Barking Central, IG11

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

Very close to barking station and there are many shops in Barking town centre.

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

There is no parking at all. If you have a car it will be difficuly to find parking nearby.

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

Would be better to have individual boilers rather than all using a communial boiler via heat exchange unit.

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

Very close to Barking station and plenty of shops around the town centre .

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

The new building management have been better than the previous one.

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

There are issues with the hot water and at times the whole block does not have hot water. This is due to having a main boiler that previous hot water to all properties. Have seen an improvement in the past two years.

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

The area is well connected with all essential things like supermarket, banks atms, bus stops, underground station, GP. This area has all Tesco, Asda, Iceland, PoundLand, Lidil, and most valuable to me ie. high street market.

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

Building management is good in responding to the queries raised by the tenants and the owners. For example there was a lift failure issue which was raised by me and was dealt with utmost priority. Water supply also faced some issue one year back and was also managed well.

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

There is always something that you learn from any purchase. This apartment doesn't have parking so if you want to sell this property then it becomes a bit difficult.

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

This is a nice place to stay as access to supermarket , tube station, GP is easy. The tube station has easy connectivity to central London because of the C2C and district & hammersmith line trains. sometimes this place seems bit too crowded because of the high street market every alternate day in a week. There is also easy access to park and bus stop for Ilford and Romford. There are also nursery and pre-school near by.

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

I wish I would know about the rating of schools in near by areas. The rating of schools in this area is quite average.

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

I would want to have a dedicated parking for my flat along with different balcony view.

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

Likes : Ares is well connected to central london and canary wharf. So it becomes a good option for any professional. Moreover this area has all major groceries supermarket like Asda, Tesco, Lidil, Iceland, PoundLand, B&M, The perfume shop. This area also has many bank branches like HSBC, BARCLAYS, NATWEST, HALIFAX, LOYDS BANK, NATIONWIDE. This area also has a TheGym which also an added advantage. Dislikes: This area has some major security issues in the evening time. Stabbing and loot has been quite frequent in recent past. Schools in this area also dont have that good rating I think.

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

There has been water issue in the past but not very frequent.

What is the best feature of your home:

A home with a wide garden in front of my house with a big parking.