The Ropeworks, EH6

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

The location is great in my opinion - very close to buses (Foot of Leith Walk), soon there will be tram stop about 4 or 5 min away. Walking is absolutely fine if you have time - only about 2 miles to the city centre (princess street). Neighborhood is good, cannot complain. There is a lot of restaurants or cafes to choose from, either Leith walk or nearby Shore area. Tesco Lidl Aldi few minutes away walking. Free on street parking most streets. 20 minutes walk to the sea (portobello -very north side ). Leith - lovely place to live.

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

I raised a broken lock in bike store - break-in. It took few weeks to get sorted. As a matter of security (having my personal stuff there) I would have expected the door to be repaired just a bit quicker.

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

When cooking, there's extractor hood, but there's no vent for the steam to go to. Everything stays in the kitchen. Weird.

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

Transport links are good and trams to come

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

I haven’t had many reportable issues but shower is still not working appropriately with no help thus far...

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

The length of time building site would be here.

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

- 5-10 min walk through park to shopping centre, local restaurants & buses to city. Living close to a large park has been a bigger perk than initially expected, especially during covid time. - poor bicycle infrastructure and until tram works complete, mediocre connection to airport (both airlink 100, 200 and tram don't stop in walking distance)

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

The self-closing hinges in the doors required purchase of some door stoppers. They can be quite loud especially when people are sleeping.

What is the best feature of your home:

Definitely build quality - It's well isolated reducing heating costs and unlike many other Edinburgh flats I've seen, no crooked walls or creaking floors.

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

Leith Links is a stone's throw away, and Leith Walk and the Shore are each within 10 minutes walking distance with all the shops, bars, supermarkets etc. that they offer.

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

It would have been good to have had it explained to us where the waste/recycling areas and bicycle storage are and how to access them before we moved in, as well as the security code to access the secure car park where the bicycle storage is situated, as we had to find this out ourselves after moving in.

What is the best feature of your home:

The long, modern open plan living & dining area with the floor to ceiling windows and balcony off is very comfortable and practical, and in a west-facing flat it's a real pleasure to spend time there on sunny days.

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

The area is very central and close to local amenities however it would be handy to have a convenience store downstairs in one of the empty plots. The Leith Links outside is perfect for our dog.

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

Who the sub-contractor was.

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

More care being taken with regards to the painting work, plaster work and would be sealant around the kitchen.