Vive Living

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

The Deptford area is great to live in -- sadly, all 83 flats are being evicted from this building with 2-4 months notice.

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

Building management refuses to dignify our requests to meet with senior management, despite chucking everyone out of their homes with no clear explanation.

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

I wish I'd known how little regard the landlord holds for the legal contracts they and their tenants sign. They also suddenly included break clauses into all contracts drawn up for the current signing period, when previous leases with fixed terms had no break clause.

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

Close to Deptford high street with many shops, cafes, restaurants. Transport is convenient, from either Deptford or New Cross you can travel to London Bridge in 5-6 minutes.

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

Most of the times they reacted quickly and get the job done.

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

Folkestone Gardens 2 mins away and post office 5 mins away

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

They increas the rent with £120-200 each year - so it’s not worth to pay for a single room £1750/month at the actual rate - they claim it’s because the actual market price - but it can’t be true as the prices didn’t go each year up for properties

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

They do but it takes time , so you need to bother them many times , also they don’t refurbish old carpets etc

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

That we can’t use the cinema lounge after 8 pm and that we can’t smoke on the open roof top / there is no designated smoking area in the building - you can’t even smoke on your own balcony - it’s not permitted.

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

Living so close to the overground is great and there are key bus routes going to central. There is an amazing array of coffee shops, restaurants and bars and a few rave destinations so it’s occasionally noisy all weekends. There is no residents parking and these are all new developments so you can’t get street parking from the council.

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

Really quickly and sent out the relevant people which was great

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

Neighbours seems really friendly and nice sense of community.

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

There is a lot of range of bars and restaurants around.. mostly pizzas and burgers unfortunately but you can still find different ones at 20 minutes walk. Transport links I found it amazing.. Appart of the overground collapsing from time to time you still got Stratford in 15 mins walk and have an alternative.. or buses or use your bicycle. There is no parking in my building unfortunately but you can always apply for resident vouchers and get a good deal if you needed… about noise .. well it’s Hackney Wick so what can you expect? …also there are a lot of buildings in construction around…but the building is well done so if you close your windows and doors it’s better.

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

I had only couple of questions or things to talk about since I’ve been here and both of them were answered promptly and with a positive response.

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

I wish there were a near post office around that’s all.. and still… I have no problem to travel a bit more for that as the rest is easily sorted.