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GoogleClaire was extremely helpful and responsive during my process. Very quick and easy! So far so good!
Jessica Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Jessica, its great to hear Claire was so helpful and that the process was quick and easy. Enjoy your time at East Village. All the best, Matt Stansfield, Lettings Manager
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GoogleClaire and Zareena were very efficient, friendly and helpful during the rental process. I recommend this service for everyone.
Raphael Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Raphael, thanks so much for your kind words about Claire and Zareena it's great to see they were so helpful when finding your new home. We hope you enjoy your time in East Village. All the best, Matt Stansfield, Lettings Manager
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GoogleGreat experience on the last day trying to move into our flat, Thanks to Charlotte and Fahad and a special thanks to Zainab for staying late and getting it over the line. Great team.
Dunmola Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Dunmola, thankyou, we at East Village always go the extra mile for our residents, we really hope you enjoy your time here!
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
East Village
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GoogleGreat service, very quick and modern way of renting. Zainab was very kind and provided an excellent service in the letting. Billy was flixable and available and did a good job in the viewings π β¦
Ahmed Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Ahmed
Thank you for your great feeback, we hope you enjoy living in the East Village!
Very best
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
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GoogleI highly recommend Getliving services, especially the services of Zainab Fayad who has been exceptionally great in helping us through the entire process. She was always available and supporting in any way she could. Great services.
James Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
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GoogleIf you want gut wrenching uncertainty, Get Living! If you want catatonic indifference, Get Living! Morose teenagers in the reception? Get Living! No rental agreement despite countless follow ups? Get Living! Luxury price levels in one of the roughest boroughs in London? Get Living! ... Get Living: A new, troubling way of renting.
K Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi K Z Lawson,
Weβre really sad to read this and would like to know more about how we can make things better.
We appreciate the time youβve taken to share your feedback but if thereβs anything you wish to discuss further, please do get in touch via hello@getliving.com and our team will do their best to help.
Best wishes,
Sophie Danes, Head of Operations at East Village
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GoogleRented with them recently. Had an amazing and fast service from Billy and Zainab to help me with the contract and move in admins. Highly recommend if u need somewhere decent and quick to rent.
Susan Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Susan, great to hear, we hope you have a great time in East Village!
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
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GoogleThe area where Get living rent pout the flats i.e. East Village, has become very unsafe over the period of time. the security has been decreased in last few years. My son was mugged and robed by four near Sainsbury on 16th November around 10:30PM Fortunately he is safe but terrified. Police complaint was also made but I feel the area will become risky to live. Think before renting a property in this area.
Pankaj Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Dear Pankaj,
We are very sorry to hear about what happened to your son but are glad to hear that he is now safe. We have spoken to Team East Village security and understand that East Villageβs dedicated Police Team who are leading on the investigation, have offered aftercare support and are in touch with updates.
We would like to reassure you that the East Village security team numbers have stayed the same for the last three years and still operate a 24/7 service as well as having a Police Team based on site to help make East Village a safe place to live - in comparison to neighbouring areas East Village has one of the lowest incidents of crime and the highest detection rates by our Police Team.
Weβve taken your comments on visibility on board and will feed this into ongoing reviews of our patrol routes.
Our best wishes to you and your son,
The team at Get Living and Team East Village
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GoogleVery nice and good communication.
Was in communication with different teams throughout my move.
I was also helped with my accommodation, where the team, actually different teams, has/have taken extra steps to help me out.
Many thanks,
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Bratt Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
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GoogleClaire and Zainab! Thank you so much!!!
I'm new to UK so there were some difficult challenges to overcome. But Claire and Zaniab assisted me to sort out all the problems! They always answered my questions promptly and they wewe always kind and professional!
Thank you very much again! I can't wait to move in to my new home!
Byeongcham Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Byeongcham
We are so pleased you had a great experience! we really hope you enjoy your time in the East Village.
Very best
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
East Village
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GoogleVictory Plaza East Village Stratford.
Flat is nice and have only good things to say about the property itself (new build), area is nice but have to note the following for potential tenants to be aware as people should make an informed decision on accepting a lease.
SkyQ came as part of lease, however SkyQ does not work in the building as confirmed multiple times by Sky Engineers. Sky will not attend the building again until this is rectified by building maintenance etc. Contacted GetLiving on this and it's just been a cyclical conversation with nothing being achieved.
Also offered a 'home entertainment' pack as part of lease deal with a television etc with not being received for over a month with no resolution in sight.
Concierge offered in building but they don't accept and hold delivery packages etc so end up with anything of size being delivered to the local post office. Nice people though to say hi and bye to as you walk in and out but that's effectively it.
The above was a part in our decision of paying a higher than required lease for the area so just wanted people to be aware as knowing this would have influenced our decision.
Klintyn Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Klintyn,
Iβm sorry to hear about the difficulties youβve experienced on moving in to Victory Plaza, our team has got in touch with an update on SkyQ and your TV today to resolve these issues.
At Victory Plaza we have Renz Parcel Boxes for residents to use as we are not able offer a concierge parcel holding service, once you have an account set up you can collect your parcels from the post room 24/7. Should you need any assistance with this please contact the Victory Plaza team, who will be happy to help you with this.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback, we really appreciate it and we hope we will be able to convert those two stars into a five for you soon.
Nimmi, Head of Relationship Management
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GoogleGreat working with get living. Special recommendation for Zainab Fayad and Claire Oki who have be exceptionally helpful during our moving in process. I highly recommend the agency.
Jonathan Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
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GoogleZareena was super helpful with the process of renting our new flat. She was patient, informative and quick to respond throughout the process and Get Livingβs system was easy to navigate.
Jennifer Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Jennifer, thanks for the 5* star. Its great to hear that Zareena was so helpful. We'll look forward to seeing you at one of our events soon :) Matt Stansfield, Lettings Manager
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GoogleI would like to say special thank you to Zainab Fayad for her great service . She was extremely helpful and supportive throughout the whole process. She was always available and kind with us. I appreciate the time and effort Zainab has put into making sure we have a smooth move in.
Paolo Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Paolo, thank you so much for taking the time to post a review, weβll pass on your comments to Zainab!
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GoogleIt was a great experience renting this new apartment. The staff are friendly, the building is clean, and the apartment is comfortable. Zareena and Charlotte really helps me out during the process. Thanks to them.
Jun Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Jun
Thank you for the great feedback, we really hope you enjoy living in your new home in the East Village!
Very best
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
East Village
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GoogleHow is renting at E20, East Village, London?
Awful.
Be very careful before considering renting in East Village. Only for short term corporate lets, rich students and flat shares. Loads of unruly behaviour at night, and the large ratio of social housing brings parents along with it who think it fine for toddlers to be out shouting and playing in the courtyards after midnight when the weather is warmer. No sense of
community at all because the high churn rates at Get Living and of the residents means this is a very artificial way to live.
By the way, I am a certified GLL resident so although they have tried to imply people who are not residents are complaining below, I can absolutely confirm the awful service personally.
Relationship management is something a normal landlord does not offer you, so although it has been variable at best, it is something to differentiate renting in East Village. More recently, Beth Scott in my RM team has been excellent and Sam Richardson who heads the overall RM team is more than reasonable (but suffers high turnover within her teams and hence finds it difficult to offer a consistent service - but they have both left now so their asking for my recommendations just shows they were using this as a springboard for their careers).
East Village Maintenance does not have enough dedicated people to address your maintenance issues, faces huge staff turnover and may not attend your issues for many weeks unless they are deemed urgent (like arriving at A&E). That service has deteriorated over the more than 3 years I have been here. This is the weakest link here at East Village. Waiting week upon week to have something essential fixed is not acceptable and impacts your right to peaceful enjoyment of your property enormously. It is totally unacceptable to treat residents like this at this at this kind of rent per sq ft.
Heating, electricity and water bills will be enormous. These flats are meant to be energy efficient, but they are the opposite looking at the bills. My partner moved out of East Village recently and her utility bills went down by 70% for another 2 bedroom flat which was only slightly smaller!!!!!!
My advice is that if you want to consider this high end price, concierge type of living, you need to know you will probably get a reasonably newly built property to live in which is nice to look at. If you go for furnished your furniture will fall apart at the slightest touch (Wayne Hemingway is a great designer, but the furniture in the furnished flats falls apart way too easily) and your mattress will be almost impossible to sleep upon. If you question the mattress quality, the answer will be - go put your mattress in one of our storage pods (which we will charge you for weekly) and go buy a decent mattress to sleep on because we could not relocate ours into one of the thousands of flats we have because we want to charge you a storage charge every week. Hardly the response you would expect from a landlord at this end of the price bracket, and sleep is essential in any property you rent.
Ultimately, renting in London is a very hit and miss experience. GLL get it right on some levels and very wrong on others. Telling tenants to go take a hike because they cannot sleep on the awful mattresses is a real cheek and the rigmarole associated with getting anything fixed in a reasonable amount of time means I cannot recommend this any more.
Do not come here unless the area really appeals to you (it is very clean and secure), you do not mind party music in the courtyards at weekends from student occupied flats and you do not mind waiting weeks for maintenance issues.
Steve Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
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GoogleJust signed my contract with Zainab Fayad. My situation is complex, given that I'm a foreigner whom just landed and don't have a bank account, tax nor employment history in the UK. Basically starting from zero.
But she accommodated and assisted to complete the process. I'd say 3 hours of solid work, but all the while very pleasant and helpful.
Well done Zainab, keep up this high level of service.
Mohshin Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Moshshin, thank you for taking the time to compliment Zainab, she is a star!
Very best
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
East Village
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GoogleI have had ongoing issues with Get Living London for about a year now. Nothing ever seems to be simple with them and you would think when signing up it should be considering the amount of rent you pay you would get a service to match. The staff do not give a care in the world about anything you put forward to them so if you're looking for sympathy or understanding, dont.
It first started when EDF energy debt letters for one of the properties we own were getting sent to a random address in stratford. Unbeknown to us we had been taken to court and was in over Β£2,000 worth of debt from unpaid electricity bills from the past 4 years. I explained this to get living london and asked why the bills were getting sent to this random address and surprise,surprise they had no idea. I got nothing from them rather than we don't know, it's not our fault and passing the blame. There was a young couple and a small baby left with no electricity which is as far as i'm concerned one of the most basic requirements of a living space and what we pay so much money for.
Every issue we encounter is managed by us rather than being managed by our "Relationship manager" and again what we spend so much money for.
Next we have the lack of customer service and how they take forever to fix maintenance issues.
No one in the get living office seems to have a clue what is going on. Every Time I have visited I always get different answers from different people. It seems there is a massive lack in communication between staff resulting in a complete failure to ever achieve anything.
I am quite frankly completely bowled over when anything seems to go right and think its too good to be true so i have to double check things anyway just to make sure!
You do not get any updates if a maintenance issue has been fixed unless they feel like putting a paper slip on your dining room table, so this is another thing I have to chase on a weekly basis.
As a company renting from Get Living London we expect to be able to put all our trust in them to make sure our properties are a safe and great place to live in. Unfortunately due to my personal experience I have no trust in them and seem to spend more time chasing them/checking things myself than they do helping me out.
It is quite sad as the flats themselves and the area is a lovely place to live but they let it down hugely and I would advise people to not rent here just for that fact simply.
I do hope that Get Living take these bad reviews on board as its such a shame because the properties are lovely. It is just the relationship management team that let the side down.
Daisy Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Daisy,
Thank you for taking the time to leave your feedback, I am so sorry to hear of your experience.
I have contacted you directly to help get this cleared up for you.
Please donβt hesitate to get in touch if there is anything else we can do for you.
Kind Regards
Collene Doherty, Head of Relationship Management Portlands
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GoogleGet Living Stratford is one of the top agency/management companies I have contacted in London during the last years. They have really helpful and friendly staff and they made the whole process of securing the house and finalising the lease really quick and easy.
Zainab Fayad was the person in charge for preparing our contract. Zainab was really quick and professional when replying to our emails/queries throughout the process.
In general, I am really pleased with the whole process.
Alexis Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Alexis
Thank you so much for the great feedback!
Sophie Danes
Head of Operations
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GoogleThis company is completely incompetent and so too are their homes.
Itβs run by a bunch of young people that have absolutely no experience, no care and no passion for their responsibility to tenants.
I have lived here for over 2 years. In our first property we had non stop leaks to my bedroom over the course 9 months. We had an incalculable number of visits to the property, holes punched into walls to assess the leak and an industrial dehumidifier installed 24/7 which considerably and unbearably raised the temperature of the entire apartment. I was moved out into temporary accommodation with half my belongings as my room mate was left in the apartment as his bedroom was unaffected by the leak. The senior manager Sophie was unsympathetic and hard nosed about the whole situation. To top it off, when they had βrepairedβ the leak I moved back in to discover another wall with a large amount of water damage on it - this is was unnoticed by the team responsible! I had to push hard for compensation in respect of the level of disturbance, time off work to move twice and the decreased quality of living in the temporary apartment.
Subsequently terminated our contract on the property and moved to a new property in the village. Our new property is structurally sound and there are no issues, however the process of setting up contracts and direct debits has been frustrating, exhausting and the level of incompetence and non-communication within their teams is astonishing.
We were informed our direct debit was set correctly but on 5th Jan 2020 no payment was taken. We immediately contacted GLL who advised us the DD was set up correctly and to be patient. A day later with no payment taken, I went to the management office and was again told to wait. Yesterday my housemate sent an email reflecting the above but received no response. Today we received a threatening email telling us to make a payment and informing us βFailure to provide an update and clear this outstanding balance will result in an arrears notification being added to your accountβ. I had to go back into the management office today, make a manual payment and listen to a half hearted apology about templated email that is sent out when rent is not paid on time. When I raised the point that the person who sent the mail could have first checked our notes which reflected our attempts to resolve this issue and sent a more appropriate email rather than their template - I was met with dumbfounded expression and silence.
I am sick to death of this company. I only stay here because it is bang on the door step of work and it is no convenient to move whilst I am studying an MSc degree. Otherwise I would move immediately. Rent is overpriced for the quality, disturbance from nearby projects is continuous and the level of management is a joke.
I would strongly advise anyone considering living in a village like this to opt for another or rent privately!
Dean Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Dear Dean,
My name is Jackie Robinson and I am the new General Manager at Get Living, East Village, I was really disappointed to learn of your experience and have just sent you an email directly in the hope that we can meet to discuss this further. Delivering great service in a seamless way is our upmost priority, and I can see we have let you down in this circumstance.
I hope to hear back from you..
Kind regards
Jackie
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GoogleGet Living were incredibly helpful during such an unprecedented period. We really appreciated their effort, particularly Charlotte - who went above and beyond to ensure everything was ready for us on our moving day.
Thanks!
Chris Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
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GoogleThe people I spoke to at the agency themselves were very helpful to sort out the moving in process and helped tackle all of our problems. The reason why this isnt 5 stars is because the verification company canopy which is a website designed to give you a credit check and see if you are fit to rent was flawed and quite literally broken at every step. This meant we had to manually go through all the checks but both Zainab and Charlotte were very helpful in that. One more criticism is that they are so slow to answer the phone. I respect massively that companies can be busy. But to be left 45 min on hold waiting for someone to answer the phone and for this to be case almost every time you call them no matter what time of the day is well frustrating. I hope its something they look into.
Salim Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Salim,
Thanks for the review and the positive comments about Zainab & Charlotte. We take all feedback from customers seriously and we will look to make improvements where possible. Welcome to East Village :)
All the best,
Matt Stansfield, Lettings Manager
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GoogleRikki Lam and Zainab Fayad have been absolutely fantastic at getting the right apartment and navigating through all the paperwork - it's been a dream run. Very happy with the service, apartment, and Get Living! It's been a challenging time for everything else in life but glad this was smooth sailing. Much appreciated!
Lewis Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
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GoogleGet Living Stratford cannot do enough for you, to make everything about finding your dream home perfectly seamless.
They're quick to answer all questions/emails and very friendly and professional throughout.
Special shout out to Charlotte at Get Living who helped me find my dream place and has been so enthusiastic, lovely and helpful throughout the whole process.
The apartments are absolutely beautiful, they're all very high spec and surrounded by plenty of green parkland and space. I'm so happy to live here! :)
Louise Β· 12 June 2020 Β· Get Living London (1 East Park Walk)
Agent replied Β· 11 June 2024
Hi Louise,
Thank you so much for your lovely comments - we'll be sure to pass on your comments to Charlotte! So glad to hear you're loving life in East Village :)
Sophie, Head of Operations at East Village
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