Don't believe everything you hear. It's a fact, when it comes to review boards, people are more highly motivated to complain and write discriminatory reviews than they are to write positive reviews. And there are ALWAYS disgruntled tenants in every building who are more than willing to bring down the reputation of a residency because of their own personal problems with an isolated situation in their apartment.

Like any other building built in the 1920s (that's about 90 years old!) it won't be as pristine as those god awful apartment buildings without a trace of character and appeal, with their sterile paper thin white walls and stainless steel counter tops. That's not to say it isn't clean or well kept or the like. It is in fact very clean grounds. The building manager Omar and maintenance guy Elin are ALWAYS sweeping, mopping, and doing everything possible on every floor of the building to make certain all is in tip top shape. The fact that they are themselves Latino has no bearing on their ability to care for the building. Previous posts have made ignorant comments on this and frankly what does it matter what their culture or ethnic background is. It's racist and quite irrelevant. This is a multi-cultured residential building in a very multi-cultural city, so there is no room for intolerance of this kind.

I have lived in this building for 4 years and have moved many friends in. I don't plan on moving out anytime soon because I know I'll never find a building or apartment so unique as mine. It takes someone who appreciates the uniqueness and history of a building this age to also take with it it's nuances. Cockroach problem' I haven't seen any. Roaches congregate where food is left out all the time and where uncleanliness is a habit of some. If you wash your dishes, take out your trash, and clean your apartment, there would and should not be bug issues. And the building's management has taken innumerable steps to make the building more green and energy efficient.

Overall, like any other building I've lived in, this one has it's quirks, but there are so many more redeeming qualities that those small things don't seem to matter. For goodness sakes, it's 90 years old, you wouldn't be looking as good and functioning half as well as this building if you were the same age!

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 02/01/2009
The manager must have written this rating! The parking is terrible, The maintenance is really bad and poorly done, Noise is bad, Grounds could be a lot better and the Office staff lies and does nothing about the problems that need to be tended to A.S.A.P. Also if you enjoy your elevator out of service on a constant basis, water turned off about every other week roaches even though you have a very clean apartment, loud tenants that the manager does nothing about, brake ins and all sorts of other issues, this is the place for you!
From: Anonymous	Date: 02/01/2009
PS- take a brief look at the reviews of the neighboring apartment buildings. This street has some of the most popular and historically stunning apartment buildings in town, if it's true and the havenhurst is in fact what those negative reviewers say it is than why has it become such a popular building and popular area to live in? Like I said in my review, there are always those who will hate on something that didn't work out as perfectly as they dreamt up. It really is what you make of it. Now I have to stop posting on here or I'll seem like a loser who has nothing better to do than to endlessly type up messages about how much I like the Havenhurst. I just feel the Havenhurst needs a voice, and I have a free moment to explain to those who are interested in moving here what it really is all about. For every 1 person who has beef with this building and has left, there is a whole building of people still living here contently.
From: Anonymous	Date: 07/28/2009
You are a idiot! This apartment building and the manager Omar sucks! This is a terrible choice to live. Parking is very limited and your car is not safe even though it is in a garage below the building. I know most of the tenants and they have moved out in the past six months for a number of negative reasons that are backed by numerous others. Do not believe this persons reviews they are far from the truth!

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