Showing 1–10 of 27 reviews
Anonymous
4 months ago
Pros: Management was pretty responsive, excellent staff Apartment was quite nice, although it was annoying to not have a full oven in the kitchen Very clean Cons: Rent was very expensive for a relatively small 1BR, and the YoY increase was way too much
Anonymous
9 months ago
Pros: Front desk staff are great and attentive. The building was an office building before residential and has been around for a while, expect some mnt issues due to age, but staff is extremely responsive. Cons: I don’t like that the building is shared with a hotel. Advice to landlord: Get rid of sonder.
Anonymous
10 months ago
Pros: No pest problems. Cons: Shares lobby with Sonder. Water shuts off from time to time. Otherwise brown water will come out for 30 minutes - 1 hr.
Anonymous
1 years ago
Pros: Very clear, very friendly and helpful staff from the front desk to maintenance and cleaning Cons: The building is with Sonders as of a few years ago and lease management office is unresponsive/lacks empathy. Advice to landlord: Be more flexible and responsive to tenant needs
Anonymous
1 years ago
Pros: - Always clean - Good staff, except for one guy Cons: - Broker fee - Weird floor plan - Charges extra for the gym - Small dishwasher
Anonymous
1 years ago
Unit 1701 Pros: I lived in 116 John Street for almost a year and a half and loved it. The gym in the basement was great and the rooftop was fun when the weather is warm. The apartments themselves will be very fresh as they were converted from being a commercial building recently. Cons: Neighborhood is quiet, but some may like that… Advice to landlord: Give it more of a “community” feel
Anonymous
1 years ago
Pros: Overall, we liked the cleanliness, management, response speed, and location. Cons: We ended up getting a 30% rent increase which caused us to move out. Construction next to the building was loud and made it hard to work from home or sleep sometimes, and made leaving/entering building a bit harder.
Anonymous
1 years ago
Pros: I am writing this review as a previous tenant of 116 John Street. I do not normally leave reviews unless it pertains to serious matters and I wanted to share my thoughts for a prospective tenant to be cognizant of when thinking of making 116 John your home. The good, the bad, and the evil. The Good - 116 John Street is a beautiful apartment building located in the heart of FiDi bordering the Seaport district with great amenities, doormen/women, and apartment complexes. The crowd is generally young professionals with mixed in families, elderly couples, and everything in between. The apartments are spacious, have a lot of natural light, and the staff is attentive. Packages and mail are easy to gather. The Bad - 1. Rent - Rent is raised disproportionately to market so do expect that if you sign a lease, your rent should be raised significantly. For example, after a year, my rent was raised $500 and thereafter when not signing, was put on the market for $1K more than the year before. 2. Sonder - The building is also home to a short-term apartment rental company, Sonder, who share most amenities and lobby access. 1. Sonder residents tend to be mostly international tourists who tend to clog the lobby. They are located on different floors than residents and use a different elevator set 2. Gym - Sonder residents have access to the gym. If a leasing agent tells you differently, do not believe them. 3. Laundry - Sonder residents do not have access 4. Rooftop - Sonder residents do have access 5. Elevators - the elevators used to be EXTREMELY slow to the point where you could be waiting 2-5 minutes for an elevator. They have since improved but the elevators tend to break down often. The Evil - 1. Management - Silverstein properties to be more specific. Classic selfish, rude, and greedy property managers. I will elaborate on a couple scenarios below. These may be more unique in nature but should give you a good flavor of what could happen. 2. Rent Payments - there were 2 circumstances where there were “erroneous accounting” issues with rent and the security deposit so make sure to double check your invoices so you are not overcharged 3. Gym - Upon signing the lease and for multiple months thereafter, the gym was free to residents. The gym had mostly all the equipment that your average person would use, exclusive of a squat rack and bench press. Nonetheless, the gym was in great working condition and kept residents happy and active. Management decided to completely refurnish the gym with brand new equipment, mostly all the same equipment that was there prior but brand new. As per the property supervisor, they also wanted to have the aesthetic of an all black gym to “look nicer”. Totally understandable and fine. A week or 2 after the gym was completed, management decided to start charging residents $50 a month to utilize the gym, without prior notification that this may have been on the horizon to give them a heads up. As a point of reference, the gym was $0 for at least 8 years. As an daily user of the gym, I can tell you that everyone was obviously unhappy with this decision and the running theory is that management is trying to recoup their investment for the gym equipment by charging residents a monthly fee. Most residents did not end up getting the membership. 1. Residents can read between the lines and it was a lack of professionalism and under limited notice that ticked people off 4. Roof - The roof is open to all residents and Sonder residents as I stated above. However, management fails to explicitly state the rules of the road for the rooftop anywhere, which leads to ambiguity and arbitrary enforcement, leaving the resident powerless and at victim of whatever ridiculous rules management wants to bring up from time to time. 1. In my particular case, I had a couple friends over to enjoy the sunshine on the rooftop during the available hours of the day. No other residents were using the rooftop and we were up there for an hour and a half enjoying a few alcoholic beverages. 2 months later when vacating the premise, we received our notice of Security Deposit deductions, with the standard utility fee and a $500 charge for an “unauthorized gathering on the rooftop”. Absolutely ludicrous... 2. This is beyond egregious for various reasons, some of which I described above but for further detail 1. There is no mention in the lease of any “private events” or “unauthorized gatherings” on the rooftop thus validating my point on arbitrary enforcements by management. 2. I have personally witnessed many residents utilizing the rooftop with friends and family with alcoholic beverages. Were they charged $500 as well? I’m not sure... 3. Management handled this situation very poorly, were extremely cold and rude via email, and unresponsive. The lack of notice prior to receiving the deductions in the Security Deposit was insufficient. The fact that the rooftop cannot be used with friends is egregious. I hope the above was useful bait to leverage as you ponder if 116 John Street is the right home for you. I can say that I did enjoy my living experience at 116 John but there were various experiences outlined above that left a bad taste in my mouth and other residents. The lack of leadership, experience, and guidance from management can lead to things like this. If you do end up signing a lease, be careful, remain vigilant, and always remember to check your rent invoices! Cons: None at all
Anonymous
2 years ago
Pros: management is great, everyone who works here is great, super clean Cons: windows do not insulate
Anonymous
2 years ago
Pros: Lovely staff, great common spaces Cons: Nothing major to report here