The Bigelow Apartments

My husband and I lived here for 3 and a half years and have absolutely loved our apartment! We had a very spacious place on the 9th floor overlooking 25th street and the ampitheater, truly the best view in Ogden; especially for around Christmas time!!! It's walking distance to Ogden's great nightlife, bars and restaurants. There's even a restaurant inside the building now! We felt happy and safe here for several years. The building itself has tremedous Ogden history, (no, in our years we never experienced any ghosts!). It is a very pet friendly building, we enjoyed the occasional elecator rides up with neighbors and their pups. The lobby is gorgeous and the new management has been great to work with. Michelle in particular was even very kind and helpful when we decided it was time to move on, (our family's getting bigger!). Given its location and historical significance, there are things to keep in mind, such as the building itself is used for many things besides housing residents. Parking is often tricky so getting parking spots is recommended. There can be some kinks with maintenance, but that can happen even with the newest apartment buildings. The lobby/elevtors can also get busy with weddings and events being held on the weekend but it didn't create any significant concerns for us. We will look back on living here with very fond memories, it was truly a unique experience. We recommend checking it out for yourself!!

The AC doesn’t regularly work and has broken on average 5~ times a month. The water gets turned off randomly at least once a month. One of the elevators breaks all the time so only one is reliably functional. The laminated wood flooring is chipped and cracked in most areas. They don’t reliably plow the parking garage entrance/exit when it snows and there have been several accidents because of it. And they’re charging you $1700 after utilities/trash/electrical/water for a one bedroom apartment and this lovely experience.

Lived here a little over 2 months. Hot water has been off 11 of those days, ac been off for 8 days. Have had 2 water leaks, didn't air out the drywall, so going to be a mold issue. They say it's an inconvenience, I say it's a issue. Ac won't reach temperature so it's constantly running, but they are going to charge us the electricity to run it. Place is falling apart, trashy. It wouldn't let me give a negative rating. Otherwise I would of rated it a negative 1.

Beware if you rent here you will be paying $500+ more than what the rent is. My rent is $1295 yet I’m paying nearly $1900 a month due to the unfair utility billing system they use. They have it divided by occupancy, yet have people illegally living here. Wonder how many I’m paying for that aren’t paying anything? You’re paying for everyone else, including the disruptive weddings that are here every single weekend. They take up all of the parking, are rude and loud, and keep the front doors propped open where all the cold air goes right out the door and believe me you’ll pay for it on your electric bill. Plus anyone can just walk right into the building. The apartments don’t have lighting in the bedrooms so there’s no reason for that high of an electric bill. I’m also paying for them to maintain the grounds when there’s a garbage bag next to the dumpster that’s been there for 3 weeks and dog crap literally everywhere, even the entrance to the lobby. No one is maintaining anything. You’ve been warned! For $1900 a month you can get a luxury apartment you don’t have to share with people having a wedding at your residence.

I had a very pleasant experience living in the bigelow. Rent was affordable and management was always very helpful, especially Michelle. All problems that I experienced living there were handled in a timely fashion and to the best abilities of staff. It is a very charming and lovely building, and being right downtown has many perks, such as the first Friday art strolls, events at the Monarch, and walking distance from almost anything you might need. I highly recommend this apartment complex to anyone considering!

This is a Historic hotel. Beautiful interior lobby. The nightly rooms are spacious. There are also residents rooms. (I didn't get to see any of them.) Beautiful views from the rooms. We liked the hotel so much we stayed an additional two nights. They serve breakfast too in the morning. Yummy!

Do you like living in a sauna? How about heat exhaustion or heat stroke? This building has NO AC, keeping it constantly at about 85 degrees INDOORS, one elevator is regularly not working, there’s no way of keeping bugs out if you open a window, and if you like about $500 of extra fees on top of your base rent, then good. More than one person has said that manager, Michelle only cares about her bottom line, people are moving out because of her. The hot water goes at random, sometimes for days at a time. The laundry facilities are a joke, you pay what you would at a laundromat for smaller machines, and the dryers don’t even get your things dry the first time. They care more about “unauthorized use” of the freight elevator than they do about air conditioning. And don’t even get me started on the pathetic “kitchen” in most units. A two burner smooth range hub, and a microwave is all you get. No dishwasher. No oven. No counter space. You can get a two to three bedroom unit elsewhere for the price of a one bedroom here. The only good thing is how secure the building is, because I’ve had to let cops in after the office closed. Literally, only good thing. It’s a historically protected building that requires upkeep, even to cosmetic things like paint, but it’s not being done. Biggest mistake I have ever made to move in.

Over priced, not worth the hassle. Love the building and the history, HATE the staff, the lack of actual communication, false claims of emails and texts, multiple days without hot water, etc. Office can post multiple flyers about community events, farmers market, car shows, a change in towing companies for assigned parking violations, but can’t be bothered to post community notices about plumbing issues.Michele also claimed to have knocked on my door to inform me about the hot water issue. Well if she can knock on a door, she can leave a notice taped to said door as well making sure residents are well informed, but what do I know. Have had many times of trash valet miss my floor completely. Gave up on using that service due to my trash sitting in the hall for two days so I just take it out myself. Moved in back in October, rent was less than $1600. Only added a storage for $45. It’s May and my rent is $1700 with a base rent of $1249 for a 1 bedroom with no oven or dishwasher. Air conditioner rarely works properly. Air is set at 68, it only gets close to that when it is already 68 degrees outside, otherwise it’s between 75-78 degrees inside. Have 4 fans in my bedroom to try to keep cool. No screens on the windows so having it open means every bug can come in. This beautiful building may have been built 100 years ago, but it’s the 21st century. I am sure some modern things such as a functional air conditioner and screens on windows could be put in place, but again what do I know. They are letting this building crumble. The ceiling in the reception area with the fireplace has really bad spots and looks tacky. RUN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FOR A BETTER MANAGED PROPERTY!!!! If I could give ZERO stars I would!

Your utilities will be $500+ a month. No one can tell you why and when you ask they make false police reports to get the cops to come to your home and accuse you of smoking marijuana. There is dog poop everywhere, people parked in emergency zones and people propping the front doors open so anyone can walk in.

I stopped by today by chance. I was astounded by the decor. It's absolutely lovely. The staff was friendly & helpful. I am defiantly booking a tour. It seems like a nice up & coming family place.

This place is really nice. A good blend of old and new. Sadly, i did no get an apartment but the staff I met, especially Nadine, was friendly and answered all of my questions. They were upgrading some units and you could tell they are definitely modernizing and yet keeping the traditions of a past era. Kudos and good luck on your jpourney.

I have been here with my boyfriend/fiancé for at least 3 months. In the first 90 days, we have felt warmly welcome and most of the neighbors are very nice, even though we are a quiet couple. The rent is inclusive with all the utilities and they make it easy to apply and get approved. There are some current remodels going on, however, things are really great and it puts us on the corner of 25th Street in Downtown Ogden around all the amenities and fun, shopping, and access to public transit

I want to express how impressed I was with the apartments. It is beautiful building with great tennants. Most of all they are pet friendly. Great customer service for we enjoyed the tour and they provided all of the information that was needed after the tour.

This is the worst place I have ever lived building is in disrepair maintenance staff is unwilling to fix anything. The building and tenants are a total shit show.

This is turning into a great place to live. Chris on the maintenance team provided top notch service on the drop off a dime to fix a simple issue, but that's the sort of work provided that is much appreciated as a resident.