I moved in August 2004 - and didn't really notice the little things until afterwards...the studio has a very small kitchen with a small sized old model refrigerator (where the freezer is a small box inside the refrigerator which gets very icy and can't fit much); the stove is also just too small for very much cooking. The microwave the apartment came with was also very small and of a very old model so I removed it and use my own microwave. Everything about the apartment is kind of old and run-down, retro in a not good way. I've made dozens of improvements to the apartment myself (like nailing back the baseboard which had come away from the wall in many places and recaulking the sink and parts of the shower wall which was full of cracks and holes) and will probably move out as soon as my lease is up. A couple of issues I've had since moving in: (1) I realized that the carpets had not been steam cleaned when my allergies went out of control; after steaming the carpets myself, my allergies subsided (I believe the prior tenant must have had a cat and they didn't bother to steam the rugs even though I believe they are supposed to especially if there was a pet in the apartment ahead of me); (2) you cannot get a street parking permit if you live at that address; they withheld this information from me until after I signed a lease and went through the hassle of trying to apply for a permit, even though I must have mentioned over a dozen times to my leasing agent that I had a car and was going to brave parking on the street and getting a permit; so you are forced to rent a space from the building to the tune of an additional $180/month; (3) the building is NOT wired for high speed cable internet; I fought with Comcast for a month trying to get them to fix the issue when it turned out that the building is too cheap to upgrade the wiring inside the building, so no tenants are able to get cable modem; I'm pretty sure they told me when I moved in that the building was wired for cable TV and internet, so false advertising once again; I'm now trying to get my phone activated so I can get DSL but none of the jacks in my apartment work, so we'll we when I'll finally be able to get internet service (stay tuned).
Overall, the location is great and so far the neighbors are quiet, etc. but I have to believe that there are much better apartments out there for the price provided you have the time and energy to search for them. I don't feel the management was very forthcoming with information and in some cases outright lied to me, causing me unnecessary frustration and lots of lost time (e.g., spending hours fighting with Comcast when the issue was with the apartment building, not Comcast).