I lived at Alchemy for 2 years and the new management (Greystar) is wildly incompetent. The elevators have broken multiple times and they take forever to fix it. They took 6 months to fix a machine in the gym. The garage door has been broken for months now. The callbox for our building also broke for a while. They also let the bill on the wifi in the common areas lapse; if you try to connect to it there's a big AT&T message saying they need to pay the bill. Also, they will double charge you for things on your security deposit and refuse to justify it. If you ask them about any of these issues, they get defensive and don't help
They're also really bad with communication. For example, a few weeks ago the water in our building just fully stopped working and I had to call them a few hours in to ask for the status and they didn't even seem to know anything about what was going on. They also don't respond to any of my emails, except the one I sent them to give them notice of my move out (they responded very quickly to that one lol). When you do get ahold of them, they're very rude and impatient. A couple weeks ago I called them to ask about the garage charging, and they got really heated over a pretty simple question
There's also longstanding problems beyond the new management. There are ants here, constantly. It's also super expensive for what you get. Theres also electrical problems: in my kitchen if I use a specific outlet for something relatively low power my lights start flickering. The water goes out at least twice a year and does that gross thing where the water is brown and you have to run it for like 10 minutes before it clears up. Cars have gotten broken into in the garage multiple times, even though parking is $450/mo. And the HVAC noise is awful - if you still decide to live here, please do not live on the top floor for your sanity. The issue with HVAC noise is described in a lot more detail in other reviews which you can read, and it's a good representation of Alchemy as a whole: the aesthetic of luxury apartments, built cheaply and managed poorly.
The only thing good about this place is the maintenance. Steve is awesome, and maintenance issues inside your apartment get fixed super quickly here.
Overall, you don't want to live here. If you can afford to live here, I promise you can find somewhere way better. read more