Chelsea Waterfront, SW10

We have lived here for a few months and can we would be furious if we had bought here as we are already trying to get out of our rental contract Negatives - don’t think you are living in a secure development, it seems due to riverwalk allowance anyone can walk through which is fine but the security don’t do anything when people come in drinking or dealing - terrible building design, everytime it rains you hear this metal tapping as outside the window or has weird metal grates. - marble in apartment is cheap so it leaves water stains, and any liquid the smell stays in it. Imagine what the toilet and kitchen area smell like. - windows have a weird vent which means it feels like you have the windows open. - gym still not opened and pool very small and not that warm. Also seems design is a problem as they have floats around the pool due to water and slippery floors - wooden floors terrible as you step on it it marks and scratches - takes hours for heating to kick in. Took us 6 hours for a room to feel warm as your also fighting the window draught Good points - river views in most apartments - there is a Conceirge to collect parcels etc and who are friendly - location suitable for the majority

As a home ownership scheme buyer, I feel they took every short cut they could to maximise their profits to the determent of the lease holders, I feel the lease is discriminatory, where shared ownership/DMS scheme buyers have been excluded and treated as 2nd class citizens, feel the managing company rendall and rittner do not take the DMS residents concerns seriously and we are treated as an inconvenience they would rather not have. on the social housing side of the development there is already a drug and anti social behaviour issue, this affects not only the part ownership properties but the whole estate, I have seen what I believe obvious drug deals going on with very little or no interference from "security", many residents now live in fear of violence and the constant smell of drugs in the air. Any complaints seem to fall on def ears, and if you try push issues punitive actions are taken to make your life more difficult. The service charges have increased about 60% in 2 years, buyer beware, if these kind of increases continue, you property value will drop and selling may become impossible. even writing this review is a fear full thing to do as the reprisals could be catastrophic for my family if they know I wrote this. its like living in a communist dictatorship, all we wanted was a nice home to raise our children, not live in fear of violent drug dealers and dictator want to be developers and management company.