The Perch

Mar 24th, 2022

Everything is changed
Oct 9th, 2021

May 16th, 2021

I rented a studio apartment at Stream Belmont for a little more than a year. The location was pretty good, close to QFC in North Broadway, Capitol Hill, but very noisy - leaf blowers and trash trucks are constantly making terrible noise. The view of the Space Needle from the 6th floor was great. I was relatively happy with the experience, the original staff were great and seemed to be very invested in trying to create a welcoming, social environment for everybody who lived there. Unfortunately, as with most of these corporate-style apartments, the move-out experience seems to be a key profit generator for the companies running them, and despite only very normal wear and tear to the apartment, Pacific Crest and the newest member of the Stream Belmont staff are trying to keep my deposit AND charge me additional fees for "painting", which is not legal by Seattle/WA landlord/tenant law, which means I have to jump through hoops to force them to get my deposit back. This tactic is extremely frustrating, since this is not a legal reason for keeping my deposit, but the effort necessary to force getting it back might be more of a pain than the $200+ is worth for many people.
Nov 5th, 2020

Jul 28th, 2020