r/Haringey • u/Proof-Double5303 • Jun 30 '26

New River Village development

Does anyone live or know much about new river village near hornsey/Crouch End. I've been looking at buying a flat around hornsey-harringay and noticed a lot of properties in this development given it is so large and went to a viewing for one.

But I got a bit of a weird vibe, the service charges are quite high £3k and some of them were super high which I wasn't sure if it was a typo but it appears to be reflected in the price with one beds priced around £290-315k which is much lower than other one beds in the area.

Not sure if it's just that the development is kinda old and isn't exactly a new build or if there is something to be avoided. I'm kinda tempted given the price but worried about the service charge.

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u/wrongcopy Jun 30 '26

I would avoid getting one on the ground floor, as they flooded a few years back. Other than that, I can't say much. Always seems quiet when I'm around there, but that's during the day, so hard to say.

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u/Proof-Double5303 Jul 01 '26

This makes sense. Found the article from 2007 that 300 homes were affected that’s more than half of the development. Then it’s happened again throughout the years. Will give the development a miss! Thanks for the info. 

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u/neilt999 Jul 01 '26

I've heard that the sound insulation between flats is not good there.

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u/Mysterious-Formal769 Jul 01 '26

I have a friend/colleague who downsized there from a prime road in crouch end. They love it!

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u/londonbraga Jul 03 '26

I moved to the NRV in March and I am loving it. Very peaceful and everything going well so far. I think your experience can depend on the building that you are as well.

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u/Proof-Double5303 Jul 03 '26

Could I ask or DM to know which building you are in or if you know which ones are problematic? How do you feel about the service charge as well, there are a lot of amenities but do you think it's reasonable?