One Brighton is innovative and impressive

I moved into the One Brighton development last October. The comments in this article give the impression it is wonderful. In reality, there have been problems with the heating system, meaning a number of residents have had inadequate heating over an extremely cold winter (still not resolved and in addition, an extortionate daily standing charge amounting to the equivalent of fuel consumption which nobody was made aware of until they received their fuel bill!). A small number of antisocial tenants have already caused damage which will very likely cause an increase in the service charge levied by the managing agents, and I think that some residents couldn't care less about carbon footprints, more where their next can of lager or fix is coming from. Despite the fact that there are adequate recycling bins located outside the main entrances, some residents do not seem to be capable of using them, preferring to dump their rubbish next to them for somebody else to deal with. You can lead a horse to water....... Perhaps they should have waited until the buildings were fully occupied for a few months and held a residents satisfaction survey before awarding prizes!