Cal Hotel

This was the worst rental experience I have had – bar none.
Here are the worst parts:
–ROACHES: there is a real roach problem. You will be in the presence of pests on a regular basis whether it be in your room, the bathrooms, or another place, you will see them.
–SMOKING: this place reeks of cigarette (and occasional marijuana) smoke. Cal hotel does not have a full «no-​smoking» policy in place. Residents smoke in the rooms consistently. The whole building stinks and it can be smelled from individual rooms. I often would get headaches from the constant stench.
–STRANGE TENANTS: many of those living here exhibit signs of mental disturbance. For example, there is one tenant who every now and again will from his room for all to hear incessantly scream, «please help me. Please help me,» over and over again. There are a host of other unpleasant characters among the denizens of Cal Hotel that I won’t bother describing.
–CHEAP MANAGEMENT: this is applicable from the big to the small. From a constant lack of toilet paper in the bathrooms to repeated delay of making necessary repairs, I have seen it all at Cal Hotel. For example, one woman’s sink in her room overflowed as it had backed-​up. As a result, the carpet got wet. The issue is that it had overflowed with sewage. The room reeked so bad that it could be smelled from all the way down the hall. I would have to hold my breath to get to my room without gagging for weeks. I honestly don’t know how that poor woman didn’t pass out living in a room of that condition for so long. I will leave out numerous other examples that I could list.
CONCLUSION: the place reeks of smoke, has strange tenants and pests to boot. I moved here out of desperation imagining that no place could be «that bad.» Well, it is. Naturally, the management was not upfront about the pest problem. Don’t be fooled. The roaches are there. Don’t see anyone in the building during your visit? Don’t be fooled. Strange people live there. Can’t smell anything because the windows are wide open? Don’t be fooled. The place is rank.