The Link at 4th Ave

It has only gotten worse over the years. \r \r I have been here two years now and I wish I had moved somewhere else after the first year. Of course everyone, managers and employees, are friendly and try, but not hard enough for one of the most expensive places, per square foot, to live near the university. \r \r Problems:\r \r The air conditioning breaks frequently. Their centuries old central conditioning is not holding up. The window units are newer, but do not pack enough punch to keep the room cool in the summer. The window units are also very noisy inside and outside the tiny apartments. They also send all the heat in between the buildings making leaving or entering your apartment an uncomfortable experience. \r \r Bugs haven't been a huge problem, but I have had my fair share in this apartment. It is not immaculate. \r \r When I moved in the bathroom caulk was falling apart and no doubt contributing to the moldy edges. \r \r Security, there is none. Bikes and wheels are stolen regularly, car windows are smashed and tires are cut at least once a month. This is probably due to the very poor lighting outside. Any lights that are outside are usually burnt out and you have to tell the manager to replace them. \r \r Drunk people who do not live here frequently hop in the pool, naked. Three times this year, I have woken to the sound of drunk people yelling and jumping in the pool at 3AM. The police will come by, but only wave there flashlights around and leave the drunk kids to get back to yelling and jumping in the pool at 3AM. I asked the manager to put some lights on in the pool at the very least, and the response I got was: ""It's a college apartment, it happens.""\r \r Thin walls and floors let blaring music, moans and the steps of the overweight person above you crashing through. \r \r Poorly sealed windows let in heat and cold driving up my electricity bill. They also let in the blaring horn of the nearby train and the voices of late night partygoers. \r \r The grass is well maintained. . .by a lawnmower at 8am. The sidewalks as well also are well maintained by leafblowers at 730am on a very regular basis. That is probably the most annoying thing about this place. I've even seen those idiots walk right up to an apartment door and blast the leaves away from the bottom of the door early in the morning. \r \r Trash and beer bottles are frequently left around the buildings by said late night partygoers. \r \r The same bums who steel the bikes also frequently go dumpster diving, making the parking lot feel like an unsafe place. The only thing secure about it is they tow anyone who doesn't have a pass without warning. The manager really seems to care about his parking lot. \r \r The laundry room frequently has a dirty floor, but the worst part is the dirty machines. Careless people frequently dump soap and soap powder everywhere. \r \r The only pro is that maintenance is responsive and this place is close to the university. \r \r Do not rent here! more

Let me start by saying this place is the most awesome location for a student, but the apartments are actually pieces of crap. There are cockroaches everywhere, everytime I walk into my bathroom I see one crawl down the drain of the shower. The walls are so paper thin that you can literally hear your neighbors phone ring, then you can hear their complete conversation. I can LITERALLY hear EVERYTHING that they are saying. I've been watching a show on my laptop at 1 a.m. before I went to sleep on a very minimum level and my neighbor starts knocking on the wall that its too loud. No apartment should have f**cking walls this f**cking thin. The windows rattle no matter what whenever the person above you walks around. The air conditioning is completely outdated. As in, after being on for 30 minutes it stops pumping out cold air and you have to shut it down and let it ""cool off"" i guess. The so called ""internet"" that is included with the apartment is an absolute joke. I wanted to get cable in my apartment but one of cable jacks didnt work at all, and the other one could just be used for internet. When i called maintenance to come up and fix it, he looked at it and told me I had to contact cox. I contacted cox and they told me i had to get my maintenance to fix it because there was nothing wrong on cox's side. This went back and forth about 4 different times and finally I just gave up, 1 month later that maintenance guy was fired. So i tried with the new one, exact same thing so I just told him to screw off cause he didnt know how to do his job and I've had to go this entire year without any television which is absolute bulls**t because of the ridiculous price I pay for this place. The office staff is a joke, half the time I ask them a question they look at me like I'm a fool. The staff has changed 3 times since i've been here and nothing has changed for the better. The pool is nice, and the volleyball courts add a nice feel to the area. One of the biggest pluses i would have to say is that they provide free gas with all the grills that they have. Overall, great location but if this place was actually built right it would be a good place to live; literally cannot wait to move out of this expensive s**t hole. more