632 MLK Apartments

have been fixed and there has been no complaints. False fire alarms have also stopped. No more nights freezing outside while waiting for maintenance to fix it. No idea if this will be a long term fix. 2) Electricity bill is fairly low, even during winter months. 3) It's downtown and you can walk/bike to all the main areas for night life. Far enough from the rowdiness, but still fair amount of people come through since it is on a main intersection (Indiana Ave/West street). 4) Secure because of controlled access. Burglaries have also stopped probably cause theres always a patrol car in the lot. 5)used to have students in med/dental/grad school and professionals but most people have moved out and/or currently moving out. CONS: 1) Small common areas. Gym, rooftop terrace, and media room are resident ONLY and SMALL space. First come first serve, likely someone always is in there and its cramped when you try to join. I've sent a notice a couple of times about machines not working, not having any wipes to wipe down machines, and the broken door on the media room. No response. This was during the time there was change of property manager.Still I followed up twice about this. If email changed, they should have told us. Amenities are closed 10pm. 2) Thin walls. You can hear traffic no matter which side of the complex you live. I can also hear my neighbors voices/speaker phones through the walls and nightly activities. Invest in some ear plugs. Yikes. 3) Ventilation is BAD. You can smell cigarettes/whatever your neighbors are cooking up for dinner in the hallways. Plan on cooking? Best to leave all your windows open. There are better downtown options in the same/less price range. Don't be in a rush like me.

dogs (you will encounter dogs at one point in the elevator, your choice if you want to be on it or take the stairs) CONS: 1. Repeated break ins: Several and repeated episodes where bikes were stolen, cars within the "gated" parking garage had items stolen and car windows smashed. Management supposedly "acted" on it by increasing height of the fence and whatever else, but at that time, the property had already been broken into about 4x. Not sure about how effective the fence is either. 2. Gates were generally NOT working: Garage gate took over 7 months to repair with the cars and tenants within the property more vulnerable to outside threats. Property blamed the gate vendor, but they could have just changed the gate altogether rather than putting everyone at risk for that long. That's over half a year! Back entry gate for many times did not need a fob to get in as it was not working. 3. Security deposit: At the end of the lease I was deducted over $200 for the following charges: Carpet---my unit only had hardwood floors. Drip pans--- i hardly used my stove, like 2x a month, and even then I changed all of the drip pans to brand new ones, disposal---was in good working condition when I left. Reached out to property manager several times, left voice messages, and emails. Has not responded. Until now. 4. Fire alarm: Takes over an hour for the person in charge to have the alarm shut off. Fire department would come promptly and confirm a false alarm and would leave, while all tenants are out in the snow waiting for the person to shut off the alarm. Good that the alarm works though. I had to stay there for that long only because I signed a 2.5 year lease with them and I would be penalized if I broke the contract. They were initially promising but it just went down hill 4 months into it. All in all, I will NOT recommend this rental property.

was broken for almost 6 months total. I asked for a reimbursement due to unmet expectations of secured parking, but was not given anything to compensate me for a lack of security. There were also times that the hallways, and even my apartment (due to ventilation), reeked of smoke (marijuana and cigarette). I reported this to the management, but was told residents are allowed to smoke cigarettes on their balconies (which are directly below each other). Even with these issues, I would recommend (and have) living at 632 MLK, just know that the cost of rent does not equal awesome management. Positives: I never had any issues with bugs and my electric bill was always really low.

often. Usually they charge a free for fixing it.