Apartment Review for 1700 California - San Francisco, CA

Warning: Apartments will eventually be converted to condos and you will be required to sign a form allowing condo conversion with only 90 day notice. Noone will tell you about this until you come back to sign the lease. NOISE: Almost all units overlook California street and the delivery area for Whole Foods that begin delivery at 5AM. Constant delivery noise from 5AM until noon. HEAT: Apartment has no airconditioning, cross ventilation and face south so even on a cold sunny SF day, your apartment is hot as heck by 2PM and can't cool down. LANDLORD: Leasing agent promised new carpet, appliances, etc. before our move-in and management company refused. Eventually all promised items were completed but only after several days of constant conversations. Management company is overall simply lazy and unresponsive. Complaints following move out were never resolved after two months of repeated requests to Jim Cantrell of Cantrell & Associates. PARKING: Parking is located on three levels. The lowest level requires you to enter through a public garage and then enter another gate for the 'private' parking and then take an elevator to the lobby to change to another elevator to access your apartment. PROTEST: The Vietnamees Consulate is located in the same building to expect noisy protests several times a year.