The quality of flats and facilities is very low, with communal facilities not working and taking months to fix. Lack of hot water is common, forcing freezing showers, and management applies patch over patch so issues recur every few days.
London City Island, E14
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Add your review to unlockA stylish, well-designed high-up apartment with amazing London views and a good layout, the kitchen island separating cooking and living spaces for easy hosting. On-site gym and spa facilities are a major plus.
Design is improving with additions like a post box and maps. Facilities are great, including an amazing outdoor pool, useful post room, and helpful concierge. Some small issues remain but are expected to be resolved.
The development's design, inside and out, is loved and makes the resident proud to live there as part of a cool community unlike anywhere experienced before. The only area for improvement is the gym, which needs expansion.
Context for E14 — each tile answers a question renters actually ask.
Every crime reported to police within about a mile of here in the most recent published month. We show the total and the most common type.
Your nearest National Rail or tube/metro/tram station, as the crow flies. Closer means easier life without a car (a real walk is a little further).
The share of households that rent privately (rather than own or rent socially), from the 2021 Census. Higher means more of your neighbours rent too.
Where this neighbourhood sits on the government’s Index of Multiple Deprivation. Decile 1 is England’s most-deprived 10%; decile 10 the least. It blends income, employment, health, crime, housing and more.
Whether fast home broadband for working from home is available here. Superfast is ≥30 Mbps; full-fibre/gigabit is much faster.
The total yearly Band D council tax a resident pays here — the council’s own charge plus county, GLA, police and fire precepts. Your actual bill depends on your property’s valuation band.
The average price homes have recently sold for across the local authority (HM Land Registry House Price Index) — a feel for how pricey the area is.
The area’s long-term risk of flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water, per Environment Agency mapping.