I've been living at 2000 Post in a 2BR apartment for 5 months, and I love it here. In short, I'd recommend it highly, and I'm thrilled we chose to live here.
Pros:
* The staff is amazing, especially Gunther and Johnathon. They always make you feel welcome and are super responsive to requests or questions. The fun little events they throw are a nice bonus.
* The location is fantastic. It's walking distance to Lower Pac Heights' cute shops and fantastic restaurants (Sweet Maple, Cafe Murano, Sweet Lime, and Royal Indian are our favorites). It's close to some lovely parks and athletic facilities. It's central to the city so nothing is ever that far away. There are lots of grocery store options, including two Trader Joe's about a mile away. The convenience store in the building is, well, convenient. It's also very near the Fillmore Fitness SF, if the in-building gym doesn't cut it for you - I'm a powerlifter so this Fitness SF is a big part of why we moved here.
* The maintenance staff is extremely quick to respond to things and are generally very helpful and friendly.
* The pool/lounge/gym/reception areas are all very pleasant and great places to bring friends or just hang out. Friends are invariably impressed by the premises, even if we don't go swimming all that often in practice. The building in general seems somewhat nicely maintained.
* It's in a quiet, safe-feeling area (given SF), right next to a park. We leave our windows open at night sometimes and aren't normally woken by the noise. I have an outside-facing apartment on the 3rd floor so I don't know if the pool-facing apartments are as quiet.
* I really like the layout of the 2BR apartment. The closets in particular make the most use of the space in a nice way. They're not enormous but they're very functional.
* Nice other building amenities like automated mailbox, the ability to make payments online, connect with neighbors online, Zipcars in the building, and the ability to reserve parking for guests.
Cons:
* It is expensive, though much more doable with roommates. That's downtown SF in general, though, to be honest.
* Some of the features and appliances are a bit older / smaller, particularly the washing machines, dishwasher, kitchen sink, stove, and shower. They all work fine, just they aren't quite as nice and modern as in some fancier buildings.
* No in-unit laundry is a bit of a bummer. There are a lot of laundry rooms, but not many machines per room so they are sometimes taken, especially on weekends. If you're willing to go up or down a floor, though, you can usually find one that's open.
* Utilities like AUM cost a bit more than we expected.
* In the past, the building had some very disruptive renovations when building the pool and lounge area. This is where most of the negative Yelp reviews came from. You have to sign a scary agreement on the lease that says they are planning massive renovations and you promise not to complain, I think because so many people complained and moved out last time. They also warn you they could sell the apartments on short notice at any time and throw you out as a renter. These documents almost persuaded me not to sign the lease in the first place. However, it doesn't seem like they actually have any plans to do either of these things, and the renovations have all been very minor and reasonable. They just need to cover themselves in case they do something major in the future. If that sometime happens, it could be bad, though.
* It's a bit far from BART and Caltrain, which makes you dependent on Ubers, buses, or car rentals / Zipcars.
* Occasionally fire alarms go off erroneously in the middle of the night, as is the case in any bigger apartment building. The alarms are very loud.
* We did have a bike stolen from the garage, but we were warned about this, and there are secure bike lockers if you have a nice bike and are willing to pay for a locker. read more