#39

Surely you get the heat from the chumps below and you can stomp around without any repercussions!

#40

pros - the Ocado man doesn’t have the choice other than to deliver 15 totes full of bottled water to your ‘sixth floor, no lift’ flat.

#41

I used to live in a flat that was the top two floors (fifth and sixth) of a low level block - flats on two levels are good as you still get a good split between living and sleeping areas plus a ton of extra storage.

It was also end of landing so only one neighbour, plus built in the 70s so you couldn’t hear anything through the massive concrete walls anyway. Three balconies too. Miss that flat…

#42

Gardens are basically rooms that get really messy even if you don’t go in them.

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#43

Top floor. My wife’s old flat was ground floor, and the floor above was a rental. A load of Aussies moved in (like, a comedy amount given it was a 2 bed) and it was a nightmare.

I can’t think of any pros, apart from them being cheaper than a house obvs.

#44

we’re on the quays and the windows are shite. it’s like a wind tunnel!

#45

Similar to this, below the flat that I lived in in Sydney was a two bed place that had eight Irish lads living in (one bathroom - must have been fun). Decent enough guys, but I’m glad I didn’t have to live below them.

Was woken at 5am one morning by immigration control smashing their front door in and hauliing one of them off for overstaying his visa. Heady times…

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#46

This is a con for me - whenever we’ve had online delivery we’ve had to go outside and ferry it in because the delivery driver doesn’t want to leave his van on double yellows. Can’t wait to get a car so I can be done with online shopping (there’s no big supermarkets around me, and fuck taking a big shop on the bus)

#47

Would quite like a garden or even a balcony to get some plants growing but from this thread it sounds like ballache

#48

wtf

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#49

that sounds amazing

#50

Tell me about it japesy. I think it started with a small little cabinet thing for a few pairs of shoes - like how some fancy apartment buildings have little side tables in the corridors? But it’s grown and it just looks a fucking mess if I’m honest.

#51

My old neighbours used to do this. Was a bit of a state but then they evicted for reasons I won’t go into here.

#52

don’t people piss and spit in them

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#53

I don’t rate my neighbours highly, but I don’t think they’re the type to do that!

#54

On the subject, I’ve lived on an estate where delivery drivers refused to deliver to because they kept getting mugged.

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#55

I live on the tenth floor.
Pros:
Pretty amazing views tbh
Only one set of neighbours
I pay less rent than any of you probably (not including people who still live with their parents)

Cons:
Small
Lift is also quite small and sometimes pissed in
General sketchies hanging around the stairwell

#56

has anyone mentioned upstairs neighbours flooding their, and therefore also your, bathroom?

also really enjoying communal bins and people just dumping stuff outside the building where the magic bin fairies will come and pick it up. the other week there was a massive dog poo right outside the front door :weary:

#57

If there’s a massive dog outside my front door it can poo wherever it likes.

#58

It did not look particularly appealing from the outside (it was part of the estate that 15 Storeys High was set on) but it was damn spacious on the inside. £950 a month which was/is pretty cheap for a two-bed in zone 1/2 London - I used to sublet the second bedroom when I needed some cash and then keep it as a spare when I was feeling flush. Free centralised building heating too.

It’s part of this Southwark scheme for anyone who is interested…