The Rehearsal Rooms, W3

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

There are no good aspects. The bad ones are: Area is always noisy and crowded bacuse the A40 is nearby -constant traffic noise-, the Tube Station is next door -trains and passengers noise-, two convenient shops nearby with cars parking all over front of them. Also, there are lots of open spaces where drunks, druggies and tourists, there are two hotels nearby, hang around and just be a nuisance. With the completion of One West Point, there are about 2000 more people moved to the area and they are building another three or four block towers just next door. The area begin to feel like Heathrow when flights are cancelled.

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

You constantly have to keep reminding them if you want anything done.

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

The Gigantic Rip Off called Community Utilities. Basically, you have to pay this company to heat up the water for you to use. Savills and Community Utilities agree on the charge between them, you have no say in the matter, but YOU have to pay it. You are not allowed to change the supply company, Community Utilities, either. An electric shower and radiators, plus a small electric boiler for kitchen and bathroom sink would work just fine and would be half the cost than what this unnecessary, forced-upon-you company is charging. Savills does not seem to be on the tenants side.

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

North Acton is a great place to live. Transport links are fantastic! There are lots of local amenities and we’re right next to the A40.

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

They’ve mostly been quick and easy to deal with. The on site team are lovely!

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

When we moved in four years ago, we didn’t realise that HS2 was going to be so disruptive.

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

The building is about 1 minute from the tube station and plenty of busses, roughly 10 minutes walk to elizabeth line. Tesco express and sainsbury local within 1 minute walk. Unfortunately no pubs or restaurants in the surroundings

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

They respond very quickly, but one of our windows needs a new latch and we have been waiting for it for 7 months.

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

Just that there are no shops except tesco and sainsbury close by and no restaurants or pubs.

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

Good options for shops in terms of groceries and deliveries in the area. Westfield only a few stops away on central line. Close proximity to Nort Acton tube station and buses toward Wembley/Hammersmith nearby.

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

Up until our window issue, everything has been flawless.

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

That windows would take so long to repair, that parts must be ordered from abroad. Apparently a very unusual mechanism is used to lock/unlock

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

Although there is limited parking available the area is worth the minor inconvenience, you have everything you need on your doorstep from excellent transport links to food and coffee shops with major retailers just down the road, very little traffic noise and hardly any anti social behaviour, overall a great place to live.

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

We have had very few issues but when we have the team’s response is immediate and they keep you updated, when the heating went on one occasion they were out to fix it within 2 hours even though it was late in the evening.

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

How quiet it is, with the balcony doors closed you don’t hear a thing, also good neighbours who are respectful of your privacy but very polite and cordial.