Metropolitan Park Apartments

This place is great. I’ve done 1 lease so far and have loved living here. Every time a friend stays with us or visits, they always compliment our building for many reasons. Most of the reasons are:
Right in the heart of the International District which means delicious Asian food down the street plus other cultural fun this area has to offer.
It’s a 5 minute walk to Pioneer Square which has tons of fun stuff to do.
It’s walking distance to the stadiums (no $ 30 parking).
The rooftop view! This is my favorite reason to live here. It has a beautiful view of Elliot bay and a very unique view of downtown (walking distance by the way). They have a grill up there too which provided me some of the most memorable days of last Summer, grilling on the roof.
Everyone that works here, even the maintenance guys, have been very friendly and gone above and beyond to help me.
I’m a cheapskate when it comes to paying rent places and I feel like I got a great deal considering the above reasons. I recommend this place to anyone.

Wanted to live in downtown Seattle for quite sometime now and when my roommate and I found a loft available, we were excited to live here. Location and views overlooking the stadiums and water are amazing in my opinion. However the cons of this place so far: we were told we had to move in when management said the apartment was ready, We get here with a truck full of furniture and boxes and the apartment was a complete disaster! The smell was horrible, closer examination of the carpets it smelt like trash, botched up patches of putty or whatever the previous tenant decided to use were still not fixed. All the cabinets and drawers were nasty looked like nothing in the apartment was even cleaned. Only after about 3 weeks of cleaning, even had to request steam cleaning services is the apartment now livable. Highly disappointed in management thinking that moving conditions were move in ready when we got here. We wish to be contacted from higher management as far as why we were forced to pay for a pro rated February when the apartment wasn’t even ready. On a high note management has been decently quick to fix most of the problems, not sure what else to expect for the rest of our lease.

AVOID THIS APARTMENT AT ALL COST! I normally don’t write reviews for an apartment, but their management is really bad.
1.They lost the spare key for my apartment room. Yes, they lost it, not for once alone, for twice, within two months. That makes you wonder how they deal with other things that require more meticulous organizing. They made a copy of my key the first time they lost it. The second time they lost it, they did change the lock in case the missing keys are floating around. I am hoping they do better this time with the new key.
2. I planned to move out and gave my notice almost 2 months ahead of time. Because of previous unpleasant experience, I decided an in-​house inspection before I leave is needed. I tried to schedule for the inspection since mid February. The manager kept saying she needs to check with maintenance, and that maintenance is managing 4 different buildings, and blah blah blah. So now today March 15, after 1 month of failing to schedule on a date multiple times, me and my husband tried 3 times in total almost every week (which the manager said to get back to me and never did so in the past month), I finally called the manager again. The same old story, 4 different building management, bi-​annual inspection, blah blah blah, and they can try to do move-​out inspection together with bi-​annual inspection March 22 between hours of 9am-​6pm. Seriously? This is the best you can do? Basically telling me I need to be home all day on a business day? I need to coordinate different things in my own life also, rather than sitting around an apartment for a day, in case someone comes.
I have always been getting full refund from different apartments/​houses I rented since I started to live by myself. With this management team, I am not so sure I can be even contacted through the correct mailing address I gave them a month before I move. Living in this place is by far the biggest mistake I make in choosing my living space.
And whoever manages the page, either you reply to my comment before end of March, with what you think is a solution to the inspection issue, or simply don’t bother to reply at all. It is ridiculous to see you reply to some posts in 2012 and saying it is the bad management from prior management firm.

DO NOT RENT TO THIS PLACE!!! YOUR PAST WILL HAUNT YOUR SAVINGS!!!
I moved out of the apartment in November 2014 as I have to pre-​terminate my lease due to unfortunate circumstances. They gave me an option where I will pay rent until they find someone else to take the unit I was occupying. I told them in November that I will be able to return the key when I return in January, which they have a spare key so they can clean up and show the unit to other applicants. They called me December that the apartment was leased to someone else and that I have no other obligation or debt to pay. I returned the keys in January and told me the same thing, no outstanding debt including my utility bills.
And today, 2÷16÷2016, I got a call from a collection agency informing me that I have an outstanding debt of 85usd that was incurred in January 2015 PLUS INTEREST. How can I incur a debt on January 2015 when someone else was already occupying the unit? And to make the matter worst, they waited for more than a year to tell me that I have an outstanding debt when they told me in December and January that I do not have any outstanding debt.
Another terrible service from the management.
Plus, another guy posted a review dated 3÷6÷2015, management only responded 1÷15÷2016.
If that is not the worst service in apartment rentals, I have no idea what could be worst. Meeting up with their lawyers in court just to settle a small amount which they failed to bring out immediately. And if 1 year is immediate, then they are not efficient at all perhaps they are still using stone tablets to keep their records.

Terrible service from management. We’ve had an electrical issue for two weeks that has yet to be fixed. Seems like they frankly don’t care. Overall the apartment itself is great, but plan on dealing with challenging management whom don’t care about their customers at all.
Ex: We called to report our electrical issue and were hung up on mid conversation.
Save your time and money, don’t rent here.

The location and views from this apartment are especially spectacular. From the rooftop, which is currently closed for renovation, allows for a view of Smith tower, the stadiums, and the Sound.
Unfortunately, some of the policies and actions of the staff here cause me to rate this location much lower. One example is rent, which if a day late must be re-​delivered in the form of certified funds with an additional fee of $ 100 plus $ 25 per day. If the office is closed on the rent due date, delivering the next business day is considered late. Its policies like this which turn away renters check-​in-​hand which shows an unwillingness to work with patrons.

It’s time for a little perspective about Metropolitan Park.
My wife and I have pined to return to Seattle’s International District for years. We had a loft back in the 90’s and never forgot how wonderful that was. We watched Metropolitan Park being built as we purchased home and reluctantly moved out of neighborhood. When a view unit suddenly became available this summer while running around town, we grabbed it.
Absolutely love the site management (Fnan, Rachel, Ula, etc.) and maintenance rep, Andrew. Life isn’t perfect, but this team is.
Like all units everywhere, rentals are never going to be 100%. They always need something. Every day. Year in — year out. Become a homeowner and understand. All one does here is speak with Andrew and amazingly, small problem resolved.
At end of day, all problems are small. #Zen
As for room layouts; the nice thing is — you look at these places before you move in and don’t complain on Unilocal if bathrooms are suddenly where they were when first previewed. Lawd Have Mercy. #SimmaDownNah
Many things have changed in Seattle’s rental/​lease market, making Metropolitan Park a great value even with $ 150 a month parking. And even that is $ 50 less than much of monthly downtown parking. With an average two bedroom in center of Downtown going for $ 2,600 a month — there is still a bit of savings here on the southern edge of area. #ThatsProgress
The rooftop deck is being worked on. New flooring. It’s spectacular. In my business, entertaining guests are No. 1 No. 2 and No. 3 priority. That deck is a showcase for Seattle skyline and Puget Sound. #Vistas
Complimentary coffee in the lobby. And mail services are great. #extras
If considering life in Downtown — International District, this might be your next move. #ThinkSeattle

We lived here for 19 months (2012 to 2014) on two leases (a 6-​month and a 13 month). There was a management change in the middle of the first lease.
— Overall, the apartments are relatively clean, Washington st is a quiet dead-​end (contradictory to International District’s reputation) and considering the location and rent, the place was a good option in 2012. But the rent and parking fee increased after the AMC took over and now you need to consider these factors before renting here:
— AMC has a clause in the rental agreement that employs to charge you for «normal tear and wear». We left the apartment in great shape but they still charged us for the paint and washing the carpet (~$ 300) on a 1bdr apartment. I haven’t seen that anywhere else and to me it’s flat out stealing. So in the end we didn’t get our REFUNDABLE security deposit and had to pay additional fee after a lot of back and forth with AMC.
— There is a constant loud hum (because of I-​5 traffic) going on even at night and only your guests can tell you that you are growing deaf gradually. (granted, some sides of the building are better than the others but they all get it).
— you will need to get a parking spot if you have a car because there are not that many spots on Washington and lots of break-​ins for cars parked on the bridge on Yesler st.

Just got out of there after two years. It was on the verge of being livable under previous management, but the current management is horrendous. Weekday manager is a high-​school dropout with the lowest of communication skills. Attempting to engage her about some of the issues with the building is an exercise in futility. The maintenance guy gives everyone the creeps and steals from your unit. I only stayed as long as I did because the building does allow large dogs, but that was hardly enough to keep me there.
Pros:
–Close to downtown workplaces.
–Allows large dogs.
Cons:
–Neighborhood is on par with a demilitarized zone. Creeps, wackos, hookers, crackheads, thieves, and general scumbags run rampant and can be found in every nook of the park and in the general vicinity of the building. Do not walk down toward Pioneer Square unless you’re ready to be accosted and/​or see something exceedingly vile. Live elsewhere. Especially if female.
–Shady fellow residents leave outer doors ajar so as to let in their scumbag associates to buy/​sell drugs and use the building as a flop house and toilet. Massive amount of theft and rapes/​violence in the building. 65% of the residents appear to be recent prison parolees. They’d rent a unit to Charles Manson.
–Units are outfitted with second-​hand appliances, which were likely recalled in the 1970’s. The drier would take 4 hours to dry a load of laundry. All finishes in the units are of the shabbiest quality.
–Entire building reeks to high heaven. Filthy carpets line the hallways, the skate-​rink stench «masked» only in part by the heavily relied-​upon fragrance dispensers you see everywhere.
RUN!

I had an appointment to view an apartment and was running late due to Mariners traffic. I called and left a message– no one returned my call, so I pushed through another hour of traffic since I still would make it well before closing hours at 6pm. We get there and no one is in the office. We called both numbers listed and again left messages. A tenant asks if he can help us (as we’re waiting outside the building) and we told him the situation. He replied, «Oh yeah, Evans never here in the office.» We then proceed to head home, which is South so we now are in rush hour traffic and 30 minutes later get a call from Evan who said, «Well I didn’t get a lunch and no one ever normally shows up.» Ridiculous. Needless to say, that’s all the sign we needed for what we would be dealing with should we rent there.

I’ve been reluctant to write a review because I was happy before the last changes in management. There was a manager named Mila who was responsive and generally really good. Since that time, the management and maintenance staff are lousy, except for Yula, who’s only on staff one or two days a week most of the year. I’ve noticed the apartment building’s online ratings have taken a major hit lately, so I thought it was right to state my piece.
Evan is the new guy and is generally useless. The main phone number is almost never answered and voicemails often go unreturned. As soon as rents were raised, the maintenance and general level of service took a major drop. I’ll be leaving at the end of my lease.
It’s a shame. Even though some people don’t like the proximity to Pioneer Square and the International District, I love the location. It’s close to downtown and is up on the hill away from a lot of the street folks. Besides, that’s part of city life.
I remember when the rents were raised that Evan was saying the corporate owners had adjusted their rents according to current market rates. I call BS. Although I prefer the International District to Capitol Hill and other neighborhoods, rents in this area are typically much cheaper. The Metropolitan Park Apartments has decent sized pads but the current rates exceed value. Simply put, this isn’t the greatest neighborhood and the rents should reflect that.
I’m actually a low-​key guy and don’t demand a whole lot beyond decency and respect. There are things I like a lot about the place but it’s taken a serious blow under new management. I would have recommended the place over a year ago, not anymore.
Here are some of the things I’ve seen since management changed hands a year ago:
— A used toilet was left in a hallway for around ten days while they were replacing them in various units.
— A dishwasher sat several days in a hallway.
— Trash such as food items isn’t cleaned quickly or thoroughly when left in hallways.
— New carpet stains in common areas aren’t cleaned properly, leaving clear impressions of the filth.
— Noise levels throughout the building are considerably worse than in the past.
— They started using these would-​be air fresheners that REEK. I’ve had a number of guests complain about them.

This place is awful and smelly. They overcharged me for a parking spot to the tune of $ 280, They kept mentioning that they would refund me the difference and then sold the place. Now, the new management team will not honor the amount due. Honestly, avoid this place. Great views, but way too much freeway noise, filth and a history of poor management.
Agree with other poster with respect to Chelsea — awful manager. The new one isn’t all that great either.

One of the only perks about living at these apartments is the price for how close you are to the central downtown location.
I have lived here for about 3 years now and have always had terrible management. To make things even worse they switched their terrible manager to a different terrible manager named Chelsea and outsourced their parking to a separate parking which causes us to pay much more for the same thing. It is amazingly inconsiderate to the people who have called this place their home for so long.
We will most likely be moving out very soon. The new management in the building is really screwing everyone. The owners of the building don’t seem to care too much either — they forced themselves into everyone’s apartment for an «inspection» the other day. ..

So, my boyfriend and I lived here for about six months, and that was quite enough. It’s not that they’re bad apartments, they’re just small and management isn’t very good at getting things done.
The location is pretty great but paying a large amount for a small, cheaply put together apartment seems pretty outrageous. It’s why we moved. We pay about the same and live in twice as much space in almost as good of an area (maybe better, depending on your preference).
The single bathroom in the apartment was through the bedroom (a pain if we had guests over) and the toilet was installed incorrectly so it was impossible to close the door without scraping it on the toilet. Plus, in our last week, we discovered that the apartment building was infested with mice. Totally gross.
I wouldn’t recommend this apartment complex to anyone, but at the same time I wouldn’t NOT recommend it. It was okay. If it was bigger, I could have probably overlooked the flaws.