Park View Apartments

I think you can do a lot worse for apartment condition and quality of management/maintenance, but I had several problems. I personally had higher than normal rent, but that's because I had a shorter lease period. I was always planning on moving out at the end of my lease, but even if that were not the case, I don't think I'd renew. Also, as a note, be sure that the unit your touring is the one you're renting, or ask if the one you're renting has updated appliances.

There were roaches, and the... exterminator who was called in multiple times did little if anything to help the problem; it was only homemade/store bought solutions which helped. (Note, if renting, ask how long the apartment has been unoccupied, as I think the roaches get in during that time)
There was an intermittent water leak from two floors above which took weeks for maintenance to find and fix.
When I contacted management about tobacco smoke smell in the hallway, they referred me to the front desk, and on a later date when I contacted the front desk, they told me to contact management.
During the transition of the seasons, the building can only be switched from cooling to heating one time, so there are cold days in the fall where the heat still hasn't come on (and I assume there'd be hot days in the spring when the AC hasn't yet come on).
Midway through my lease, the building got upgraded fiber internet, which sounds great, but the monthly internet bill was double what I was paying before, with no option to opt out and continue the old service. It was objectively better service, though, so I can't complain too much.

In fairness to maintenance personnel, the problems were genuinely difficult to fix/diagnose. Which tenants were living like slobs and attracting the roaches? Where is this leak that only happens once every few days coming from? Who of the dozen or so tenants on this floor is smoking in their apartment?

I've definitely had worse management and places in far worse condition, but I hope to have better in my next place. Read More

The Apartment advertises that there is a walking score of 91, I believe this to be a little inaccurate, it's probably closer to 96. My wife and I wanted to move in to a place where we could walk to major attractions without driving. There is coffee Shops within a block, parks everywhere, river walk right at your back door,, half a block from PNC park, a block and 1/2 from Heinz Field, I mean Acrusure, yuck. Maintenance is fast and on time. And everyone is super friendly

Unit was not cleaned prior to move in. Staff and Management are rude and unhelpful. If they do help they provide inaccurate or partial information. Will not fix maintenance issues if it’s “to hard to fix today”

Neighbors constantly scream and shake my entire apartment all day and night. Management is completely useless, it’s “just apartment noise.”

I’ve lived at Parkview for three years both in a one bedroom and a studio, I cannot wait for my lease to be over and to move. I feel like I live in a dorm with my neighbors constantly partying and blaring opera ???? until 3am. The hallways constantly smell of weed. My dishwasher needs to be ran atleast 2 times to even remotely clean my dishes. Everytime the HVAC is switch to heat or AC it breaks. I went the entire summer with the AC barely working and they wouldn’t believe me until I complained... several times. I slept on the floor in the living room because it was so hot in my bedroom. My kitchen floor tiles are not even glued to the floor and pop right off. They have lost my packages despite confirming with USPS that the package was indeed delivered to their office. There are constantly bugs in my apartment because the windows are poorly sealed. I could keep going on and on. They also keep sending emails how they’re going to send our packages back or take away the shopping carts (to help carry groceries into the apartments) just because some tenants are terrible and can’t follow the rules. That’s fine, but don’t punish everyone just because of some bad apples. Yes the location is great but that’s really all that it has going for it. The price I pay is not worth living here anymore. I really recommend you look elsewhere. Read More