Deptford Foundry, SE14

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

After a year and a half of living here I still love it, the flat is great and the location is excellent. So many great amenities and so easy to get into central.

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

Slow and often unhelpful. I have had a window I cannot open since Sept last year and it still isn't sorted..

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

How slow the management company would be at sorting out issues.

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

Walking distance to green spaces / parks as well as Thames Pathway. There are cycle ways cutting through the neighborhood making it easy to get to central London and the City.

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

Responses, when any, are not great - usually in a passive-aggressive tone.

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The bicycle storage rooms aren't safe. There have been many break-ins and thefts.

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Love living in Deptford Foundry; the experience is great. The area is an underrated spot in zone 2 with great transport links to central and east London. So much development is happening, it feels like an exciting place to live.

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

They are quick to respond and I've personally had very little issues with them.

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

I wish I had known more about the home buying process before starting the process.

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Transport links are fabulous, very close to 3x useful stations and easy to get to London Bridge and beyond. Bins need to be collected more often, but I expect that is a symptom of lockdown. No traffic noise, some train noise but that is to be expected. Mixed recycling is a bonus but no food waste disposal is odd. Overall, we really enjoy living here.

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

Yes and usually very speedily and efficiently, apart from one, which we have been waiting on almost a year.

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

You can see your neighbours and they can see you. Get some new PJs and some big plants or suffer the consequences!

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

The local area is quite rural, it’s a 10 minute walk to New Cross main road where most restaurants and convenience stores are located. Also a 7 minutr walk to the nearest train station and as a student who goes to Goldsmiths it is perfectly located near my uni.

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

I have not raised an issue yet however I keep seeing my neighbours being upset with the management.

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

I was very suprised how tight of a community the development is.