I've read people's reviews on other sites about the office staff, but I never had a problem with them. I actually found them friendly and helpful. And, I must say.... when I first looked at the apartment, it was indeed super clean.
A few reviewers on another site have mentioned the noise. Yes, the partying people were very annoying, and I had to call the police twice in the year I lived there for very loud parties that lasted into the morning. It was very, very annoying trying to get a decent night's sleep there to be ready for work in the morning. However, it surprises me that no one on this site has said anything about the slamming doors. It was weird to me how just about EVERYONE felt compelled to SLAM their door, no matter what time of day or night. No consideration for others. Especially, unfortunately for me, my next-door neighbor, who would CONSTANTLY SLAM his door, as loud as possible, and then deny it. Of course, it ended up being my word against his, and he was obviously a pathological liar.
Also unfortunate for me was the fact that, as I would be writing or reading in my apartment, I could hear him talking (loudly) to himself, saying things like "Democrats are so stupid. They don't know how to read something and comprehend what they've read." Then he'd repeat it three more times. He'd also say, "All American journalists should be shot. They'll shake your hand and pee on your shoe." But the best was when he'd say, over and over again, that "Jay Jay was the funniest one on Good Times. Jay Jay was the funniest one on Good Times."
Then he'd leave and SLAM his door.
Loser.
Basically, I had to suffer for this guy having no life.
Apparently, there was nothing I could do about the slamming.... it was his word against mine.
Aside from a particular washing machine on my floor being broken almost the ENTIRE time I lived there and the fact that the building had no policy for recycling, most of my complaints have to do with the tenants... loud parties even on weeknights, door slamming, people chasing each other and yelling at each other up and down the hallway at all hours of the night, people leaving trash sitting outside their doors because they're too lazy to walk it down to the trash chute, people smoking in the elevators, people trying to stuff boxes into the trash chute instead of walking them downstairs to the dumpster, etc.
This is certainly not the place for a quiet, clean, responsible, conscientious tenant to live. You'll be surrounded by people who don't give a you-know-what. But if you're a partier who doesn't care about noise or inconsiderate people, this place is perfect!
I've since moved into a back house in a great neighborhood, paying $280 a month less in rent, with electricity, water, Internet and cable (with DVR) included. Needless to say, I'm MUCH happier in my new place than I was in Pacific View. read more