’ lounges, cinema room and a Front of House team. Also, Oxygen is just minutes away from Piccadilly Station, Ancoats and the Northern Quarter.
Oxygen, M1 Reviews
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Review After 6 Months.
The development is a really good place to live, the gym, pool etc is a great feature – it would be ideal if the pool was open until 10pm on weekends and there was a jacuzzi / whirlpool instead of such a large communal shower, pool temp needs to be higher too!
The price is very high for the space of the actual apartment but the other features are good
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Not many bars / restaurants in the immediate vicinity, surrounding area is quite industrial, visitor parking would be a plus
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The communal workspace is good but often very loud!
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Overall service is good however bin chutes are often blocked / full
The facilities are clean most of the time.
The facilities are great however, the swimming pool is far too cold to enjoy.
The facilities are clean most of the time.
It is very difficult to book the cinema room
Building management seems to be great
Friendly and helpful staff
Reception area is very welcoming
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Parking availability is very low. This is a shame because there are limited parking spaces for the building and charge very high prices. As a community nurse, I require a car for my job and it’s extremely difficult to find secure parking at an affordable price.
The area is very nice, I feel safe in the building.
Walking distance to bars, shops and the city centre.
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Hot drinks machine and the water dispenser in the reception area 🙂
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They have been very helpful. Fortunately, ive not had many issues to raise.
Good
The parcel room is too small and it is inconvinient to find a parcel, and it needed to be extented. Furthermore, the wall design of the apartment in terms of the sound isolation need to be improved. Also, the bin room should be designed to be more convinient as well, as it only enables us to threw small bags.
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a little bit far from the university, and no rare direct bus to university, the bin room is not convinient.
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The furniture and facilities list in the apartment.
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They kindly assissted us with our issues and always friendly.
Nice building, lovely staff
The gym, spa and cinema facilities are great. Staff are lovely and friendly. Likewise nice living area and the terraced garden is lovely in summer. Car park is poorly designed with cars parked on the ramp. The parcel room is far too small for a building of this size.
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Easy access to town and transport links. Loads going on in the area. Street can be noisy at all hours but hasn’t been much of an issue. The flats aren’t well soundproofed from neighbouring flats though and that has been an issue throughout living here.
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Flats aren’t particularly well soundproofed. Deliveries/parcel room not as functional as other properties in the area
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Front Desk staff have always been excellent and responded to any issues quickly. They always communicate things well too
If I could rate here to stay out of 10 I would give it 100
The facilities here I’m so greatful for everything is amazing and clean. The gym being open 24 hours really gives me that freedom to excel my physical and mental being at any time. And we’ll you’ve seen the photos the pool is classy and chill, never too busy and is peaceful
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New to Manchester the location is perfect for me, with a short walk away to the station, town centre and the supermarkets it’s ideal. The location is low-key and private compared to the rest of the city, it’s quiet but the building is full of life
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Something I wish I knew before I moved in would be that the staff are so friendly and available, I thought I would be left to my own device to figure things out but everyone is beyond helpful
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Everything I’ve enquired about has been replied back to same day & any assistance is always there in the building regardless time of day. Also the app is so helpful
Lovely Place to Stay in the city center
design is nice and we locve to chill in the lobby and lounge. love the swimmimg pool though always closed due to lack of staff. The quality of the coffe is not too nice, but its free, so, no compliant. staff are nice and always willing to help. storage room is toooo small.
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convenient location with lots of restaurants, pubs around. Close to train station and ancoats, with lots of cafe.
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highly recommended if you are new to Manchester. close to train station and lots of cafe, restaurants and pubs around.
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they response promptly. nice and helpful staff and always there to help.
Excellent accommodation
Everything is all good the receptionist is nice the staff working at the gym is good they are all supportive and friendly really appreciate. But hope the parcel room could be bigger cuz it is really inconvenient for us to find the parcel and many resident have complained that their parcel are missing
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Nice receptionist but smelly corridor because someone occasionally leave their trash which makes the whole corridor stink
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The pool is good the temperature is good all good except the parcel room which is not big enough
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Really quick really nice staff they are supportive and nice really!
Decent build
The design in terms of appearance is nice but the whole stair case isn’t finish and doesn’t look great. The stairs not being connect to the ground floor is terrible as it means the a block lifts are congested all the time making the higher apartments in appealing
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Aldi is quite close which makes shopping easy but there isn’t a big supermarket which you can go shop at
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The lifts are a major issue along with no heating in the corridors for the apartments
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Pretty good, they response fast and try and get someone in asap
Excellent development
The interior of the building is stunning. The lobby, to the spa deck are flawless.
Only slight disappointment is the change from provisional design plans with the concrete exterior compared to previous designs with glossy /more windows. The exterior of the building is quite grey now, and more glass would have been preferred. Also disappointing to have lost a rooftop space previously incorporated into the design. The commercial plot still isn’t filled.
The staff at Oxygen cannot be faulted: all go above and beyond.
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The location is superb, excellent access to transport options, desirable Ancoats/New Islington location
Facilities are great, although wish the rooftop space was still included as this was removed at some point during development
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More transparency with change to development whilst it was under construction
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ACL app is excellent to get in touch. Always available via the phone line also.
Oxygen: poorly researched modernity will not enhance your living in the changing Manchester skyline
The building’s management team is quite good, sociable and always open to help. Most facilities are great, with a pool, sauna, steam room, gym and coworking spaces. However, many times these are closed due to maintenace. The lounge and cinema room are great facilities but are almost impossible to book since they’re always busy. There is a trash chute available which is consistently clogged as it’s minuscule and only fits very small bin bags, therefore the bins have to be taken down to a bin room where I’m sure that nothing gets separated/recycled although the private waste management company advertises this service. There are only 2 lifts available for a 32 story building, annoying at most times, and there is no staircase connecting the ground and 1st floor through the inside of the building, making people wait for a lift to move within 1 floor. The insulation in the apartments is great, keeping the heat inside, excellent for the winter but making it hard to breathe in the summer.
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The building is in a good location, with a food shop (Aldi) less than 5 min away, and nice areas to have food drinks and walk around in Northern Quarter, Ancoats and New Islington. I do not drive but getting to the complex by car is very easy through the ring road, and having Piccadilly Station just 10 min away. However, connecting to other parts of the city is a bit harder since there are no main bus stops around and Piccadilly Gardens is a 15+ min walk. It is also sad that there are no big green spaces around, as the city council is very focused on building hundreds of apartment complexes and office spaces in the area (including Oxygen). There are at least 3 big construction sites within a 200 metre radius and the number will be increasing very soon. I guess it’s not fair to complain about this when Oxygen is a contributor to this issue.
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The amount of construction work in the area. The lack of airflow in the apartment
How has the building management responded to any problems or issues you have raised:
I rent my Oxygen apartment through a private landlord, not ACL. I have reported some issues to the building maintenance team and they’re usually quick and efficient
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