Franklin Towers

I just wanna say what a good building and well maintained, it is but no building is ever perfect but here at Franklin for the past 4 years I’ve seen nothing but improvements and yes some projects postpone couple days or a week max but from what I see its only to make sure that we get the best quality for our buck and to make sure that remodel lasts more then just a quick fix they always think long term. I’ve stayed at and visited other buildings where locking the elevator was the same procedure on move outs but the elevator at Franklin literally one second per floor and at the landmark plaza down the street took me 8 min because one was locked and second one was broken so i didn’t mine 1 min at franklin because come on 8 minutes is a long time when your standing there when you gotta go. And as far as Managment goes I’ve had no problem they just make sure everything is according to house rules and standards. I’ve seen the manager himself have to remind people over and over about simple house rules because there constantly breaking them which I’m guessing they haven’t had proper management where they came from and usually the ones abusing is renters anyways because you respect something more when it’s your investment.
And What I love about Franklin is that they keep the people involved and notified as much as possible, renter or buyer because they have a bulletin board which has the notifications on what’s to come, how much and where your money is going and that there meetings are open to the public. And everything and its constantly updating and they even let you sell items on there or Your add on finding extra stalls to rent.
The current manager is always on it and if I didn’t catch him I would leave a voicemail and he always returns calls or emails as soon as he enters office.
I love what they did with the pool it’s heated at like 70 degrees all day everyday which is awesome because it can get windy.
And yes the ac system was shut down because it wasn’t going anywhere and repairs that I heard of was just getting to be a bad investment so honestly I don’t even use ac it gets so windy there isn’t a need but you can always have a split ac system installed if you wanted too yourself.
Overall it’s a kid friendly & pet friendly environment, they got everything you need a super clean pool and a nice basketball court and place to plant your own plants/​you get a box of your own if you sign up. Tennis court and a community room you can throw small party’s in with a deposit that is always returned if you return it as given.
And I got a few friends there that have had no problem selling there units for what they wanted so its worth taking a look and thank you for reading this far and respecting my review. Have a blessed day
And Unilocal is a great place to review and see what your getting yourself into before you physically get there but I’m noticing that some reviewers here are taking a more personal negative vendetta.

First, when I lived here I found the manager to be extremely pretentious and overbearing. He would leave threatening notes for arbitrary rules violations though lack uniform enforcement. Despite this prickly and over the top management style, he was somehow simultaneously impossible to ever locate during his office hours. I’ve never lived in a place with such a draconian supervisor or someone that worked so hard at spending the building’s money to justify his own existence. If I were an owner here I would have a referendum on the company you hired to manage your building and also on the monthly fees because ordering a 3 – 4 month long renovation to have the exact same facilities is down right silly, let alone paying someone a full time salary to coordinate all of the silly contractors that come through the building and work on projects for 3x as long as the project ought to take. Every day when I go to walk my dog these contractors are just standing around doing nothing.
Secondly, does management care at all about the fact that the fire alarm goes off every 10 minutes during the day? Working from home or just being home during the day is intolerable. It sounds like this has been going on for years judging by the dates of prior reviews. Seriously a fire alarm that doesn’t work is unsafe. All day I have to listen to this thing get triggered, if it were ever real, I’d be dead cause I wouldn’t take it seriously. The actually have a sign they post on the front door that reads «false alarm» so when people go down to the first floor for fear of a real fire they learn it was yet another scare. It is embarrassing they think an appropriate response to this years old problem is a sign and putting all occupants at risk of dying due to failing to trust a faulty alarm system — why don’t they just get it fixed? I would think that would take priority over fixing a pool, fixing a hot tub, hosting a yard sale, the manager washing his car during working hours 2x/​week, working for several years to ban smoking and all the painting and various contract work that has been employed. Honestly this isn’t even a problem that should be a negative on living here or not, this should be something the city officials should be threatening fines for as this is a huge safety concern and a main reason why I left.
The location is horrid, management is antagonistic and wasteful and the benefits you get as a tradeoff is high monthly fees and a fire alarm system that has been broken for years on end. I know the rental market supply is tight in the city but you really ought to still be able to find something better than this.

First off Tamara definitely sounds like a «renter». No offense but as an owner I understand how FT operates.
1. The AC system. If the unit in your apartment isn’t working then renters need to contact their landlord. Did you check to see if the filter is clogged? The condo association is not responsible for malfunctioning units inside the apartments. In addition, according to the bylaws of the condo association (which the OWNERS vote on), the system is turned off during the cooler months to save energy. Don’t like it? Buy an apartment and attend a meeting and convince others to change the bylaws. If your landlord forgot to mention it isn’t on 12 months a year, that is his fault, not a Franklin Towers problem.
2. The fire alarms were going off because there were drops in water pressure-​which has since been fixed. The resident manager has worked diligently on this-​chasing small water leaks in a 40-​story building isn’t easy.
3. The elevators have been replaced with brand new elevators, at a cost of about $ 800K. The original elevators wore out and us owners paid to have them replaced. Renters? Well, they just complained.
4. If you have a large load of groceries you can pull up to the entrance and unload your bags and then park your car. Or, you can buy a small fold-​up grocery cart and take it with you to the grocery store and wheel your groceries in. It’s not rocket science.\
Yes, the parking structure was resurfaced and waterproofed. It’s called maintenance. Sorry that a renter found it inconvenient but us owners are dedicated to the upkeep of the building.
Another example of the owner’s commitment to keeping Franklin Towers the best building in the area is the solar farm project recently undertaken to cover the garage roof with solar panels. Once completed, the building will get a reduced rate from HECO and even seel back energy during the day, all at no cost to owners.
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The pool is well maintained and uses a saltwater solution instead of annoying chlorine.
The hot tub is always clean
Four Gas BBQ grills provided in the lovely common area with picnic benches by each one.
Basketball court, tennis court, putting green, and a new doggy park in the immaculately landscaped common area.
Bottom line is if you are a renter moving here for the short term you may feel inconvenienced by the maintenance performed here, but if you are a potential buyer know that maintenance is performed when needed to keep this building looking showroom new, including routinely painting the entire building and routine outside window-​washing.

This is definitely the most inconvenient condominium I have ever lived at. They find every thing possible to try and inconvenience the residents.
At first we were thrilled to move into this condominium because of it’s great amenities and beautiful grounds for the residents, but little did we know…
1. The central air-​conditioning was a joke. It never worked half the time and barely got the unit cold. Then the resident manager shuts off the entire system to «save money» for approximately three months every year, which I think is ridiculous when everyone pays such a high amount to live there. So it’s either not working, or it’s shut down for a quarter of the year or it’s completely out of commission because it broke YET again. At that point, why even have central air.
2. The fire alarm goes off every couple of months, which seems to be triggered by jumps in the electricity and who knows what else. Of course we didn’t know that when we first moved in, so we gathered everyone and headed quickly down the stairs only to wait in confusion with just a handful of other people and their pets to find out that it was YET another false alarm. We did this the next few times, then stayed in like everyone else and just watched the screen from our tvs to see what everyone else downstairs were doing. Sometimes these «false alarms» would happen more often and they were always conveniently in the late evenings or wee early mornings.
3. There are only two elevators for each tower and of course they too had to be shut down (one at a time) for MONTHS to be fixed, which was also very fun for the residents. A single elevator for a 40 story tower is definitely not enough. Especially when people start reserving that one working elevator on the weekends for moving.
4. As with all large condominiums, the parking structure is located across the way separate from the towers and can be a bit inconvenient if you have a lot of groceries or shopping bags to carry up to the elevators. And of course they decided to take on the huge project of resurfacing the parking structure in sections (which would take another few months), so we had to hunt for street parking for the entire time since we had two stalls and both were blocked at some point.
The list goes on, but you get the point from the main items I’ve covered. Definitely not a place I recommend to others. =o (
Food: N/​A
Service: *
Ambiance: ****
Value: *