The Bryn Mawr Apartments

This company and this building is full of BS. For months I called to inquire about an available studio or available 1 bedroom. I...

This company and this building is full of BS. For months I called to inquire about an available studio or available 1 bedroom. I was always getting the voicemail which no one bothered to call back. If I did speak to someone it was always the wrong person, it was oh you need to speak to our property manager who was always conveniently in a meeting or out. When I finally did get to speak to someone they never had units yet they had ads on some of the more popular sotes for renting apartments. Now more recent. In April I had an appointment to look at a studio. My appointment was scheduled for 9:30. At 9:00 they called me to tell me they had no available units so they cant show me anything. They told me they'd keep my info on file and co tact me when something becomes available. Fast forward to this month. A co-worker tells me she spoke with someone at this location she saw a one bedroom and started the process to get approved and moved in. They are full of it because nowhere on their website do they have 1 bedroms over 800 something dollars. They told her her 1 bedroom would be 950. Of course she decided against that and took a studio apartment. Wait what... I'd jist visited had an appointment months ago and you're renting studios. Well that's my sign from God to steer clear from here. No one at this company answers phone calls or emails amd apparently I guess they service who they want to.

True this building is historic, super close to the beach but management is non-existing. 3 months to get the plumbing fixed in our unit....

True this building is historic, super close to the beach but management is non-existing. 3 months to get the plumbing fixed in our unit. This is a deal breaker.....BEDBUGS. YES the upper floors are infested. Had to throw out our couch and mattress.

I have lived in a studio in this building for almost 3 years and I love it. Rent is affordable. The location is great....

I have lived in a studio in this building for almost 3 years and I love it. Rent is affordable. The location is great. Close to public transportation. And the management and maintenance in the building are amazing. There is a minor issue of roaches but that is to be expected in an older building like this...but that is my only complaint

As far as the on site management (property manager Marica & Dragan) they do a good job and try their best. That being said...

As far as the on site management (property manager Marica & Dragan) they do a good job and try their best. That being said the building is too old to have tenants. I had a mouse last year and a number of bugs. I had to spend my time and money on disinfectant, mouse traps and bug spray. About a month ago (March 2014) the power went out in the whole building. This past weekend both elevators we're not in service and everybody had to use the service elevator which is dirty and sometimes smells from the restaurant in the building. The management company that owns this building (Holsten management) seems that they try to cut every possible corner that they can. The building is advertised as handicap accessible and the only accessible features that I've seen were a larger doorway to the bathroom and closet and grab bars in the bathroom. There is no automatic door opener to allow wheelchair-bound individuals easy access to the building. This at one time was a hotel and was converted into an apartment building at one point. There are more then 20 Apartments on each floor with a total of 12 floors including lobby. This is way too much of a workload for anyone to handle. This building should have stayed a Hotel or been turned into a museum. There are a number of families that live in the building and if you have a pet peeve with screaming children do not live here. The building itself has a very diverse population which results in very strong migraine causing cooking smells. there's a garbage shoot for the building and if there's a holiday or the trash is not picked up for more than 2 days it backs up into the shoot and smells, attracts bugs and rodents. The location of this building in proximity to the lakefront is perfect. Its about 2 blocks away. The neighborhood is changing for the better but as a snails pace. The building across the street from this one is a halfway house and you're constantly approached by homeless people. If you're curious about living here and are attracted to the building my opinion would be to not live here. The amount that they charge in rent verses the space, quality of the building, neighborhood and friendliness of the people the live here is grossly overpriced.