Once it hit November, our gas bill increased by over 200% as did others' in the building. They blamed this on the change in weather; however, it hadn't been that cold, and we hadn't been running the heat very often. Additionally, you couldn't hear the fire alarms from two of the bedrooms in our house. The building was evacuated due to someone burning something in their kitchen; however, my roommate who was awake and working on homework at the time, learned about the evacuation via snapchat, because she couldn't hear the alarm. When we told the management about this, they told us other people had complained about this issue before, but refused to do anything about it until we had to continuously push them. Then they proceeded to install a fire alarm right outside our door, which solves the issue for us but not for the others they told us have complained about the same issue. Additionally, everything is overpriced. Parking is very expensive to park in a garage that is very difficult to navigate because it was meant to be a valet garage. Rent is very expensive for basically no amenities (the gym is very small). It costs over $3 per load of laundry and the management is not very responsive.

I absolutely love our adorable, newly renovated apartment overlooking the park. It's a great location for our roommate who doesn't have a car, pet friendly, as a gym included, and underground and street level parking options for an additional monthly fee. HOWEVER, the property company that owns this building has been the absolute worst and is the reason we will be relocating at the end of this year. The managing staff is not responsive, demeaning, and just plain rude when you come to them with a genuine concern. The whole building has had maintenance issues, billing issues, and more which take a lot of effort to resolve because you have to track down a member of the management for weeks on end, despite the fact that they work in the building everyday, and HOUND them to remedy your problem, all while being made to feel like you don't know what you're talking about. All in all, I think they are just using Montclair and Parc Frontenac's rent to float the new property they are breaking ground on down the street. Bottom Line: This apartment is TOO EXPENSIVE for how the property company treats you.