North Pier Tower
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Nice place to live but getting expensive
From: britishrenter1970Date posted: 8/20/2008
Years at this apartment: 2006 - 2008
The Good
We have lived at 474 for nearly 2 years and overall its been great. We have a 2 bed apartment which is light and airy. Fitness center is so good I gave up my gym membership and the indoor pool is great for both exercise and fun with the kids.
Doorman are fantastic and very friendly - we have a 3 year old and they always make time to be friendly to him - never known a nicer bunch of guys.
We have really enjoyed living here.
The Bad
The management office on the other hand is pretty awful and hard to get hold of and when you do, if your a tenant vs an owner then you are treated pretty poorly.
And thats the crux of the problem, the condo association has only really been incorporated in the last year or so and it is run by "owners" who live in the building and their entire focus is on "owners" and see tenants as a nuisance and not important (though my guess is most of the building is tenants). This plays out in many ways - Owner only association meetings, owner only events, a condo website that requires a password that only owners can get to (real pain to get my landlord to log on so that I can get the password for the wireless network that was recently installed for the deck area). But most annoyingly is the new charges to use the freight elevator - $300 for 3 hours - we are moving out soon and our mover needs 4-6 hours so its going to cost us $600 to leave. On top of this you have to lodge a $200 deposit in case of damage.
So if you are planning to live here be prepared to negotiate with your landlord to cover your moving in and out fees or you may find yourself $1200 out of pocket!
Overall
A great place to live - aparments are quiet, communal areas re-furbished in the last 12 months, a great fitness center, great doorman, but watch out for the cost of moving in and out.
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