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Hello, please inform your residents at 2024 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 that USING SCOOTERS ON SIDEWALKS IS ILLEGAL IN BERKELEY.. This morning we had two incidents right in front of your building of students (two males within a couple minutes of each other) zooming full speed to cut through the sidewalk to the Found building front door. We were walking out dogs (leashed) and the dogs almost got run over and are extremely traumatized. As are we. The men on scooters treated us like inanimate objects, zooming past full-speed within inches of us and of our dogs. We froze, but had anyone moved, there would have been a fatality. One of the students was even wearing headphones and seemed to be completely unaware of his surroundings. This is unacceptable. On the way back we saw yet another person on a scooter entering the sidewalk on Shattuck and Durant and riding all the way to 2024 Durant Ave on the sidewalk. Please make sure your residents DISMOUNT the scooters when using or crossing the sidewalk. Thank you. - your neighbors in downtown Berkeley

This is the WORST apartment you could possibly live in. They consistently overcharge for rent and utilities, and it is less than quality for the price of what they call “luxury” apartments. It’s dirty, the elevators and hallways always smell terrible, and they have a horrible roach problem (even on the uppermost floors). In response to this roach problem, management failed to provide any compensation, reduced rent, or alternate living arrangements for affected residents. Instead, they made us move all of our stuff out of the apartment while it could be “treated” - multiple days throughout the school year, weeks after we had already moved in. They then failed to provide the proper treatment due to lack of effort or care, and the roach problem persisted on multiple levels of the same corner of the building. The parking garage that is $150 a month on top of the rent is consistently broken. There was a time when our cars were stuck in the garage because of the broken door, unable to drive to school or work, and management knew about the problem, but provided zero communication until much later. When asked, they were completely rude and dismissive about the issue - they actually hung up the phone on me mid-sentence (Yeni - the front desk woman ). The problem continued for about a month until I moved out of the apartment. On the topic of management - it's absolutely terrible. They’re rude, lazy, lack clear and consistent communication, rarely answer the phone - and when they do, it’s with an attitude. You’re wasting money staying in this apartment. Even with these new renovations, it’s not even close to worth it. Live literally anywhere else if you want a decent living situation. This is the worst Berkeley has to offer and the bar is already so low.