LL Hawkins Apartments

Update Feb 2024: we have not had garage door openers for almost FIVE months now. When you ask the building manager about it he is dismissive and acts like the tenants are just an annoyance. Downgrading from two stars to one. I moved into the building 2 1/2 years ago. There has a steady decline over my time here. Multiple management companies. Change in ownership. Constant turnover in the office and scattered office hours. Most recent manager not friendly or helpful at all. When I first moved in there were two amazing men who ran the maintenance for the building. Two of them were here most days of the week and one on a couple days a week, but someone was always here 7 days a week. There is now one person and it is way too much to maintain for one with all the apartments, the commercial spaces and the daily upkeep of cleaning the trash rooms, taking out recycling and cleaning around the property. This building lacks many of the amenities that surrounding buildings have and the very few that were here when I moved in, guest suite, coffee service in lobby, have all been taken away. Multiple car and storage break ins because garage is not secure. When Cushman Wakefield took over my shared utility costs increased by over $50 a month with absolutely no explanation and a lot of run around from the unhelpful manager I referred to before. Garbage and recycling pick up at 3 and 4 am is quite loud right below my window. Trucks left running in the truck zone below my window filling my apartment with exhaust. I do like my unit so I hope things improve but other than that and the convenient location, not many positive things I can say at this point.
Jan 24th, 2024

Update in Nov '23 - The storage units have been broken into 4 times in the past year. As recently as Nov. I'm pleading with any future tenants to not make the mistake we made and waste your money on paying for a storage unit that feels guaranteed to have theft. There's not much it feels like the management company can do. Please learn from our mistakes. It will just be stressful and you'll lose precious items and money. It's not safe to store stuff there. Update in May - after some time they finally worked with us to help. We really appreciated it and once Ashley stepped in things happened fast. She's very helpful! It's been a really tough 6-weeks living here in increasingly unbearable conditions. Two major water leaks within 6 weeks or so coming from sixth floor flooding the entire side of impacted part of the building. After the first one, we had two industrial size fans in our unit. We suffered through the loud noise hoping it was temporary and wanting to give space to the residents who had it way worse on the floors above us, but the fans and accompanying noise lasted a month or so the first time. Then, a few days ago, yet another major water leak happened. With both leaks water poured through the vents and light fixtures. Now, we once again have industrial size fans in our one-bedroom apartment. However, this time we have three fans and a massive industrial de-humidifier. It's so loud we can't hear each other talk without yelling and it feels as though it is harming our hearing. I feel for the employees that work here because they have the hardest job working on the ground. I hope whoever can actually make the call to help the many units and people living in them do so soon because it's truly unbearable. We have lived here for over 5 years and this building isn't that old compared to the more historic ones in the area. This has become our home and this reality is currently negatively impacting our emotional and physical health and well-being. We also work from home, and with this current state, we can't. We have voiced our concerns and have asked for another temporary housing option, but we still have yet to receive any alternative options for our situation. Also a side note - if you do rent from here. Thefts sadly seem to be an increasing issue in this area. I would avoid leaving anything in your car if you have it in the garage, wouldn't pay for the storage units, and don't let packages be left open in the mailroom area.
Nov 26th, 2023

Jose and Evan run a tight ship at this building. Always friendly, always helpful and you can tell that they really care about the residents' well being.
Oct 13th, 2023

Unfortunately upon moving in I didnt realize I live directly above the garbage/recycling dock for both retail and residential which pickup occurs 6 days per week between the hours of 3am and 5am and comes twice between those times for both recycling and garbage. It is so incredibly loud there is no sleeping through it even with the best ear plugs and white noise, its intolerable if you like sleep. Stay far away from any apartments facing south on Quimby. The leasing office acts like they had no idea about the noise and that nobody else has complained about it, but come to find out they are liars. All of my neighbors have complaints about the intolerable noise. They bait and switch you by telling you that you can move apartments after 6 months, signing a new lease of course. I would like to bang pots and pans in their ear every morning at 3am and again at 4am and see how much they like it Only good thing about this place is the location, but its slabtown and there are many other options, and new complexes being built.
Oct 2nd, 2023

Aug 30th, 2023