The Vaughn

Update 02/23/26 The Vaughn has transitioned to yet another property management company, which is never a good sign. For the most part the new management is sufficient, but have been unable to deal with a tenant who allows non-residents into the building. These individuals are often seen in their cars in front of the building completely high and non responsive and even tried to enter my unit, not realizing they were on the wrong floor. They will call out in the middle of the night to get into the building and their dogs howl for long stretches. Management said they were resolving the issue at the end of 2025 but no progress has been made and have made no updates. If this issue is resolved, I think the Vaughn could be a lovely place to live but until then I wouldn’t recommend it. Update: 7/9/24 Since property management has shifted to Avenue5, the living experience has improved significantly! Management has made a real effort to help residents and are way more responsive! I definitely wish the complex had AC, but management has been kind enough to lend portable units. Old review: I was excited to move to a more modern building in a quieter part of NW Portland, but I've been pretty disappointed with management at The Vaughn. They are pretty unresponsive and seem more occupied with filling up the building than assisting the current residents. Even simple things like getting access for deliverers to the mailroom seem like too much for management. More worrisome is the lack of communication when incidents do occur; when there was break in in the bike storage, we were not alerted by management at all. We only heard about it from another resident who posted the details in the elevator. Managements only response was to take the notice down. It doesn't even appear that the bike lockers have been fully secured even after the break in. Hopefully the building will become safer with a full-time manager and as the building fills up.

If you want your packages stolen on a regular basis from inside the building (Happened to at least 3 other residents), your bike and/or bike accessories stolen from inside the locked bike room, 0 cameras or real security other than some guy from a security company who occasionally walks in and takes photos of the bike rooms, a key fob that gives you access to both buildings when you only live in one, shady occurrences and smells continue to increase probably because they have flex pay where you can pay your rent in cash, maintenance only available a limited amount of the week, elevators breaking in both buildings on multiple occasions; one that did not work for MONTHS, house less folks trying to get into the building as well as messing with your vehicle in their parking space, be managed by a company that clearly does not care about you, and to be nickel and dimed for everything little thing when you move out then you should definitely move to The Vaughn. Worst building and management I had ever lived in in Portland.