I lived here for 2 years.
Even though it looks like a luxurious apartment building, it is still in DTLA. There will be homeless people coming in, people on drugs, following you, people sleeping in stairwells, stealing packages, sewage smells & urine smells inside & out.
It's a pet friendly building in a city. You can expect lots of poorly socialized dogs, lots of barking, dog excrement everywhere, owners who cant or wont curb their pets.
The apartment was quiet for downtown and clean. The
...bath tub is huge. Generally things look very nice but are poorly constructed/maintained or just of low quality.
When we first moved in there was water damage and a smell in the bathroom, it took several calls until someone actually came and fixed the issue. The bathroom cabinet was water damaged for our entire stay here. I asked if it could be fixed or replaced (since it's a luxury building, high prices, etc) and all they did was paint over the damage.
There's a pretty high turnover rate of renters here- it doesn't look like folks stay for long.
During our stay, the building switched management companies. After, the level of upkeep has gone down. They've become less responsive and lost a lot of our information in the swap. With the original management we had received so much care. With the current management I have to wait days for an email response. We were left in the dust after the switch- going down to the lobby to ask for clarification we were told that we should be in contact with a point-person which we didn't have. It turned into a very impersonal big-building vibe (which it is).
I think this is normal for large building culture, and a culture that follows a large population of college kids but overall there's a lack of accountability from the residents of this building. Dog poo in the carpet hallways, spills in elevators, trash shoots clogged and overflowing, stealing packages, car damage. It all sucks but it's the nature of living in a large building in LA.
Your lease will say that your deposit can be used to paint and clean the apartment. They'll bill several hundred just to paint and sanitize (something any apartment building would do upon move-out regardless).
It’s nice but it’s not that nice. The sort of “fake nice” facade and lack of community/accountability from other residents really makes it feel like a short-term thing and not a real long-term home. I would spend more time shopping around if I was looking to live in Downtown again.
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