Jon B.
Yelp
UPDATE: Since leaving this review a few months ago, management has addressed pretty much every problem that we brought up and has been great. We worked out a great new parking situation, they replaced a broken mirror in our apartment, and they have fixed the printer, coffee machines, and the sky lounge floor. The elevators have also not been broken for a long time. A big thank you to Kerri for helping us address these problems. Pallas has really done a lot to improve over the last few months, and the staff deserve a lot of credit. I really couldn't be happier to live here now.
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I really wanted to hold off on writing a bad review for Pallas, but after 2 months of trying to resolve many issues with management, no efforts have been made on their part beyond an initial meeting. This is my first time living in a luxury building, but I often find myself missing my old rundown apartment in dc, as cockroach infested and falling apart as it was.
Pros:
The building and apartments look really nice, and the doormen/women are great. This makes it very appealing during tours. Neighbors are also very friendly, and Pike & Rose as a neighborhood is great. However, the pros stop there.
Cons:
Greystar management has really dropped the ball on Pallas, in almost every way possible. They also seem unwilling to work with residents on any issues. This is too bad, because the whole idea of Pallas was to provide great resident and concierge services. However, this is actually where Pallas suffers most, and is worse at than any other building I've lived in (and I've lived in a lot of crummy, run down places). Here's a list of some of the issues:
Amenities - These look great during the tour, because they're really well designed. However, Greystar is letting them fall into disrepair. One lounge has had floorboards torn up since we moved in almost three months ago, and an ice machine in the middle of the floor. The TV and speakers in there have also been out of order. The outdoor area is only open sometimes - every other time I've used my key to get in it doesn't open. The other lounge is generally booked on weekends and a lot of week nights, so you don't even really get to use it. 4/5 times I try to use the coffee machine here, it is out of service. Also, the package display in the mail room is broken half the time, so I have to call my wife anytime I come home to see if she's picked up packages.
Parking - This is honestly the biggest concern. Pallas is running out of spaces in their garage, so we agreed to park at the Trade Street garage for a much better price (35 vs 125), which is a 5 minute walk away. Our lease promises us enclosed parking and does not specify that we need to park anywhere in particular in the garage, but two weeks after moving in a rude garage attendant told us that we have to park on the roof or pay $20 every time we leave. This is a 7 floor garage, which adds another 5 minutes on to our commute when we go anywhere. Also, the roof is not enclosed, meaning your car gets snowed on, frozen, and exposed to the elements.
Move-In - Our leasing agent was great, but when it finally came to moving in we were given no information on how to park, pay rent, file requests, or anything else.
Business Center - The printer has not been working since we moved in. At any given time, half the computers in the business center (out of 4) won't work, and none of them will print.
Elevators - The elevators seem to break down at least once per week, and mostly on the weekends. If you live in a 20 floor building, where one elevator is usually reserved for someone moving in or receiving deliveries, only having one elevator is bad. I've had to wait 5 minutes to get an elevator.
Broken Items - Pallas will not replace broken items in your apartment. They say they are too new to have to replace things, even if it was broken upon move in. For instance, we found several large scratches in the middle of our mirror in the bathroom the day we moved in. Pallas will only mark that we didn't make the damage but won't replace or try to fix it.
Maintenance - Pallas (before they changed their website) boasted about "24 hour maintenance response." However, we've had to wait about 3 weeks for ours to be addressed. To their credit, for the ones that were addressed they did a good job. However, the people moving out before us made dents in the wall right outside the apartment. Maintenance ended up dabbing paint in those holes, but there are still holes.
I hope things get better here. We have a 2 year lease, and the fee to break the lease is over 4000 dollars so there's not much we can do at this point. I will certainly update my review if things improve, as I hope they do for both current and prospective residents.