Neighbourhood and local area reviews for renting in United Kingdom

Nice and lots of cafes etc. Not much trouble at all mainly just noisy students but lt very nice area.

The local area was great, Divinity Road always is with great accessibility to the local pubs and clubs, as well as Oxford Brookes. I would really reccomend this road to second year Brookes students but make sure to vet your lettings agent before you choose a property as opposed to after.

I have lived with CityRooms for a One year contract from August 2018 to August 2019. Firstly they always seem to pressure you into putting a holding deposit for rooms without a viewing. As well as booking rooms without viewing them first. However they do accept if you rather choose to wait in order to book a viewing and "risk" the room being taken by someone else.

Secondly, the only good point is that they are fairly competent when you wish to report issues. Some came up due to the landlord; such as a family of 5 (two adults and 3 children under 10 years old, including a new born baby) moving into one of the 4 rooms of my house share, which is obviously not allowed. Other cases include, blocked sinks, broken kitchen appliances and rats. They are pretty swift when it comes to repairs but these are often, such as the rodent problems.

Thirdly, they are poor when it comes to customer aftercare. They withhold deposits and leave you in the dark if you approach staff with any questions about anything you or Cityrooms needs to do, unless you have agreed to extent your contract with them, or wish to find another room with them.

And finally, whether or not you provide evidence of your room being in exactly the same condition as you found it when you arrive. They will still charge you for cleaning. This part of the process was very disheartening as it made me feel as though they are just trying to squeeze as much money out of me as they can before I leave.

So if you wish to get a room quickly, with an extremely swift sign up process, this company is ideal. However, you will be under contract and you will be under their grasp and you will concur a lot of fees and put your well-being at risk, as most of their properties (having viewed 4) have been undersized, overpriced and lack in cleanliness).

local area was fine, close to schools and shops and my neighbours were lovely, even helped me out with my court hearing...

The neighbourhood is a low income area, which shows. The people are nice, but it's not an area I'd recommend living in - it's grim, badly maintained and dirty. Quite a few "moped muggers" operate in the area, and even increased police presence did not help.

cute, quiet. Feel free to befriend neighbours (or not). Rooms are quite sound proof, but some people are clearly only just beginning to learn guitar or are excellent at piano. If there's nothing switched on in the flat, chances are you'll hear a neighbour - but it will be quite dimmed. It's a no dog zone which just means walk fast with your friend's dog so no one tells you off ;)

Richmond is nice Twickenham is overpriced and full of people who have very high opinions of themselves. Riverside is lovely.
Friday and saturday nights include the privilege of having beer bottles thrown at you and people taking a pee in front of your door. England t its best.

Quiet area in the golden triangle. The pub out front is very fancy and gets well behaved customers so never disturbed us. Chicken shop down the road and little shopping area were perfect too! So close by.

Dull 1990's houses. No crime and no public transport. Schools as in all of Ashford and Kent are overrun by feral children.

One of the best neighbourhoods in London. Nothing bad to say about the area and no reflection on this truly garbage property.