The thing about the renovated apartments is that they're going to wreck the one thing Riverside Park has going for it: the relatively inexpensive rents (well, for this area, anyway). Residents have been told to expect rents to increase $500 on the renovated units. (It's already moving that way--I got notified that my rent is going up $100 per month, and my apartment hasn't even been renovated.) I want some of whatever hallucinogenic substances AIMCO is ingesting if they seriously think they are going to get those kinds of rents--UNLESS they make some serious efforts to improve the things that are wrong with the place that people are kind of willing to put up with because the rents are fairly modest--a shuttle service that rarely runs on time, the constant need for repairs (I've been here 10 months; we've had at least a dozen days so far when the water has been cut off for repairs; it's off again as I type this), lack of hot water at certain times of the day. People paying $1,600 for a one-bedroom apartment, which is what I'm hearing they're expecting to charge, are going to insist on better than that. I don't care how beautiful they make the units, if residents can't count on basic services that are promised, they're not going to pay that kind of rent when there are other options nearby. In the meantime, the construction is quite an inconvenience for the current residents--far more than it needs to be, because management seems to me to have made very little effort to minimize the disruptiveness. I lived here 15 years ago; it was not like this then--it was a very nice place to live--and so when I needed to come back to the area and find housing on short notice, Riverside was an obvious choice. But I have to say I'm sorry I made it, and I encourage people to think twice before renting here.

Your thoughts? Post a response to this review. Display my response: with my username anonymously Responses appear below reviews and one response per user is permitted.

   Free estimates on moving trucks      Find apartment share/roommates