It's pretty, but there's a lot they're not telling you. The management is practically non-existant. Once, I got it out of one of them that the owner is really tight and doesn't want to spend money on the place, which is why nothing ever gets fixed or finished. Just look at the outside of the building, all that construction has been there for two years. When I moved in, almost a year ago, they said it would be done in three months. And they made me sign something that said I wouldn't complain about it. I wish I had gotten them to sign something that said they would be done when they said they would. But when they actually do get around to construction (which is rare, like the money slowly trickles in) my walls shake and things fall off shelves like an earthquake. Management told me I need to anchor things better because they won't be responsible if something hits me on the head. Clearly an inditication of their priorities.
The residents aren't *all* bad, but there's a growing number of them that make it unpleasant to live here. There's often lots of noise in the halls at night as the kids get drunk and go wandering around. The rooftop pool and cabanas are overrun with drunken people and in the morning there's beer and piss everywhere. That's right...PISS. Human urine. Although, it's hard to tell the difference between that and the dog pee that is overflowing on the dog run nearby. Basically, the roof smells like beer and pee. The concrete is stained from it. Though the management just replaced the curtains up there, it seems an odd thing to spend money on considering how much else is broken. Like the carpets in the elevator lobbys are all dirty from mud and dog crap. They smell bad. But there's dog crap in the hallways frequently, since pet owners here often don't pick up after accidents in the halls.
And the laundry rooms and often broken. Sometimes I have to go two floors away to find one that works.
Parking is a nightmare since they rent out the garage to the general public. People have figured out that if they pay $5 to park there during the day, they can just leave their car there all night. So when you come home from work, there's no place to park. The "valet" guys have gotten worse, damaging cars and stealing things from them. Management recently hired a different (cheaper) contractor for the parking people and it seems to have made things worse. So there's no place to park your car yourself, your only option is to trust one of those guys to do it for you. But management takes no responsibility for damage to your car.
There's a ton of better places downtown to live and they're not hard to find. Bottom line is, this is te cheapest place down here to live. There's a reason for that. You get what you pay for.

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From: had2leaveLA	Date: 10/30/2007
What do you expect from a building managed by Legacy Partners?

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