Gaylord is a joke
From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
2/5/2004
Years at this apartment:
2003
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2004
I am living at the Gaylord now (Feb 2004), and have lived there for just over a year. I am often apalled at the state of the building. Yes, there is a person at the desk 24 hours a day, but good luck if you have a conversation with one of them that doesn't end in a nasty defensive argument. The defensive, unfriendly desk clerks are an embarassment.
I have had my sister living with me, and registered with the desk clerks, for 2 months, and they still hassle her when she comes home. They often won't let her into our apartment until she spends 10 minutes convincing them that she really lives there.
Besides the teeming cockroachs that are very much a problem during the spring and summer months, most of the time, with a 13 floor building, there is one of 3 elevators working. Constantly broken, and neglected, (the building is currently in foreclosure), the owner does next to nothing to fix these problems.
The lobby is lovely, true. However, the rest of the building looks nothing like the lobby. The hallways are painted an early 70's-late 60's powder blue, with faded paintings of flowers on the walls and threadbare, dirty carpet. NOT updated, poor taste and feels very cheesy. Most apartments have cheap carpet, mine was threadbare and stained when I moved in.
There are beautiful old fashioned wall heaters in most rooms, but they are only turned on by the building during certian hours. Meaning, if you are ill in bed and shivering through the night, you will have to purchase an electric heater of your own, because the heaters won't be turned on from 10pm until 6am.
When the heat is turned on, and you sleep anywhere near the walls, you will be awakened every single morning at around 5:30, without fail, from October through April, when the heat is turned on, by a very very very loud banging of the pipes behind the walls.
There is no parking at all for the building. Another reviewer said how cool it is to park in the lot at the Ambassador across the street, but how cool is it to pay $85 a month for this' The cheapest parking is more than a block away for $60 a month, in an overcrowded and dirty parking garage.
If you don't pay for parking, you will pay more each month in parking tickets. And for visitors, its a nightmare. Visitors must always pay to visit you before 6pm, or walk several blocks if they are lucky enough to find a free space near some apartments, 10 minutes walk away.
This building's outside and lobby look cool, neato, old fashioned, but don't rent there. It is in NO WAY worth the overpriced rent, when you can get something comparable, or better, and cheaper, a few miles away at Park La Brea, or just about anywhere else.
Its a big, strong building that feels very safe to live in, and most of the views are lovely. The walls are thick and most of the time you cannot hear your neighbors. You can however, hear a constant noise of traffic, busses, sirens, fights and shouting, and car alarms, because the building is directly on Wilshire. If you are tempted to rent here, do some research. Its not worth it.
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