There's a certain point every year when the Jewellery Quarter changes pace.
The trees around St Paul's Square begin to bloom, tables spill out onto the pavements and the canals fill with people making the most of the longer evenings. After months of grey skies, the neighbourhood comes back outside.
And living at Makers Place means you're right in the middle of it.
From slow mornings with coffee to evenings spent wandering home along the canal, spring is when the rhythm of the Quarter really starts to show itself - creative, social and full of character.
Slow mornings in St Paul's Square
Spring mornings in the Jewellery Quarter are best started slowly.
Pick up a takeaway coffee from Saint Kitchen and wander across to St Paul's Square, where the cherry blossoms frame one of the city's most characterful green spaces.
Some people settle in with a book. Others gather with friends for a picnic in the first real stretch of sunshine Birmingham's seen in months. The square has always been a meeting point for the neighbourhood, somewhere the pace softens a little.
From Makers Place, it's all just a short walk from your front door.
Along the canals and through the Quarter
By afternoon, the canals begin to buzz.
Walkways fill with runners, dog walkers and groups catching the sun outside waterside bars, while narrowboats drift steadily through the water. It's one of the quieter sides of Birmingham - slower, calmer and full of small details you only notice when you take your time.
One of the best things about living in the Jewellery Quarter is that nowhere really needs planning. You can leave your apartment with no real destination and still end up discovering something new - a tucked-away courtyard, an independent shopfront or a place you end up returning to every weekend.
An afternoon shaped by craft and creativity
The maker spirit that built the Jewellery Quarter still runs through the area today.
Spend an afternoon painting pottery at Glaze Room or settle in for handmade pasta at Pasta di Piazza. Around every corner, there's another independent business adding to the character of the neighbourhood.
As the evening settles in
Spring evenings are where the Quarter really comes alive.
Otto Pizza has been a JQ favourite for years - order something from the wood-fired oven, take your time over it. Then head to The Jam House for live music and late-night cocktails in one of Birmingham's most characterful venues.
Then it's a short walk home through streets that still carry the spirit of the makers, craftspeople and independent businesses that shaped this part of Birmingham for generations.
At Makers Place, that connection to the neighbourhood isn't something added on afterwards - it's built into everyday life.