I have lived in this building since late 2008. You will immediately realize that the biggest selling point in this building, are the residents; certainly some of the nicest, friendliest people you could hope to meet.

The downfalls are vast. There are cockroaches everywhere, including common areas. Occassionally, I will discover a few subletting my apartment, but they do not pay rent.

It is also common to see furniture left abandoned in the service elevator rooms on each floor. A good chance to pick up some Ikea on the cheap' Cuidado mi amigo! Those are infested with bedbugs. Yes, the building allows people to discard abandoned and infested furniture in these rooms. I have personally seen the bedbugs crawling on this furniture. We are not talking a few days, we are talking months. (Ex: Tonight, I personally witnessed a lovely 1980s era couch on the 8-9th floor that has been there for 8 wks minimum and I saw a bedbug crawling on it).

Now I enjoy a good thrill in life, but the prospect of having my chattels overrun by blood sucking insects is not my idea of good apartment living. A friend of mine was in the elevator on Sunday and informed me that he had been infested with bedbugs. Lest you be mistaken, this was not a dirty person or unsanitary renter, he simply lived next to the ordinary ChestyResident. He was covered with scabs and sores. He hadn't slept in days and planned to breach his lease post haste.

I would like to say that management works hard to rectify the needs of the residents...management who' The building has gone through 3 managers in as many weeks as of today. The red haired/eyebrowed lady at the front desk needs a string that you can pull, so that she can parrot back "Its not my job, ask the office." I think I could send my apartment grievances to askjeeves.com and possibly get better results!

Finally, the crown jewel of the Chesterfield--the rooftop pool. I feel like a ghostbuster chasing slimer when I jump in, it is so green. There is some kind of Roomba that is supposed to sweep the bottom, but it obviously works as hard as the rest of the staff, because there is no less than 1 inch of sediment (when bottom visible). But it is still nice to relax on one of the 2 pieces of pool furniture that are not broken (when available).

In the end, I would avoid this building like the very plague you might catch from its infestation. Not worth the money for the risk, though there are some real cool people living here.

P.S. If you go for a tour, ask to see the 'putting green' and 'tennis court' LOL!

User Responses
From: Anonymous	Date: 06/26/2009
I concur. Also, don't forget that the washing machines in the basement do not have hot water running to them!
From: AKSmith6	Date: 07/01/2009
Moved out yesterday...happiest day of my life!

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