Studio 51

I came into this year’s lease with somewhat high expectations that have definitely not been met. Not only is the place not cheap, although it’s what you’d expect for a higher-​end studio apartment, it’s lacking in some departments.
First off, the management is atrocious. Forget about having them meet the terms of your lease, especially when it comes to showing your apartment. If you have a maintenance issue, plan on having it fixed within the next few weeks or totally disregarded all together.
My move-​in experience was less than pleasant. First, there was no one in the office at the time I was supposed to move in so I had to call and wait for someone to let me in. The apartment was filthy. The previous owner was obviously a dog and cat owner, which unfortunately, I am allergic to. There was dog hair in giant clumps all over the place, including clogging every drain. The blinds had been chewed, etc. There were strange brown spill stains on the walls. There was also a used litterbox with litter still in it on one of the shelves in the closet, along with other unmentionable feminine products in the bathroom, I would have rather not dealt with. They also didn’t bother to give me a move-​in check list until I asked for it.
They lie and tell you that the apartments are set up for a stackable washer and dryer, but not only is there no way a set would fit in the space provided for one, the area is not even hooked up to the water system. Therefore even if you had a tiny stackable washer and dryer, you probably couldn’t use it. And with this, it’s somewhat unnerving that it will cost you $ 2.25 to do a load of laundry in the community laundry room. Not to mention, if they are going to charge you that much in quarters, it would be nice to have a change machine.
I love the layout, location and overall ambiance of my apartment, but the management is so unprofessional that I would never renew my lease.