The Lofts at Wamsutta Place

Well, these are truly the most beautiful lofts/​apartments I have ever seen outside of a luxury magazine. The floors and high ceilings offer a feeling of wide open living hard to find in a mid sized city with a history like New Bedford. Beyond the beauty and prestige of the look and feel of the place… is the reality of living here. The noise level is atrocious. I love dogs and the building is dog friendly, but not designed for the constant barking associated with hundreds of dogs living in close proximity. I get the feeling of a poorly kept kennel every time I walk out of the building. The entrances and elevators (which I rarely use because they are SO SLOW) smell of urine and feces. I constantly see puddles and droppings from aging pets near the exits. The building is supposed to be a high security building. Unlike most high security buildings I know, they don’t change the batteries in the entry keypads and leave notes on the outside of the doors indicating HOW TO DEFEAT the keypad lock to get in. I have personally witnessed people from the area walking through the high security building and believe they case the place regularly. I have asked unfamiliar people in the past who they are looking for and they can’t even tell me a name or apartment number. Definitely no real security offered here. In fairness, there is a hired security officer onsite during late night hours. The noise level between side by side apartments is hardly ever noticeable, the the noise level between floors is difficult to bear. My neighbor, whom I visit, has a young couple prone to young couple screaming matches living above her. You can hear every word, feel every pan thrown that hits the floor and follow every stilletto footstep back and forth, up and down the hallway in their upstairs apartment. The downstairs tenant of another neighbor loves his or her base. I never hear footsteps in their apartment while visiting my neighbor, but the constant drumming of Led Zeppelin and AC/​DC (morning, noon and night) makes any concentration in his apartment impossible. I am the lucky one. My apartment is very quiet. I never hear anything except the dogs… no neighbor noise really! The Wamsutta Lofts are beautiful, luxurious and affordable. Rents are in the $ 1000-​$ 1400 range for 1000 sf+ apartment/​lofts with gorgeous floors, high (HIGH) ceilings and an incredible maintenance department. The office staff is very friendly and efficient but not as professional as you would expect on a luxury property. My very few dealings with them have always proved to be excellent and I have visited the office on many occasions and chit chatted. There is a real sense (from what I overhear) that they sit around and talk about tenants, what is inside their apartments and what type people they judge them to be. I have been here about 6 months and visitors to my place are struck by the beauty and disgusted by the smell, the ‘jiggle the door handle to get in” security and the parking situation. I would highly suggest the Wamsutta Lofts if you are able to handle the noise and smells, because it is beautiful. Being younger, it is easy for me to adjust to the little things as I spend so little time here. It would probably be more difficult and frustrating for someone who spent more time in the building, like some of my older friends. C– from my perspective, but the most beautiful place I have lived. No fault of the Lofts, but the crime in the area is atrocious. Do not walk out of the parking lot after dark. Literally — murders, robberies and assaults take place regularly less than a block from the address. I heard that seven murders took place within seven blocks of the address last year. Vehicles in the open lots (there is underground parking for very small vehicles if you are lucky enough to get a limited spot) are subject to damage and break ins as well. There are no real restaurants within a couple of mile area, except for a bar or two (where two of the murders took place). You might find cheaper but you probably won’t find more beautiful. You can certainly find safer and quieter apartments that are even more affordable. There are several ‘high rise’ options in safer areas closer to the very urban feeling downtown. I am content to stay aside from everything I say here, because I am lucky enough to travel extensively and use this as a home port or base only. 1 star from my friends and neighbors. 4 stars for me.

Let me start by saying something positive about this hell hole. The budding is beautiful, a wondrous part of history. Apartments are huge and beautiful, large windows 20+ feet (however heat is an issue) The cleaning crew is great. Hallways are clean, lobby’s are clean, garage is clean. Maintenance is amazing!!! Any maintenance issues are fixed ASAP…
My gripe is management! They are incompetent, gossiping, fake, dishonest people. Who practice deceptive advertising and do not keep up with their end of the contract.
Let me start… When I moved to Wamsutta I was presented, «the lease/​contract/​the joke»
The lease is about 20 pages long, listing rules and regulations that need to be upheld as a tenant. (I.e. Noise, parties, clean up after your dog, parking areas, ect ect)
Silly me, I thought the expectations were supposed to be upheld to ALL tenants!!! Sadly, this is not the case. Tenants do as they please here (parties on a Tuesday night, 75+ ppl partying above you, parties that extend into the in the parking lot, dog poop everywhere, people parking where they please) and management instills no consequences. Upon singing the «contract/​aka the joke» I was told, as a tenant I would be fined 25 $ if caught not picking up my dogs poop. I can’t tell you how many people do not pick up after their dogs… is anyone ever fined??? Management asks tenants to carpet 75% of their floors… Silly me, I went out and spend a few hundred on Carpets… if you have an issue with noise, management will tell you nothing can be done until after 10 pm. Contrary to what I was informed before singing, «the joke.» I was informed security could be called and they would handle the noise by going to the apartment. more than Half the time, tenants do not answer the door and the issue is never resolved.
Great … Bc my life can be put on hold until after 10 pm ??? My quality of life doesn’t matter !?!
The noise in this place is UNBEARABLE. You will hear your neighbors tv word for word, you will hear them sneeze, walk, cough, talk, watch porn, put dishes away, run water, dogs bark, laugh…
When living here, you don’t have neighbors, you have roommates that you didn’t know you would have. You hear them come and go, who comes to visit, who breaks up, who makes up, who likes to sing, what shows they watch… You will know it all!!! It’s pure hell !!! Hell !!!
Well despite being surrounded by some of the most ignorant, ghetto, inconsiderate individuals on the face of the earth, who do as they please… what is even more bothersome about living here is the fact that management choose to ignore any issues tenants have. They do nothing to help.
They sit in the office and passive aggressively smile when they tell you issues will be resolved.
It’s truly a shame management can get their act together. Because this building has so much potential…
Wamsutta needs a man down in the office, a guy who doesn’t get involved with taking sides and «feeling bad»
These woman make it personal.
UNLESS you were my arch nemesis, I would NEVER recommend this place to anyone!!!
Don’t spend your money here!!!
Management does not deserve your hard earned money.

It must be nice to have so much business and be so busy that you can’t return a phone call. My husband and I are relocating back to the area and we’re really interested in the apartments here as we had heard nice things and it would be convenient. I have called twice and my husband has called 3 times and emailed them this past week and no one has called us back. If I can’t get a call back now when I want to rent, I can only imagine what it’ll be like if we live there and have an issue.

I moved into Wamsutta Apartments before they were even completely done. I loved it at first. I was told I would eventually have extra storage space, a pool, a gym, 24/​hr security and maintenance. After about a year living at Wamsutta I was told there would be no storage space or pool and the 24/​hr security/​maintenance was laughable at best. Your ceiling is the wood floor of the apartment above you, nothing in between to block noise, etc. I had a neighbor move in above me who found it ok to walk around in high heels at all hours of the night, do P90x all day and never take its dog out allowing it to urinate all over their apartment leaking down into mine. I complained so many time to Rhonda, the useless manager, security, also useless, and even the owner of the company who I left several messages for. I eventually had to call New Bedford Board of Health for them to send someone out but unless I paid for dog urine stains to be tested or dog urine dripped down while they were there, their hands were tied; they did what they could for me. They made notes of all the urine stains on my 18 foot ceiling and told me to take pictures, which I did. After all of this the management continued to do nothing. I eventually wrote them a letter explaining everything I have gone through, all the steps I took and told them I would not pay rent until they fixed this problem OF DOG URINE DRIPPING ALMOST DAILY INTO MY APARTMENT. You know what happened next? I was slapped with an erroneous harassment order by my upstairs neighbors claiming my complaints to management gave them trouble. I had to go to court over this which I won and it was thrown out because they had nothing to legally stand on. Didn’t stop there however, Wamsutta LLC evicted me for not paying one months rent over the letter I wrote to them. They took me to housing court where they showed up with three lawyers against myself. I had photographs and the NB Board of Health report. None of this helped me and I was ordered to pay the month rent I missed and move out by the end of the month, which was less than 2 weeks. If you want an apartment where you can hear everything above, below and to the sides of you this is the place for you. If you want a place who calls itself «luxury» but is in the armpit of New Bedford with an owner and manager who will lie and say anything for you to move in this is your place. I have lived in many apartments throughout my life and never complained before except for this place BECAUSE YES IT IS THAT BAD. The «gym» is a joke and half the machines don’t work. It’s about the size of a bedroom it is a joke. The windows are the most drafty windows on the face of the planet and no matter how many times I brought this up, guess what happened? NOTHING! And the fact that they call the windows «self-​cleaning» is absolutely hilarious. They are far from it and another way to scam people for them to claim they are «luxury» apartments. When I found out there would be no pool or storage units as they promised I asked what they could do for me and no lie the manager laughed and said «what do you expect me to do? We couldn’t get the permits end of story.» NEVER been treated more poorly by any business, store, worker, etc. in my life. Move in at your own risk and if anything goes wrong, good luck!

I am a middle aged professional living here. The actual lofts are beautiful. However, considering how overpriced they are for the area, I would highly recommend Not living here for these reasons:
1. The snow removal is virtually nonexistent. You’d think they could get some rock salt or do whatever every other parking facility has done this winter. But no, they have a sheet of ice just begging for a lawsuit when someone falls.
2. They don’t enforce the rules. They have 2 huge signs on the door stating that people who don’t clean up after their dogs will be fined and non-​resident cars parked in the resident lot will be towed. Yet the parking lot is full of dog poop and at least half the cars parked there don’t have resident stickers.
3. The prices listed online are at least $ 2 – 300 less than what a unit actually starts at. They lie to you right from the beginning. Also, the leasing office staff is rude and unhelpful if you need something.
4. Windows are cheap and drafty. Appliances are cheap and break often.
5. The key code box is often broken, leaving you stuck outside until someone opens the door to the building.
I could go on, but those are the highlights. I’m counting down the days until my lease is up.

The Lofts are Beautiful!
We have lived here for few years. They are spacious inside we have lived in a 2 bedroom apartment which was around 1200 ft. and a 1 bedroom 1000ft. You have to put rugs or you hear neighbors and neighbors hear you. That is the only thing because it’s all wood in north building but it’s so historical. I like that we have fans in the living room and bedroom.
The staff is outstanding. It’s been a really nice experience living here compared to living in a apartment.
The only thing I miss from my old place is a dog park.

The Wamsutta Lofts are amazing!
First off, the high ceilings, oversized windows and deep quarters gives one a feeling of much needed space.
Coming from apartments one does need to give it time to adjust to loft living. The units are very echoey, and you can hear your neighbors. Using wall art, wall hangings and large area rugs helps with these issues. Heating these large units in the winter are not as bad as one would think… All the utilities/​appliances are electric.
Your neighbors at the lofts are very nice people, many are new to the area or are transplants. Most tenants are professional/​educated folk.
The building management team are absolutely wonderful and professional individuals that are great at their jobs and attentive and helpful.
The bad things about living here:
1. Very bad neighborhood. It does not feel safe walking off the building’s property.
2. Needs a dedicated fenced in dog park ASAP!
3. The parking lots reek of dog urine all the time. Especially near the doors on the North side of the building.