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Award winner 2023

The Slate Yard, M3

10th

Ranked 10th out of 59 in Manchester

By Legal & General & urbanbubble

4.41

(171 reviews)

The Slate Yard is a Build to Rent development located in Spinningfields, Manchester's city centre. It only a 6-minute walk away from Salford Central. In addition, residents have access to a wide range of facilities including a 24 hour on-site team, a residents' gym, housekeeping services and a residents' lounge. The development is also pet friendly.

Facilities

  • 24hr onsite management

  • Balcony

  • Bike storage

  • Communal gardens

  • Concierge

  • Coworking spaces

  • Gym

  • Laundry facilities

  • Lounge

  • Onsite maintenance

  • Parcel storage

  • Parking

  • Pet friendly

  • Private dining

  • Resident events

  • Wifi included

Useful to Know

  • Rental price: £895-£1,900 pcm
  • No. of beds: 1, 2, 3 beds
  • Availability: Yes

Awards

  • Excellence Award: 2023, 2022

  • Design Award: 2023, 2022

  • Facilities Award: 2023, 2022

  • Location Award: 2023, 2022

  • Management Award: 2023, 2022

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Latest Reviews

4.41

171 total reviews

Stats

Overall

4.53

Facilities

4.51

Design

4.44

Location

4.65

Value

4.20

Management

4.40

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Probably is the best apartment in UK

Stephen Lee (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Mar 2024

The apartment layout is in decent size with a large bathroom. Furnished with quality furniture and the matteress are very good. There is lobby, gym and working areas in two buildings serve with free coffee, tea, chocolate drink. The entire property is clean and tidy with good maintenance. Once you live in, you really don't want to move out Slateyard, probably is the best apartment in UK

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

The apartment is in a perfect location. You could walk to the retail park, city centre and China town. There plenty good restaurants nearby from KFC to high street Italian, Indian restaurant. It is closed to deansgate Rail Station and there is free bus will take you to Piccadilly. Tram is also within walking distance. If you are players at night, there are many clubs and bars. You will never bored.

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

Whenever I experienced any issue on the household or mechanical, they always there in fixing the issues at my apartment.

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

I wish I do know this property earlier. I might came to stay a few months when its started operationm

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Manager response

Hi Stephen, Thank you so much for your lovely review and how happy you were with the service provided by The Slate Yard! We are pleased that you have enjoyed our community spaces and events throughout your tenancy and wishing you all the best in your new place. Thank you once again on behalf of the entire Slate Yard team.

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Hugo Serodio, Community & Operations Manager

Mar 2024


totally recommended

salma (Tenant)

Sept 2024

it was lovely accommodation the team is very nice approachable and usually answered my concerns easy to communicate with, I do appreciate them being simple in everything not complicated and even after I moved they helped me reaching important letters

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

good area nice atmosphere close to a lot of amenities, the area itself veryrelaxing Sainsbury nearby

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

answered my concerns in time very approachable tea

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

nothing I was given clear information aommunicatio

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Nice , spacious apartment which is clean and well maintained

Sidhu (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2024

nice , spacious apartment which is clean and well maintained excellent WIFI reception and ideal facilities for tenant eg gym and dining area surrounding building is clean and has benches nicely facing the river for resting and chatting good reception service and friendly staff on site

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

very ideal location - short walk to the tram and bus stops and nearby shops are convenient short walk to city centre, post offices and restaurants with nice scenic view of the river

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

responded well to issues brought up and concerns addressed

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

good reviews from us so far and only thing beyond anyone's control is the sight of construction from the bedroom windows

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Instagram versus reality

Alex (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2024

Living here is like your expectation being set at what you see in the online brochure, in the sales pitch and what they'll curate when you view versus the actual disappointing reality. The circumstances are irksome given that we are paying a pretty penny to be here. It's like: * When you go to look out the window to enjoy your riverside views, but the window cleaning hasn't been done for over a year and dirt, cobwebs and spiders ruin the view. * When you fancy getting to know your neighbours, but the "community" socials have dried up because management have stopped bothering (probably because of an increasing amount of tenant complaints). * When the closest you get to "community" is the camaraderie in the comments of the residents' WhatsApp group, bonding over the terrible management. * When you want to have an afternoon of meditation, but then you hear other tenants' stories of how people have walked into their flats unannounced, with a key, without prior notice. * When you fancy a workout in the gym, but the weights you need are being used to prop up or hold down a piece of the estate. * When you want to "make the place your own", like the brochure and General Manager said, but the maintenance team are like "Nah, can't use that paint...Can't put anything on that wall." * When you fancy a late night hot chocolate, but the machine hasn't been serviced so all you get is pond water. * When you realise that management don't respond to your complaints and start to suspect that what they might be doing all day is writing their own reviews (after all, all that's needed to validate these is proof that you're on site). It's just a big disappointment.

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

One thing this place really has going for it is that it's well situated. Close to Salford Central train station, bus stops and convenience stores.

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

They don't respond! Seriously, just look at how they only respond to the positive reviews on here.

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

I wish I had understood the extent of the apathy/incompetence on te part of UrbanBubble in managing the flats and the estate.

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Manager response

Hi Alex, Thank you for your review. although I am honestly struggling to understand some of the points in your review: Socials have dried up - We have just a few weeks ago sent all the socials for residents for the next few weeks. We have a Sushi masterclass, Mochi event, Homeware crafting workshop, macrame classes, Yoga, Meditation, Pilates, a social with a Quizz nights, etc. Recently we held a Pilates+ Brunch class where residents commented with us on the day how good the event was and how they are looking forward to the other ones soon. So not quite sure what you mean by this. The weights in the gym used to hold a piece of estate - As mentioned before, this was a temporary measure as the floor bubbled up and turned into a trip hazard. It has since then been fixed and everything is back in the gym as normal. Make a place of your own - Unless you moved in right after the building construction has been completed (to which for the first year you can't make any alterations as the building is still settling and objects hanging on the wall might not be safe), all you need to do is to submit an alterations to dwelling form. We have conducted several mid term inspections where people have feature walls of completely different colours and this doesn't go against the norm - as long as we are informed beforehand, just like any other landlord. Hot chocolate - If the machine runs out of hot chocolate or if something clogs up, you can inform our 24h concierge which will attend to this. You also say that we are failing to address your complaints but I can't find any open complaints from yourself. I believe that a group of residents in your private whatsapp group keep making comments regarding the "terrible experience" at the Slate Yard, but we have yet to manage to speak with any of you face to face to discuss any of these issues. Once again thank you for your constructive feedback and we do hope to speak to you in the future about the issues you are facing in more detail.

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Hugo Serodio, Community & Operations Manager

Sept 2024

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Disappointing.

Tom L (Tenant)

Verified Resident

Aug 2024

On the face of it should be a great place to live and was excited to move in. Soon dwindled away on move in day when the floor was still dirty and there was paint on fixtures and fittings. It’s not got any better after that. Maintenance team try their best but aren’t helped my management/lack of it. Requests sit on the portal for a month and then are marked completed. They don’t get completed. Flats break down far too often and the response is ‘we’ll let you know’ - last time took 4 weeks. The management team let people into your apartment with zero notice. And then proclaim it’s their right to do so. Which it isn’t. They confirm so in their own contract. Gym machines break and aren’t fixed for ages. That’s when they aren’t using the weights from them to weigh down the cheap reception flooring that’s a trip hazard. I’m still using a spare key 2 months after my lock collapsed and I couldn’t enter my apartment. Windows haven’t been cleaned for about a year and they say ‘well rules changed soz’. They’re filthy now. The bed is quite comfy to be fair. You’d expect better than all the above even at a building costing much less. They just don’t seem to care about anything. The only thing they’re quick on is rent reviews. £££££.

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

Good - location, traffic noise quite low considering where we are. Bad - 8am - 6pm construction work is a myth. Often get home after these times and it’s still going on.

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

They don’t respond to anything within a decent time frame unless you kick up a fuss. Again I will say if any requests actually make it to the maintenance team, it tends to get fixed quite quickly.

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

I wish I known decent reviews on here were rewarded with Amazon vouchers. That would make them make more sense.

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The Slate Yard, M3

10th

Ranked 10th out of 59 in Manchester

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