The Weatherford

Been living here since September 2015, and moved here from the Lyric which is close by. I love this place much better, and it’s actually cheaper. I have a corner unit with floor to ceiling windows looking into 14^th and a courtyard — beautiful environment, quiet neighborhood. The staff are very helpful. They can delivery packages and laundries to your room.

I’ve lived at the Weatherford for a year now and have loved it. We have an awesome manager who continually works at making the complex a tight community. Periodically, she sets up «meet and greet» events that usually happen on the amazing rooftop that has a view of the space needle and downtown Seattle. I love her weekly friendly emails that update us on what’s going on in the building, i.e. people moving out, elevators being used, or moving sales. I really feel that this is important and allows for better communication with management and tenants.
The price of my unit is very reasonable given its location and that I have close access to everything on capitol hill. Safeway is right across the building. Broadway is 2 blocks away. The bus stop to downtown is less than a block. The building itself is well maintained and as you enter the building, you can tell it is well because the hallways smell very fragrantly. Every week, there’s housekeeping that cleans the common areas.
There are many more great things I could say about this building but I probably won’t have room. I would highly recommend tenancy in this complex!!!

A lot of people seem to really hate this place, but I’ve lived here for two years now and I love it.
The emails are only harassing if you’re doing what they ask you to not do — i.e. smoking on your balcony in a non-​smoking building. Not to mention the front office girls have all been super nice and friendly.
Our unit is definitely expensive, but we have an incredible view and it’s a brand new building, so we know there was no one there before us. The washer and dryer are full size and brand new, the kitchens have soft-​close drawers, and there’s plenty of storage.
The rooftop is also incredible, and it has a big table and a huge comfy couch around a firepit. We use it all the time.
In Cap Hill you can definitely get yourself into a crappy building, and trust me — this is not one of those. However, I definitely wouldn’t want to live in one of the lofts right off John. Those should definitely be rented at a huge discount.

In over 10 years of renting this was by far the WORST RENTAL EXPERIENCE I’ve ever had.
We receive weekly e-​mails labeled as «friendly reminders» with incredibly harassing tones that are often threatening everyone to follow the rules and phrasing things like «I will come down hard on this.» They also send emails mentioning how they are watching the security cameras (looking for violations of rules, not for safety purposes). I’ve never really felt comfortable in my own home since this was first mentioned.
I asked a few other tenants in the building if they felt like they were being harassed and they confirmed they did and that it was the worst place they had ever lived. One woman stating she was moving out because of it. We were one of the first tenants to move in the building and it has appeared over the last few weeks most of the building is moving out. The elevator is often in use and moving trucks seemed to be outside many days, so i can assume we are not the only ones who have felt this building is unlivable.
Management is uncompromising at every chance and has been nothing but rude since the day we moved in. For example, when moving out our new apartment would not be ready until the first of the month and our lease ended on the 31^st. We asked if we could extend our stay for 1 day and prorate the rent to pay for that day. They said if we were to stay one more day they would charge us the entire month’s rent as well as the $ 250 month to month fee. When we explained this to our new landlord they told us this was illegal to do. At this point we were just too fed up to even bother trying to negotiate with them because they’ve never been flexible, ever.
Recently they allowed someone who I can only assume is a drug dealer, to rent the bottom floor apartment. All day, everyday he paced up and down the block, clearly high on drugs, mumbling things to himself. Once he even waited for me and then followed me back to the building. I don’t think I need to explain how uncomfortable I felt knowing this man, clearly high on drugs, mumbling nonsense behind me, and following me to MY home, had keys to MY building.
To top it off the building was BROKEN INTO twice in the last few weeks, bikes were stolen both times and someones car was broken into. Rather than an apology letter, we received a cold email about not leaving valuables in our cars, implying it was our own fault someone broke in and stole people’s personal belongings. Management spends most of their time harassing tenants and causing conflict when really they should be spending their time doing background checks on new tenants, not renting to drug addicts, and properly securing the building.
They also have just charged us $ 438.00 for 14 small nail holes in the walls around the apartment. Any excuse to over charge they can find and they will. I’ve never been charged for a small nail hole in any of my previous rentals.
I HIGHLY do not recommend anyone to live in this building or any of Pacific Crest Real Estate’s buildings.
HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE! So happy that I’m living somewhere else now.

Despite being advertised as a «luxury apartment,» The Weatherford is barely a functioning building. Everything in our unit is falling apart; we live in the ground unit and water seeps through the door into our unit causing mould to grow in between the walls. Despite us informing them of this within the first month we lived here, it took them at least 3 months to «fix» the boards they had to rip out. They never even managed to fix the water leakage issue and mould is now growing again. They stretch their maintenance workers between 3 buildings so if you have any issues with the hardware, good luck trying to get someone in to fix it in a timely manner. After missing multiple maintenance appointments with us, they insisted on showing up unannounced during the ONLY time we specified would not be acceptable as I was coming home from the hospital to rest after extensive surgery.
And lets not forget about the garage, which boasts an abundance of severely compact lots that can be yours for the paltry amount of $ 200/​month. They’ll even throw in a bunch of dings and scratches for your car doors to start collecting! There is also a huge security issue as our building/​garage has been broken into multiple times, despite what they claim about their high-​tech security system.
The Weatherford’s management company also believes it’s within their rights to fine residents based off of speculation rather than actual proof. In fact, they’re so desperate for any money they can get their grubby hands on that they’re willing to change their story/​charges multiple times– then ignore you when you contest the ridiculous hypocrisy of the situation, which is a double whammy for them since they’ll then charge you additional late fees on top of your initial one. We got a $ 50 fine after they «found ash on the couches» (which, after investigation turned out to be bird poop that was never cleaned up), which they determined to be us after «consulting the cameras.» We were smoking e-​cigarettes, and at first the leasing manager didn’t believe us because «the tip of an e-​cig glows blue and not red,» but after we showed her a very realistic model and had a mutual confirmation that it was an e-​cig they just decided to never remove the fine. When we contacted them again at the end of the month, they said e-​cigarettes were banned by the building and as such the fine stands as it was a violation of our lease. Um no. It was never stated on any smoking reminder emails or our lease that e-​cigarettes are banned. Once I reminded them of that and quoted our lease agreement, they changed their story and «decided» that we were smoking real cigarettes. Really? Because the footage they showed us was really dark and barely decipherable. The leasing manager gave us her supervisors number if «we have an issue with it» but no one picked up or checked the messages and any further attempts we made were ignored. So basically we got fined for smoking because she found bird poop on the roof.
This «luxury apartment» will send you an abundance of daily emails about how residents are using too much propane and other list of chores we are obligated to fulfil within the common areas, especially in relation to the roof. If the grill hasn’t been cleaned and you happen to be on the roof facing the camera, you can bet you’re getting an email to clean it because the building likes to spy on their residents and accuse them of being filth-​mongers rather than hire a custodial staff like their supposed counterparts. As another reviewer has mentioned, management’s motto is: «if you don’t like it, you can leave… and pay 2 months extra to break your lease on top stroke-​inducing frustrations due to our many, many shortcomings.»
Bye. This place isn’t fit to house corpses, much less advertise as a luxury building.

Ultimately, I would never recommend this place to anyone I liked. It’s in a semi-​convenient location, and allows for two pets (which I appreciate). The office staff are friendly and the building is new. Our unit has ridiculously cool 15−20ft ceilings. Beyond that… I don’t care for the place. Management refers to this as a «luxury apartment», which is actually kind of hysterical. The only luxury is a view of the Space Needle from the roof and a Keurig machine. The price? $ 2450/​month for 750 ft of sheer, cramped luxury.
God help you if something breaks and you have to use the Craigslist special the building provides you with.
Last week our garage was broken in to and burglarized. Multiple times a month strangers come to our street-​access door and shake/​bang on it trying to get in. It’s adorable.
The one time we contacted the property manager to express our concerns, we were told, «If you don’t like it– you can leave.» Alrighty then.
Also, prepare to be accosted regularly by homeless and drunk people while you walk your dogs or go for a leisurely stroll around the building.
On the plus side, you get granite countertops and front-​loading washer/​dryers…