Ten Fifty B

This place really went downhill after Jenny Davenport, the previous property manager, had to leave the building. I had dreamed of living here as a kid (crazy dream, right?) as one of my (now no longer) childhood friends lived here. The glitz and glamour of Downtown attracted me so much that I got a job in Hillcrest and was offered a unit at 1050 B YEARS after I had applied. I got to observe the buildings (and units) conditions over 10+ years before I moved in. The drastic decline this building took as and after Jenny left was deeply saddening to me. Chris, the current property manager, did address most of my concerns and was relatively responsive throughout my stay in the building. However, for the life of me, I could never, and will never, understand how there are "no available parking spots" in the underground garages for the units - OR working cameras down there. I heard many stories from residents about item theft from their cars, broken windows, etc. Upon move in, on the very first night of moving things in, I was greeted quite rudely by my neighbor in 611. He apparently didn't think that my Cox Cable employee friend should have been "messing with the panel" to get me internet on move-in night. The kitchen sink cabinet had significant water damage and wood rot in the lower corner, and there was very clear rust / pest droppings EVERYWHERE upon move in. The layers and layers of dust and just overall nastiness of the unit was appalling. I think, aside from the parking, the worst part about my stay at 1050 B started 6 months towards the end (feb 2020 move out date) of my residence. The amount of roaches, ants, silverfish, etc. that were in my unit was REVOLTING. I decided against having management come in the home to place roach gel because I was absolutely terrified of seeing the (possibly) hundreds of dead roach carcasses strewn through the unit. The hot water / all water in the unit became essentially unpressurized. The water hammer from the shower got much louder and much more frequent. The laundry rooms were hellaciously disgusting. Roaches in the sinks and folding counters. Washing machines with egregiously disgusting levels of standing water, odors, and poorly maintained "sanitation" systems. Entire laundry rooms CLOSED to the 500+ residents that live here due to the negligence of management and maintenance... and never a fix in sight. I had a studio apartment in East County that I was renting before I got the offer to be a resident at 1050 B, and it was $100 more a month, however, if I could do it over again, I probably would've just renewed my lease there and continued to live in peace. Downtown San Diego has become a haven for tweakers, heroin addicts, and crackheads to run amok, breaking into cars, stealing personal belongings, and picking fights with random people on the street. The location of 1050 B is PRIME for this, and I had to walk by it daily for almost 2 years. Some things you just don't realize until you actually live it, and the homelessness issue in the area is absolutely and unequivocally unacceptable. It's been almost 2 years since I lived at 1050 B and I just meant to search the place up and see how the reviews were looking in recent times. It is quite unfortunate that this building has officially turned into a Fallout 3 Wasteland style habitation. While the location is highly desireable (for some reason unbeknownst to me after living in it) and the rent is low (due to it being a LITHC building), 1050 B just isn't a place I would recommend most people to live anymore. 10 years ago in its glory days, sure. Now, not so much. Do better, Solari.
Oct 14th, 2021

Love the high quality, beautiful building
Aug 14th, 2021

Roaches from 2nd floor to 5th floor for somehow the water feels nasty in the bathroom solari needs to take care of this building
Jun 24th, 2021

Been living here for 10 years. It's nice n all but it's not that secure as it seems to be and some of the ADULTS that live here are shady, nosey and talk bad about the minors or other adults, that are simply minding their business. Other than that, the inside is beautiful and the manager and the people that work here are nice. 10/10 would recommend just don't socialize with the people here. nvm.. the residents here like to open and steal other residents packages and the office people say its not thier problem.
Apr 23rd, 2021

ROACHES!!!!
Mar 20th, 2021