Joey Szarak
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Goldtex is outstanding building, but just like most apartment complexes, it’s far from perfect. It’s like buying a brand new car with a ton of recalls on it, it’s breaking down every other week, same thing with this building, every other week something will break on you. Overall it’s a very modern place to live, but the amount of problems you’ll run into cannot match it.
From the day I moved in, there was nothing but problems with the apartment, many things were broken and never fixed. Submitted a check sheet with management regarding the issues, lost the sheet and never had anyone check on the problems. From the day I moved in, the towel rack in the bathroom was on it’s last leg until it broke recently, the shower door leaked ungodly across the whole bathroom floor, there’s openly exposed wires in the one closet, some of the electric outlets don’t work properly, old AC air filters left under the unit, the refrigerator didn’t stay cold and the window didn’t close properly. Had to remind management many times about all the issues, and still till this day more than halfway through my lease, still haven’t had everything fixed. So if you loved frustration and fighting, this is definitely the right place for you!
The amazing 14 feet ceilings are amazing, until your fire alarm starts beeping because the battery is dying, usually happens late night or on the days no ones around to fix it for you. Had to replace both batteries on my own, attempting to parkour on furniture to change it myself.
The AC unit tends to break down frequently as well. The first time I had it happen, I waited until the next day in the late afternoon to go talk to management about it. Only to find the repairman near the office, ask him about it and he responds, “I know, I’ll be right up to fix it”. Apparently it was multiple units, not just my apartment, and on top of that they knew it was not working and took their time to fix it.
Hope you get along with your neighbors well, because the walls are paper thin, you can easily near next door making breakfast in the morning time if you’re still trying to sleep in during the day. Prepare for the constant fire alarms going off as well. Whether it’s a drill or the real deal, it’s bound to go off at least once a month at a minimum.
Of course there's positive things about the building everyone mentions, like the rooftop and beautiful kitchens, etc. But dealing with all this problems first hand, it makes it very easy to look past all the good aspects.
Only reason moving into this building was to be a lot closer to work and to have my peace and quiet, but so far I’ve had the complete opposite of that. Keep looking for a different and more established apartment complex, this one definitely needs a few more years to get their act together!