If you enjoy encountering families of…
If you enjoy encountering families of giant rats, being exposed to improperly disturbed lead paint , not feeling safe, and having your life's work and property being ruined then Stratford Workshops is for you.
As the sign says, thieves and squatters operate in this area (yet people still prop the door open)
Bikes get stolen from corridors and appliances like microwaves get stolen from communal kitchens. Contractors are given skeleton keys and enter units without tenants being told.
Mixed toilets were introduced then had to be scrapped after complaints about safety from women following incidents.
The place is feral at weekends when no staff are onsite. Corridors and fire escapes are routinely blocked.Tennants leave doors propped open so they don't have to let customers in. Nobody from the building is contactable at weekends to attend.
Every unit has at least one sprinkler which can catastrophically fail at any moment to flood your unit, destroying furniture, electrical equipment, your portfolio, paintings, illustrations and you will not be compensated.
The lift is so old that parts need to be specially made meaning it can be out of action for months at a time.