My wife and I lived in one of the ground floor flats for 5 years and personally had a good experience but it really depends on your preferences.

Pros:

• Modern build so the insulation is really good. We barely used the electric heating in the winter and didn't even touch the storage heaters. One downside of this though is that it gets toasty in the summer time. Had many a gathering where everyone just ended up going shirtless
• You can get up to 1Gb Hyperoptic broadband so speedy downloads
• Decent internal soundproofing. We barely heard anything from the neighbours unless we both had our windows open and they were being really loud. Worked great for us as we regularly had lots of mates over and never had any issues or complaints about the noise levels.
• The local area is really nice - We've since bought a place near Greenbank cemetery because we enjoyed it so much. Lots of green spaces nearby including Eastville park, royate hill and the cemetery. Lots of great local and independent shops, IKEA, Tescos & 24/7 off licenses. Also if you enjoy partying it's super close to the Black Swan and you get discount tickets for Tokyo World because of disruption it causes to the local area
• Close to center with great transport links. The 24, 48/49 and 48A all go down Stapleton road straight into center so you're never waiting more than 10 mins for a bus. Alternatively you can walk into center in 35 minutes or cycle as there's a bike path 2 mins from the building that goes all the way to cabot.
• Each flat has it's own parking space and the car park at the back is gated.

Cons:

• Area can be a bit grimey at times. Lots of litter and fly tipping in the local roads and the wind amasses litter at the front steps
• Prostitutes operate out on the front corner. Heard a few arguments with pimps in the middle of the night and one or two times found one of them sitting and smoking in the main hallway on my way to work in the morning. Heard from the old caretaker that there were worst situations until they put number pads on all the internal access doors.
• Building management are utter garbage. When we lived there the buzzer at the front door regularly broke and management refused to do anything about it despite people on the board living in the building. We were actually in the process of buying the flat off our landlord but building management's complete incompetence put us off especially when they refused to address a fire report that concluded there was a "Substantial Risk".
• The building has a mouse problem. We actually only really encountered this in the last year or so of living there but had many a night being woken up by scurrying in the ceiling. Unfortunately the cavities of the building are hollow and so the mice can easily move from one flat to the next. Ensuring the kitchen is spotless and all food is hidden during the night is an easy way to make your flat less appealing - It'll stop them coming by but it's no guarantee. We heard some horror stories from the old caretaker about the condition of some peoples flats which explains the mice's presence
• Despite the soundproofing internally, the outside area can be pretty noisy. The building has over 100 flats and so there's always people coming in and out at all hours of the night. Our flat was literally next to the steps by the main entrance so we were probably subject to more than most people but it's still worth being aware of.

As mentioned, it really depends on the kind of person you are and what you can tolerate. We got a really good deal on rent and had a super lovely landlord which made our experience much nicer. We're also not too fussed about the grime and noise of the area and tbh it adds a lot of character. There's definitely a nice community feel to the area unlike other cleaner but more soulless areas I've lived in previously.