A Building With its Ups and Downs
From:
BlockAdministrator
Date posted:
3/9/2008
Years at this apartment:
1996
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2004
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Before relocating to this building, I had a room at the Will Rogers Hotel (589 Post Street)--and it was a bad place to live. I looked into nearby apartments seeking to move up the hill. The building manager of 1091 Bush Street showed me two of his units at agreeable $500 prices, but rented them before I could return with a completed application and move-in funds. When I had the money, he had a soon to be vacant top floor unit on the inside of the building for their new price of $600/month.
Let me tell you that I jumped all over it.
At first, there were problemmatic neighbors across the hall; but a general improvement in the neighborhood could quickly be realized from only two streets downwards on Nob Hill. Rent included heat and hot water, so the gas bill was inexpensive for only the stove. The mangement team who ran the facility proved to be reliable and responsible for the duration of my stay. After a year or so they brought in new neighborhing tenants and allievated concerns.
Parking was never included, or even implied as an option. The nearest laundry facilities were across the street.
Convenient and secure mailboxes were within the building. Waste was easy to dipose. My unit had a terrific shower.
Inside, the carpets are nothing exciting. Though the wood trim at the entanceway, and the stairway, have some taste about them. The building's exterior architecture is fairly drab to me. To my knowledge, it is retrofitted or on rollers so that it is a safe building on secure ground if there is an earthquake.
There are bus stops on each street corner of the building. Public transportation would be easy to use. However, it does not contribute to any relief from asphalt and urbanity; which would be a plus.
I planted several trees in the surrounding neighborhood. One owner on Post Street who cared enough about the city to have several installed in the sidewalk outside his property was the best contributor toward the effort. The owner of Empire Court Apartments, Mr. Castro, refused. At that time, the building management commented on the ever present "For Rent" signs hanging by the doorways (a comment I have also heard from past neighbors with competitive housing near Sutter Street). Of course, several other property owners had a similar answer.
I never heard the footsteps of anyone walking on my ceiling. Street noise was no problem either. So the only obnoxious neighbors heard occupied the opposite side of a neighborhing wall, or lived under the floor.
The place is barely recommendable.
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