My husband and I are extremely happy at the Essex. I'd completely disregard all of the previous reviews since those are mainly by tenants living in the building before each of the condos were sold. Now, as a homeowner, I am pretty pleased with where we live and with what we own. Although when we bought our place, we were disappointed with the quality of the cabinets in the kitchen (our old place had better quality cabinets and counters), the view of the lake can't be beat! And, our bathrooms are gorgeous. Additionally, living right across the street from Lake Merrit has its perks. If you walk 20 minutes around to the east side of the lake, you'll get to Lakeshore and Grand where you can run all of your errands. To be honest, I'd rather have most of the condos occuppied by the owners, because owners usually take more care of (and care more about) the building than renters. Of course, this is a generalization and not always the case.

User Responses
From: Bagels2100	Date: 03/02/2006
I'm gonna take a good guess that you moved over from frisco. Do the fast money animals drop handles of gin onto the pool deck. What an aawwwful mix of yuppies and thugs, your building stinks!
From: BagelMeister	Date: 03/02/2006
I'm gonna take a good guess that you moved over from frisco. Do the fast money animals drop handles of gin onto the pool deck. What an aawwwful mix of yuppies and thugs, your building stinks!
From: Anonymous	Date: 09/11/2007
From: an interested buyer Do you still think that Essex is as good as when you wrote this review? If not, what is your opinion now: same, worse or better and why? Would you recommend us to buy into it? Did you read the Disclosure from the management and articles of HOA before you buy? Date 9/13/07

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