Greenwich Millennium Village, SE10

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

Pros: - great views of Southern park, the ecology park and Canary wharf - nice walks around the riverside - very family-friendly, lots of green spaces, a few playgrounds for the children, a nearby nursery, pharmacies, a GP practice and dental practice. There are also primary schools nearby. - within walking distance of North Greenwich tube station and Cutty Sark - in close proximity to the O2 arena which has a range of shops - availability of grocery stores near us, IKEA within walking distance - 30 min walk from Greenwich park / Cutty sark - the streets around the development are very quiet and clean and feel safe in the evening Cons: - parking in the development is very restricted unless you own your own parking space. - very few bins have been installed around the development (particularly Rennie street) - while our building is finished, there is ongoing construction next to us and the street in front of the building is still being built. This has made deliveries difficult at times as drivers can't find the location of the building easily. - Blackwall tunnel closures on some weekends make car travel difficult.

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

We wish to have known how long the building works next to us would go on for.

What is the best feature of your home:

The best features of the home are many - open plan, nice views, warmth, modern-looking spaces.

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

There is a handful of shops in the village ranging from food shops, cafes, hairdressers and pharmacy. The open green spaces are well maintained and beautiful. The ecology Park has had a footpath closed for around a year, and a lot of the paths are rotten which is dangerous. Antisocial behaviour has been on the rise. The heating and hot water is constantly an issue with the service not working.

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

Sometimes yes, but not often. When they do respond they are slow to deal.

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

That more and more buildings would go up around us, dampening the main reason we moved: The view!

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

The flat is located in a convenient location. You can access the o2 ikea and cutty sark very easily. It is also very quiet.

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

No not actively anyway. Residents have tried to reach out regarding management fees but we haven’t heard back.

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

That the development was going to continue expanding. When we moved in we were told there will not be any more phases but the construction just doesn’t stop

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

Fabulous green areas and very pleasant walk through parkour along river to North Greenwich station to co-op‘s within the vicinity and a Tesco Metro down by North Greenwich station also buses run from North Greenwich regularly to Greenwich millennium Village Square but it is an easy and pleasant walk through the park loads of restaurants in the vicinity. And regular local events music/art/sport/cinema particularly in the summer are we still in often f free as well as regular craft/food markets down by the O2 Square near North Greenwich station and fabulous shopping outlet at the icon at the O2 amazing place to live great walks along river pier for taking river buses into central London or east to Barking nothing negative to say about the local area it’s really lovely

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

Be aware a lot of black dust comes into the apartment from local building work so you will be constantly wiping down your bathroom and worktops and hoovering enjoy the ecology park area when it comes into life in the spring it is particularly beautiful and there are also great walks in the less gentrified part of the river past the Greenwich yacht club going towards Charlton. Is a chance to see a more historic part of the river that reflects the original working river of the past there is so much to talk about at Greenwich peninsula- definitely advised anybody to walk around thoroughly the local areas and parks and river and also the icon shopping outlet and check out the local restaurants plus another advantage is being either walking distance along the river or a short bus ride away or a short Thames Clipper ride away from the historic part of beautiful Greenwich with the Royal Navy College being an incredible feature with many summer events and outdoor cinema. It is a wonderful place to live it is a pity we are let down by the cladding crisis and the unattractive Remedio work on local buildings taking place plus the amount of building in the local area and the Silvertown tunnel which none of us wanted and of course it is very important that the management company continues to keep the development in clean and maintained order to ensure ascetics remain as they were when the property was new as service charges on all these developments. Need to be considered bear in mind that the first year of service charge on new developments will definitely not reflect what you will be paying five years later the first year of service charge is always lower and more established developments are more realistic of future service charges those people with the car will need to find property on older developments which offered car parking for more abundantly than the new developments to be prepared to pay a premium of £20,000 to 25,000 or more for a parking space and also to pay service charges extra of around £350 a year for a secure parking space within the development - Check that residents are not allowed to carry out Airbnb in the older developments they are definitely not allowed to rent out in the short term only for a minimum of a six months tenancy we have seen many suitcases going in about and out of newer developments which suggests that people are renting out on Airbnb which should not be permitted in residential blocks assured short hole tenancy is with a minimum of six months of the normal lease time rules

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

The community itself is lovely. Loads of shops close by, but not so close it feels busy. The open space and the Ecology park is amazing. There is a lot of construction noise as a lot of the village is still being built. We were told there was more resident services prior to moving in, such as a gym etc but this doesnt seem to exsist.

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

They don't respond often, but you need to contact them regularly to get electric meter readings which are in hall communal cupboards. A bit of a silly process for thousands of homes.

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

Wish I knew that the village was not as huge of a community as advertised. Expected more village markets etc in the square. We do have some events through which is great. Also wished we knew that building were going up the other side of the ecology park, as this is now our main view point instead of the lake.