The Julian is overpriced, poorly managed, and offers a poor living experience behind the illusion of luxury. Do not move here.
I am a graduate student on a budget, but seeing as I only needed the apartment for a year or so, I decided to splurge on the Julian. The last apartment I lived in costed a quarter of what the Julian does, so I expected a significantly nicer standard of living. Other than the gym and pool, which are nice enough, that is not what I got.
For a building that is less than
...two years old, there are a shocking number of infrastructure issues at the Julian. At least one of the building's elevators is broken at all times, often stranding residents in the process (myself included). If any of the smoke detectors in any of the units go off, the entire building is evacuated by deafening sirens and flashing lights. This is going to sound like an exaggeration, but sadly it is not - this has happened roughly twenty times over the course of my year-long stay here, all but one a false alarm. At one point we had evacuations on four straight days, two of them during Hurricane Ian, forcing residents and their pets outside and into the storm.
On the subject of management, the Julian's is the worst I've ever experienced. The day I moved into the Julian, I had an appointment scheduled by management to be given my keys. Nobody showed for several hours, and I had to wait in the lobby for most of the day. That management team was far better than the two that have since replaced it. Current management is incompetent, rude, predatory, and completely unwilling to address even the smallest request without acting as though you are inconveniencing them. When I tried to go month-to-month to extend my lease for a short period, I could not get a straight answer as to what I'd be paying and how the transition to month-to-month would work.
Finally, let's talk about the other tenants. For whatever reason, the Julian is a magnet for inconsiderate people. Obviously there are plenty of residents who are nice and normal - but they are not the ones who affect your living experience. The tenants who play music at nightclub volumes after midnight, do hard drugs at the pool, go swerving around the tight corners in the parking garage, and leave dog poop and urine in the hallways and elevators are the ones who do affect your experience.
There is even more to take issue with that I won't go into, but if you have read this far, you get the picture. Don't move to the Julian.
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