Lived at the Manchester Bowes street residence for 4 years. The flats are nice relative to other flats in Manchester, although the price has gone up and up over the years. I was glad to leave in the end. The flat isn't without issues, most notably noise from above flats due to thin ceilings and issues with hot water. The area itself is of course a bit rough. Ringley themselves used to be a lot better, but they've went down hill. It was very difficult to get anything sorted in the later years, and they were extremely inflexible with the contract. Unfortunately for them that'll change with the renters rights, and rightly so. Most of the 5 star reviews are not genuine as the people that work there get paid for every one, so will try to convince you to leave them.