I lived here for 2 years (1 year in a studio on my own, now in a 1-bed with my partner). I love this building, the location is great and it's good value for the money (especially for the 1-bed). Maintenance is really responsive and I love that heat/AC is included. I've had no problems here.

Love the building, the staff are truly lovely and incredible people. Very pet friendly building. Walls are super thin so you can definitely hear what your neighbors are doing. Location is very central, Rittenhouse is a great neighborhood and there are 2 bus lines right next to the building that go directly to Penn.

Beautiful apartment with great amenities (gym, rooftop, study space, conference rooms, printing). View of Rittenhouse Square Park. Management is very responsive and I have had few problems living here. There is a mild pest problem given the restaurants in the square but the building takes care of it. I do think it's expensive for the area but feel it's reflective of the quality of the building.

The apartment is old. I have had some room issues (as have other residents that I keep in touch with), but maintenance usually fixes the issue promptly. Staff are friendly and so are fellow residents. The apartment also seems to be very pet friendly. There is a convenient small gym and a nice second floor common area. There is also a nice sky roof. As a student, this location just has everything I need, and it keeps me in a nice Philly location.

Friendly management, great value apartment, great location

I love the location. I live right on Rittenhouse Square and along the bus route to campus. I live in a unit that hasn't been recently renovated, so I got a great deal for a 1bed/1bath; more renovated units can be much pricier.

The Rittenhouse Claridge Management is unethical and immoral. They require residents to sign their lease as is with no changes and then they refuse to stand by their own words in their own lease. The Management clearly violated multiple clauses of their own lease written in clear simple language to which there were no alternate interpretations available. They refused to abide by their lease over and over and over, despite multiple infractions of the lease made by my neighbors repeatedly and frequently over an 11 month time period making my life a living h*ll.

Before moving in the building management does not disclose to prospective renters the weird issues with the HVAC systems. The entire building has to be switched from heat to A/C centrally and it is a process that takes several hours and that residents have no control over. That means for 2-3 months a year a bunch of the apartments are at temps that require A/C and the others are at temps that require heat and the residents have no control over it. So every year for 2-3 months there are a lot of people who are way too hot or way too cold and the residents can do nothing about it. The building management tells people who are too hot to open their windows, etc.

I was physically attacked (severely bitten) by a dog in my own hallway by a dog who lived across the hallway. When I reported this to the building manager, his immediate response was to ask me literally, “Well what do you want us to do about it?” No shock, no apology, no sympathy and definitely refusing to take any responsibility whatsoever, nor are they going to hold the resident dog owner responsible at all. It was left to me to call 911, PA Animal, Control and the PA Department of Health to report the attacking dog because the building did nothing.

I lived in the building for four and a half years an not once were the exteriors of my windows washed. Not one time in four and a half years and they were filthy.

Residents are not allowed into the package room if a delivery person or a building employee is putting packages into boxes. These package room closures are completely random in time and frequency, so when you have to pick up a package you never know if you are going to be able to get into the room or not. Many times I had to go to the package room 2 or 3 times to pick up a single package, because the package room was closed when I got there. There is really no reason at all for these random and frequent room closures and the residents hate them. Over the years this practice wasted my time many times and sometimes delayed me from picking up packages for multiple days.

The best thing about the Claridge is definitely being right on the park. It’s only about a 15 minute walk to school, or the bus stop right outside takes you directly to the school!!

Building has 24/7 maintence and I got a newly renovated unit

The Rittenhouse Claridge is a relatively old but easy to live in apartment building. I have had no problems with management or tenants during my first semester at law school. The location is great for exploring downtown Philly and getting to school relatively easy by walking or taking a bus. I would definitely recommend this apartment to incoming students looking to live in center city.

Maintenance is very responsive and I don't have any material complaints about the building itself. There are a lot of elderly people living in the building who are sensitive to noise so that's something to consider. Also no in-unit laundry.