Thai Binh Apartments

Lived here 2019-2023. Was happy with it overall. Rent was cheap - even for MFTE - and location was great. Moved in 2023 for several reasons * Rent increased in one year from $1168 to $1411 for 1BR * I got a dog, and it is not a good dog-walking area * Drug problem showed no signs of improving Do not live here if * You have a dog * You have kids * You'll frequently be out late * You have a car Live here if * You need an affordable place to live near downtown * You want a really convenient location for public transit * You want A/C * You're okay with packages getting stolen Keep in mind * All units are income-restricted (MFTE) * It's right next to the freeway * It's right next to open air drug market Units - 8/10 + There's central A/C + Large kitchen + Large bathroom + Good built in storage + Had a west facing unit on 4th floor, which had a beautiful view of the water - Everything is beige/brown/black - Electric coil stove was weak - West-facing units were not allowed to open windows due to freeway - Small living room Building amenities - 3/10 + Objectively decent amenities include gym, game room, kitchen/coworking space, theater, courtyard w/ BBQs & pingpong + Onsite security at night - The theater/game room/kitchen/coworking space were only open when the leasing office was open - Many residents were irresponsible slobs, who didn't pick up after their dogs, didn't leash their dogs, made messes in common areas and couldn't be bothered to clean up, broke and stole gym equipment, and set off fire alarms in the middle of the night - It was common for non-residents to get into the building and break into vehicles, steal packages, and make messes - Compost bin was missing half the time - Only 2 elevators for the entire building - The doors broke often Staff - 7/10 + Maintenance team was friendly, efficient, and effective + Cleaning staff did a good job, too bad there are lots of slobs + Security team helped a bit with safety ~ Leasing staff were hit or miss. They're generally friendly but often ineffectual. And sometimes the office was closed with no explanation. Garage - 5/10 ~ $150/mo when I lived there ~ Occasional break ins, but it's WAY better than street parking. We had 2 break ins in 1 year parking on street (this was in 2019-2020, break ins are even more common now), and 0 break ins in 3 years parking in garage - Long waitlist, and if you have a car you absolutely need secured parking Neighborhood - 6/10 + Super convenient to public transit + So many great businesses in Chinatown/Little Saigon - Dog poop/human poop/drug paraphernalia everywhere - Drug market nearby & everything that comes with that

Good afternoon I have live there for 4yrs at frist I loved it clean had AC my babies even love it then shit started to happen I was on the 2nd floor facing 10th ave then got flooded person above me kept making noise all hours of the day/night always got flooded then woman 2 floors above me fell asleep cooking and got flooded again my houseing emergency move me to 3rd flood like that apt face in side courtyard then that one flooding in bedroom light so had to move again across the hall. That was ok looking out king st but I love it there then like you all been saying the riffraft people started to show up door broking elevators don't work alarms going off people doing drugs all over in stairwell and had a least 5 managers there since I've been there maintenance staff was very nice I messed with them all the time working playing tricks with them security guards that use to be there was very nice and got things done but the drugs and homeless staying in stairwell was not good had a lot of packages stolen door mat stolen but I know that this management is trying to do better again and will get Apartments back where it was when I move In 2021 Good afternoon again this place im at now is ok but have to pay water,sewer, garbage, rent insurance, and no AC but hopefully down the road if possible and you will let me back in would love to come back there to live with you all only if the rifraft ho.eless people are not trying to break into apts or the building i loved it there my babies (cats) loved it there so if can and no mess ups people want to kill me or my partner but it will be down the road if any but again if can because I love it there I even try to help out everyone meaning management maintenance and if I get packages wont be stolen but again it will be down the road if come back

Great customer service! The leasing agent and property manager are very knowledgeable of the neighborhood and working with the Seattle Housing Authority, and other housing programs.

For people who think that this place is a good pick, DON'T RENT HERE! They missed 3 months worth of rent from my sister and are evicting us for that. Not to mention, the elevators always smell like pee and poop, not often cleaned, and they don't have a place or slot for you to pay your rent at. If you loose a pet in this building, they won't even search, and to top it all off, the fire alarms mostly play at night.

Omg please don't live here. Not the apartment it's the people that live and around here. Homeless and drug addicted people live in the emergency exit stairway. Building management lock their side doors from opening from outside for nothing. Those extra walk to first elevator for nothing. Neighbor dogs constantly barking. Downstairs tenant playing loud music day and night(unit 430). Smelly elevator and lobby from homeless people, feel bad for cleaning ladies. It's cheap but all the noise and smells.

I have only been here for a few weeks. I love my new apartment.... except for the homeless people constantly loitering around the front door. Just the other day, two drug addicts rushed the door after I had fobbed in. I was afraid that I would be blamed for letting these people in. I am CONSTANTLY interrogated by the people who live on my floor (I'm a private person and don't talk much) and apparently that makes me suspicious to people I have no interest in talking to. Overall, I really like the building. It is brilliantly designed. I just wish there was more than 1 security guard on duty. several times I've heard RESIDENTS threaten the guard. That's insanity.

Clean, affordable ,and staff is friendly. I love living here. Well after living here for a while I have found staff to be friendly but ineffectual. Maintenance is lacking and the grounds are dirty now and it's only because management doesn't use the cameras to their advantage . Most of the people living here are cool but no roof top deck and uncomfortable amenities not to mention the gun violence, makes it a no go . On a scale of of 1to10 I give it a three . I still like my place but the threats of plumbing failures , local zombies, and a uncaring management, make it hard to stay . Still waiting for a parking spot in the garage.

The worst, most dirtiest ,dingy, unsafe apartments you can move into. Staff are terrible at responding to you. They have only a few spots in there garage which has a 3 year waiting list to get in. I’ve had 3 car break-ins, 8 parking tickets in just 9 months. No free parking anywhere near apt and Staff does not care. They won’t even respond to you. They let in anybody move in, which means your surrounded by drug addicts. Do not move here!!!

Lived here 2019-2023. Was happy with it overall. Rent was cheap - even for MFTE - and location was great. If you're considering moving here, know that it's a very difficult area to live in (high crime, residents who don't respect common spaces). You can only fault management so much. Also, I have lived in downtown for a large portion of my life, so I'm probably numbed to its risks. Moved out in 2023 for several reasons * Rent increased in one year from $1168 to $1411 for 1BR * I got a dog, and it is not a good dog-walking area * Drug problem worsened and showed no signs of improving Do not live here if * You have a dog * You have kids * You'll frequently be out late * You have a car Live here if * You need an affordable place to live near downtown * You want a really convenient location for public transit * You want A/C * You're experienced with downtown living Keep in mind * All units are income-restricted (MFTE) * It's right next to the freeway * It's right next to open air drug market Lease terms & application - 8/10 + Low deposit ($500 base, $300 for a pet) + W/S/trash included in rent because it's MFTE ~ The MFTE application is tedious and can take a few weeks, but didn't have issues otherwise ~ I left my unit in excellent condition when I moved out, but fully did not expect to receive my deposit back. But surprisingly, I received a check with the full amount a month after moving out. Units - 8/10 + There's central A/C + Large kitchen + Large bathroom + Good built in storage + Had a west facing unit on 4th floor, which had a beautiful view of the water + Only paid 30-50/mo electricity for 2 occupants - Everything is beige/brown/black - Electric coil stove was weak - West-facing units were not allowed to open windows due to freeway - Small living room Building amenities - 3/10 + Objectively decent amenities include gym, game room, kitchen/coworking space, theater, courtyard w/ BBQs & pingpong + Onsite security at night - The theater/game room/kitchen/coworking space were only open when the leasing office was open - Many residents were irresponsible slobs, who didn't pick up after their dogs, didn't leash their dogs, made messes in common areas and couldn't be bothered to clean up, broke and stole gym equipment, and set off fire alarms in the middle of the night - It was common for non-residents to get into the building and break into vehicles, steal packages, and make messes - Compost bin was missing half the time - Only 2 elevators for the entire building - The doors broke often Staff - 7/10 + Maintenance team was friendly, efficient, and effective + Cleaning staff did a good job, too bad there are lots of slobs + Security team helped a bit with safety ~ Leasing staff were hit or miss. They're generally friendly but often ineffectual. And sometimes the office was closed with no explanation. Garage - 5/10 - LONG waitlist, and if you have a car you absolutely need secured parking. We waited ~6 months for parking. ~ $150/mo when I lived there ~ Occasional break ins, but it's WAY better than street parking. We had 2 break ins in 1 year parking on street (this was in 2019-2020, break ins are even more common now), and 0 break ins in 3 years parking in garage Neighborhood - 6/10 + Super convenient to public transit + So many great businesses in Chinatown/Little Saigon - Dog poop/human poop/drug paraphernalia everywhere - Drug market nearby & everything that comes with that

I am in the application process and still have my fingers crossed to hear back from them any day about an approval and move- in date(hopefully)! The staff has been pleasant and patient with me. I'm sure I annoy them with my constant emails, but they respond in a timely manner and have been with me through the entire process. They even gave my mom a tour when going in for our second part of the application. Marlon is communicative and knowledgeable. He answered a lot of my questions and has been extremely helpful! I'll give an update later!

This is the fire escape. If this doesn't exemplify their shitty management, idk what else will convince you. They leave things in a disgusting state for weeks, like snot on the walls of the elevator, they bolt the fire door shut to prevent people from using it to access the floors by bypassing the elevator. I lived here for a year and immediately wanted to leave. This place feels like a crime scene: stains like bodies were dragged through fire escapes, pee soaked and vandalized, constant stolen packages and busted amenities. Can't open the windows (how is that even legal) People smoke in the units. Residents constantly getting stuck in the elevator that's not maintained. People break into the building through fire escape doors. People often heard shouting/screaming inside the building at all hours. Constant (monthly at least) ear-splitting fire alarms going off which sets off the whole building. This place has predatory practices that target low-income families with limited resources. They steal security deposits and expect no recourse. Avoid at all costs!

I want to mention that Marlon R, the assistant Manager is very knowledgeable and helpful with resident and the property needs .

S*x Offenders, stealing your move-in deposit, raising your rent, dog urine/feces, broken amenities, stolen packages, poor security, no parking. Let me elaborate: Last year after 3months of living there they put an additional $500 on my account that I owed for my "move in deposit" that I had previously paid (thats how it works - you pay a move in deposit before you live there) and they forced me to pay via money order. They cashed the money orders, took $500 out of it, waited 3 months and changed my ledger! I STILL owe this. They don't put any documents you sign on your online account, it's only paper. Before I moved in they told me they would have underground key fob parking available for me for $150. This is the only reason why I moved in, because it's so extremely unsafe outside and your car WILL get broken into. No street parking is more than 2 hours anymore. Well, as soon as I signed my lease I asked about my parking and they told me I'd be on a waitlist. I call 7 months later and I'm told I'll be called when It's my turn in "line". Meanwhile, all these people who have moved in very recently are getting parking. People who moved in months and months after me. There were/are confirmed registered s*x offenders that live in the building, I have children and was not notified or warned. The hallways and stairways are covered in dog urine and poop. The smell is so strong. The elevators rarely work. Sometimes the fire emergency exit stairway doors will not open or are locked. The fire alarms go off in the middle of the night non-stop. They raised my rent over $100 after a year. Last Thanksgiving a fire alarm went off when we were in the game room, we got stuck inside because the doors to leave were locked to the exit. Luckily it was contained(a turkey fire) and nothing came of it. They've changed Security companies at a minimum of 3x in the last year and never update the Security phone numbers or share it to the community in time. One time the Security guard was sitting in his car "pleasuring" himself. Calling security many times has gone unanswered, other times the number provided was an outdated number and they did not have the new companies security phone number for anyone to call and report anything. The gym, game room, computer room and theater have broken quipment/are unusable/never get fixed. After-hrs emergency maintenance did not even pick up the phone when I needed them. This building is not safe. Your money is not safe upon move-in.

I lived here for a bit more than two years and that was plenty! The fire alarms constantly go off, many of the residents are loud, the water is cold 50% of the time so hot showers are never a guarantee, and they hardly respond to any work orders. Before moving on, I will say the apartments themselves are decent and it was nice that nobody lives in mine before I did. I was on a wait-list the whole time I lived here for parking in the garage. After my first year, I asked where I was on the wait-list after Connie reassured me that she would add me upon signing my lease. Connie was no longer working there and Ashley informed me that I was not on the wait-list and would need to be re-added as #32. I then decided that I would check in once a month to make sure I was not dropped off the list mysteriously again, but Ashley never got back to me. The front office was locked throughout 2021 (which is understandable due to COVID), but they also never replied to emails or phone calls making it basically impossible to get any help if your apartment had issues. My main complaint about the apartment themselves is that they sealed the windows shut. This seemed like a fire hazard to me and prevented me from ever getting fresh air in the apartment. There were a few days that I would smell cigarette smoke that was flowing through the vents (probably from some residents hot boxing their own apartments). The apartments themselves are decent, but in 2021 one of my sprinklers just started dripping for a couple of hours in the morning. I submitted a work order, which the maintenance team closed and I was home the whole day that they supposedly "fixed" it. I'm convinced nobody came to even look at the issue. For my final few months at Thai Binh, the fire alarm for the building went off 1-2 times a week and usually between the hours of 11 PM and 6 AM. The new community director put up signs that you would literally see in a middle school classroom (the sign included tips such as... Don't pull the fire alarm for no reason, don't steal, pick up your trash, etc.) The office's main way of communicating with residents was to simply shove a printout in their doors or just scotch tape it on their doors. They would never so much as call, email, or paper mail letters that they would label as "urgent". It always seemed like an insecure and honestly terrible method of requesting a response from residents. I was out of town a few times this happened and had no clue of their letter until I was back, nearly a week after they requested a response within 48 hours. If you like living in a high stress, dirty, and sometimes scary apartment complex then I recommend this one for you! I'll be at my new apartment, waiting for my $400 security deposit that I am certain I will never receive.

I have been living here for years, honestly just an awful apartment complex. drug addicts are everywhere. Mail is stolen on a daily basis. If you aren't present for a package delivery then you can consider it lost. Security is terrible on every side of the spectrum. It's cheap to live here for a reason. Once you *finally* get in your own apartment it's decent, until then this place is just hands down terrible. If you are reading this to find any type of review for if you should move in because of the price; just don't. You will regret it over time. Spend the extra $500/month and find a place in a better area.

It's a shame because these apartments are nice however the people who work there are horrible people, except Alexander. The manager Gabriel was very unprofessional and demeaning , along with the woman assistant who works there. Waited over a month and a half for them to tell me I was denied after everything looked promising for me and my partner. I had to call and ask about updates and when I asked why I was denied, they could not give me a valid explanation and said that I was being argumentative and that ever time I called I was argumentative. when I spoke to the woman last and asked if there was any updates and she had said that it was weird that my employer hadn't emailed back, when he mentioned to me yet she sent a pdf that was corrupt and he could not open the link, so I called to ask what it was so he could send over the right form. She was rude and said that she couldn't do anything about it and that she wasn't going to send another one and that she couldn't tell me what was missing in the form so that my employer could send it over. Wasted almost two months with no place to live. Do not come here unless you want to deal with problematic people.

Rip-off! Income is based on Next Years projected income, based on some unintelligible Integer math. My fixed income was magically increased by a couple of points, my wife, working at a local hotel has basic income & overtime during tourist season. Management took the overtime from the height of the season and applied it to the entire year! so that $14K + 23K +1K equals $53K. At one point in our discussion, management stated that because my wife had three (3) hours of overtime in February that they could not dismiss that she may have hundreds of hours of OT next year ! Her payroll stubs for this year (YTD) clearly show $1k for overtime, but they estimate 4 times that amount by "Averaging" only the highest possible amounts during tourist season- completely ignoring the actual documented figures on her payroll stubs to date- and then adding a so-called "increase" to reflect next year's income in-order to calculate this year's eligibility requirements. The Asst Manager there, Addi(sp) is very pleasant,"on-the-ball" and very obedient to her Master(s) FPI https://fpimgt.com/ a privately owned, exclusive third-party, multifamily property manager controlling over 43,000 units "across the Nation" - without any power or authority to make her own decisions as demonstrated by the fact that all convoluted calculations are done by out of State FPI Corporate "Auditors" rather than in-house. A very attractive building, but like the local management, the lights just aren't on. I doubt that my $400 deposit will be returned until FPI has earned profit-earning interest on it first. At $35 per person to be told No, I suggest applying elsewhere.

Lots of theft and shady tenants in building. The staff does not follow through with any issues. The staff either was uninformed or knowingly mislead you to what you are signing or getting into when u move in. Terrible experience.

THE WORST MANAGEMENT TEAM ON EARTH!!! How do I even start this review omg. Moved in about a year ago and I immediately asked to be put on the waitlist for the parking spaces under ground... year and a half later found out that I was never put on the waitlist :( there is constant fire alarms going off. The managers for this property have been the most unhelpful in every way. If you think about moving here DONT. You may think you're saving yourself some money in low income apartments but the way it's managed is horrible. They try and inconvenience you almost every day. They usually have two elevators but elevator two hasn't been working for over a month, broken amenities that never get fixed in a mannerly time. Good luck trying to reach them by phone or email because they either never pick up or never respond. I had to send them 5-6 emails which I just resent to them for me to even get a reply back. The neighborhood isn't always the best constant DRUG ADDICTS sleep in the stairwells and security is either sitting in there cars on there phones or the don't do crap about the drug addicts. Pretty sure the resident in apt 420 lets in multiple drug addicts into his apt... if you don't believe me just go look at apt 420's door and you'll have the insight that I do. Just over the worst place to live in Seattle . Please don't give anymore of your hard earned money to this apartment complex because they will take it and DEFLECT, DEFLECT, DEFLECT you away... ask Michelle the manager about that. Yeah anyway f this place

The place is full of homeless and thief, I lost two bikes that were locked in the garage, lost so many packages I wouldn't recommend

Renters BEWARE! My husband and I lived here for a little under 2 years. We applied to live at Thai Binh when it first opened and the process took 2 months. Management at the time made us put in our leave notice at the place we were living at first before we could officially apply to this apartment complex. We thought it would take only a few days to get approved, but it took 2 months of stagnant communication and multiple trips to the leasing office to confirm our income status, followed by weekly calls to the office for any sort of update once the lease to our old place was about to expire. Finally, THE DAY BEFORE our lease expired, I received a call saying we were approved and could move in. We vacated our old apartment in an insane 24 hours thinking that this place was worth the wait. I should have seen the HUGE RED FLAG when it took months for them to approve us. All was well for the first year of living at Thai Binh and the nightmare of our move was way behind us until we learned that we had to submit RECERTIFICATION documents to continue living at the complex. For some reason, the staff at the time could not, for the life of them, figure out our work situation and it took another 2 months to sort everything out. I can't count on two hands the amount of times we were called in to the leasing office to fill out more paperwork and review our tax documents to prove that we were under the income cap. A staff member at that time named Addy was incredibly rude and unhelpful; unwilling to guide us through what was wrong with our work documents as well as unwilling to pick up the phone and call our employers to confirm our income. My husband and I had to confirm everything ourselves after learning that all of the staff in charge of re-certifying our documents failed to reach out to any of our employers. Eventually, they stopped sending us notices to come to the office and by that point we figured everything worked out; though, a simple notice telling us we were in the clear would have been helpful. The whole process of recertification had already left a terrible taste in my mouth and my whole impression of Thai Binh was ruined. Long story short, we decided not to go through with the recertification process a third time, so we put in our notice to vacate early. We took our time cleaning out the apartment and since we had already found a new place to live, we no longer needed to use the garage. So, we turned in our garage clicker and CLEARLY noted in an email that we were ONLY turning in our garage key and that we were still occupying the unit until our lease was up. They responded immediately with an "OKAY". The next day when my husband returned to finish cleaning our apartment, he found that they had already CHANGED THE LOCKS ON OUR APARTMENT DOOR! We still had our property in the unit, yet they still entered and changed the locks without our permission - even though we clearly said in an email that the ONLY thing we were turning in was our garage key. They changed back the locks and we continued cleaning, very much upset at how the end of our stay at Thai Binh was turning out. THAT'S NOT ALL, however! When we BOTH returned the next day to get the last of our things, they had turned off our key fobs to get into the building. When we confronted them about it, they excused it like it was a mistake in the system even though the day before when they changed the locks, my husband CLEARLY told them that we were not completely moved out yet. And this is a month early, mind you! Fast forward to now, after two months of being out of Thai Binh, I originally was not going to write a review, especially if we were going to get our deposit back. However, after finally received what I thought was our security deposit refund, upon further review of the statement, it's an ACTUAL BILL from the apartment asking us to pay a $30 fee for stove-top drip pans. Not only did they use up our $400 security deposit on useless cleaning fees, they want us to pay them for drip pans they say are "damaged" because god forbid we used a stove to cook food for two years. All in all, what a nightmare of a place to live. DO NOT let the price point fool you, especially for the location. You get what you pay for: shi**y management, shady neighbors, windows that don't open, all-day fire alarms, constantly-smoking neighbors, drug-dealing and roaming randos, constant noise issues, incredibly frustrating and drawn-out annual re-certification, the list goes on...

we ONLY did a tour and the leasing manager was so rude. We were clarifying some things and she was very rude.

The staff at this building are great. They are super friendly caring and helpful. Great amenities for being low income.

Hmm. Why did my original review disappear? Maybe I just can't see it for some reason? Seems odd. But anyway. Over 2 months and have yet to see my $400 deposit come back. Was told finally last week after calling for the brillionth time that it was sent to my old house on Aug 16th (even when I provided them my new address several times). I've had mail forwarding since August 2nd. My old property manager didn't see anything. So I call again to leave a message and I get a call back a few minutes later stating that they're cancelling the check that was sent and issuing a new one to send to my new address. I don't believe they ever sent it. If they had, they would have been easily able to tell me this weeks ago when I called to ask what was going on. Do not trust Thai Binh with your money. Unreliable and the office staff cannot get their ducks in order.

Even though I was over the income limit I received my deposit back right away like handed to me, my original money order. My mind was blown away because of all the negative reviews. When I asked why there were so many people upset over their deposits they told me those people were either approved and canceled or never came back to get their deposits and no longer responding to them to come get them. Make sense now