Stanmore Place, HA7

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

Canons Park Station is a 6 minute walk from the development. This serves the Jubilee line which offers a fantastic connection to Central London. Bus routes also pass by the development to Edgeware and Harrow giving easy access to other routes. Canons Park and Bently priory are nearby and offer opportunity to walk in green open spaces. Residents parking is available in allocated bays, mainly in secure garage. There are visitor bays available.

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

Nothing in particular, just general leashold advice. Always read the lease and seek legal advice if your unsure about anything. Do research and identify any leasehold hot topics which may warrant extra consideration.

What is the best feature of your home:

Modern design with high spec appliances. Balcony faces South east so get good light and sunshine for most of the day.

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

There are so many reason we would not have moved here if we had known certain things before hand. The area is nice and transport links are great. There are also great local amenities. However, there are a lot of do's and don'ts. We have toddlers and to ensure they do not throw anything off the balcony and hit anyone walking, we put up white netting, which we were told to remove as apparently its a health & safety issue! How, when the netting is made for balconies for health & safety reasons. Then they (when I say they, I mean concierge) said they don't allow anything on the balcony because basically they want it to look all the same. So, not really a health & safety issue. What's frustrating is, you're not allowed to smoke around the complex unless at a smoking point. We have called concierge 4 days in a row to tell them there is a man literally chain smoking outside our apartment. So, the smell comes into our toddlers room. No one has done anything about this! It's a joke that something that matters is not dealt with and I am told its due to staff shortage but that's not the case when they manage to get out to knock on our door about our balcony! The multi story parking is only double pushchair friendly on the ground floor and our parking spot is on top floor! Not designed effectively!

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

We have raised an issue 4 times and nothing has been done!

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

Parking and health & safety for toddlers using balcony.

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

Very close proximity to various amenities makes living here quite easy. The playground is good for kids and the outdoors are very pleasant to walk around in.

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

I wish I had known about the safety of the bike storage as my bikes were stolen from inside there.

What is the best feature of your home:

My home has a great open balcony and a really nice bright view.

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

The large supermarkets around are at least 20 mins walk away. Tube and park are near but altogether not very well connected, especially without a car

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

I wish I was aware of all the noise in the estate - residents, their kids, and visitors often have no common sense and respect to their neighbours. Lake fountains create unbearable noise all day. Management is lacking solution based approach

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

Management should be engaged and able to find solutions for genuine complaints

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

It is close to the station, shops and park which is nice. It is very noisy.

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

That the bins are collected from right outside our window so it is very noisy.

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

Somewhere away from the main road where it is quite.