The Avalon

I lived at Avalon Bronxville several years ago for 6+ months, so I can’t comment on the management these days of course. However, I wanted to warn renters about a couple of things about the building structure. The building itself is very poorly constructed — the exterior walls are paper-​thin, so in winter it is really cold inside. I went to Home Depot and covered the windows with plastic sheeting to keep out the cold, but it was still bad. Also, the building uses forced-​air heat, which is results in very high electric bills for the renter (after 10 years in NYC apartments I thought there was an error on my first winter electric bill — it was literally 10 times higher than my NY apt). This type of heat also just doesn’t efficiently heat the apartment — I spent most of the winter huddled under one of the vents looking for a warm spot (and I am a skier, a winter weather lover!). In the summer there was the same temperature problem– the AC just couldn’t cope and it was very hot inside. The location by the train is great but the building is not ideal.