From:
-Anonymous-
Date posted:
11/9/2007
Years at this apartment:
2005
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2007
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I lived there for 2 years, but after paying the increase in rent upon my first yearly re-sign, when the second one came asking for another huge increase I had to go. I originally moved there as I was looking for a studio for less then $2000...It was a VERY small studio, HOWEVER it was on the 29th floor and had a balcony with a GORGEOUS view....I was happy giving up the space inside for the outdoor space and the buildings amenities, which included doorman, office center (computer/internet access, copy machine, small meeting room), and the Crunch gym downstairs, to which you received a discounted membership.
I originally rented for $1970, but when the rent was creeping towards $2500, I said to myself: "Number 1: I could find an adorable 1 bedroom for hundreds less in a lesser building; and Number 2: I think this increase is a rip-off for a tenant in good standing, and on principle I think I'll leave."
I disagree with the earlier poster who said "the price was too high for so far west, etc."...in fact, I actually think with the rising market value in that area, the prices weren't that off, even those under the new managements regime...HOWEVER, I think that tenants who only add something to the building with their timely payments, courteous demeanor, and general involvement with he buildings staff and tenants, should be given a break and not taken for every last penny.
As for the management...all of us tenants used to complain about the old management and their meddling and sometimes obnoxious ways, but we had it easy compared to the new management...they were UNBELIEVABLY snotty. I was not "white trash" as another poster mentioned...far from it....but agree with that poster that they were on a rampage to "clean out" a building that was full of nothing but lovely, high-class people. It's really a shame what they did...I was friends with oodles of amazing people in that building, all young professionals, and we all ended up leaving.
Incidentally...I found an adorable 1 bedroom on the east side for $700 less with my own private outdoor space. I'm in heaven over here.
Good luck and Happy Hunting!!
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From:
Anonymous
Date:
01/03/2008
Totally agree. I knew a lot of people in the building over the years: attorneys, a dentist, an opthalmologist, television producers, a few people in the music production business. White trash? I think not.
Like me, all of my friends left shortly after the new management did away with the amenities that made the building comfortable, only to raise the rents for our trouble.
It is also true that the management kept telling people (including the tenants) that there were very few vacancies at Riverbank West. Nonetheless, one could see people from the management office showing potential new tenants around whenever one happened to be in the elevator. Doesn't make much sense, does it?
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