While this building is well structured the furnishings, fit and finish are amazingly cheap. Cabinets are made of pressed chipboard and parts might fall off since they were badly put totether. The plumbing fixtures are third rate. It all looks like a JOB LOT Purchase. This includes the AC unit (central) which is never cleaned and smells of mildew and fungus.

Repair orders, when you make them might or might not be responded to no matter how many times you call. In the summer the AC spills water under your carpet and you might find mushrooms growing near the unit, as I once did. This is NOT an exaggeration.


There is a handy coin (fairly pricey to use) laundry room on the ground floor where an old, loud radio is kept going most of the time. A couple of broken, unusable piece of exercise equipment sit near the machines.

At this writing, the mail room reflected the neglectful management of this building in that there is no shelf for the postman to leave articles that do not fit in the undersized boxes. Expect to collect packages and magazines off the floor.

My worst scenario- the kitchen sink had no stop valve to keep other people?s sewage from flooding into my sink and kitchen floor.

Outside is Whitney Avenue, noisy with heavy traffic as it is the central north/south road out of downtown New Haven and on the other side of the building is the narrowest part of the lake which you can see tiny bits of throught the trees. Across the strip of lake is the sometimes noisy New Haven Country Club where often in the summer loudspeakers blare out rock and hip-hop so loud you can forget listening to your own music or speaking on the telephone. There is a dumpster there immediately next to the building and if your apartment is on that side of the building each morning expect to be awakened at 6 to 6:30 AM by the sewage truck, especially when it backs up with its high pitched, piercing horn.

The proximity to the narrow strip of lake takes your summer humidity up to almost intolerable levels. This humidity will envelop your apartment so if you have anything like fine cabinets or an expensive mechanical clock make other arrangements for their keep while you live here.

Now out of the place, thank you, God, recently I drove by and noticed the large new sign on Whitney Avenue proclaiming "LUXURY" apparments. If this is true they have gutted the building and rebuilt the interior since I moved out in '02. Then again, the person who commissioned the sign might be from Bangladesh.

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