Lido Condominiums

I also am a happy owner of one of the Lido Condos. I would agree that the best asset of the Lido Condominiums is the location. It is amazing, walking distance to 5 great supermarkets, dozens of restaurants and bars. It is also just blocks away from several beautiful parks as well as the Botanical gardens, to say nothing of downtown Denver and all it’s attractions. When I bought my condo I did buy it assuming the pool was open year around. That does not seem to be the case but as I don’t use it in the summer I doubt I would use it in the winter. If I cared one way or the other I guess I would get involved in the association and find out the reasons the pool is closed and if the majority of residents and owners want it opened, see what can be done about opening it in the winter. There is a small area in the front of the building that has been covered with gravel for use by dogs. In this area of the city, there are a lot of dogs, and not much real estate for use by dogs. I’m with dogs as I am with the pool, don’t care one way or the other but since there are dogs in the area, short of banning them, I think the Lido is doing a very good job of trying to handle the situation. If the dog owners in the area were all considerate, and most of them are by the way, this would be a total non-​issue. I have lived here for one year and I have never seen the rooftop terrace in anything but excellent condition, certainly never with dead grass as in the photo. I would call BS on the building having any foul odors. Absolutely never experienced that problem. I’m not sure if the ventilation problems that cause people to be too cold in the summer and also to sweat from the humidity from the laundry dryers and the showers occur at the same time, as I have never experienced either of these issues. I am unsure if I should be sweating or freezing. Can’t comment on the toilets in the common areas as I prefer to use the toilets located in my personal space. Maybe eating less beans would be something to consider? As for the manager, I personally appreciate what he does in the building, anything I have mentioned that is a legitimate issue has been addressed at once. I’m sure he isn’t perfect, as very few of us are, but he tries very hard to stay on top of things in this building and does an excellent job of doing so. I very much appreciate keeping the costs down on the building thus keeping the costs down on my HOA fees. I’m very happy with that. The building seems to be very well maintained to me. Finally, as to the look and ambiance in the lobby, this building was built in the 1960’s, most of it is still original, which I happen to like. If I wanted to live in some ultra modern building I would probably have bought in such a building. I think the décor is quite nice, and I can absolutely assure you I would resent very much paying for fresh flowers for the lobby on a daily basis when I am there only to check my mail for a few minutes. I’m perfectly ok with some plastic flowers. They look fine to me and aren’t being replaced every few days. I prefer to save my money to buy flowers for my own condo if I desire something fresh in my life. I too would like to rate this this building 5 stars but just can’t bring myself to do that. I think I will save my 5 star rating for when I live in the penthouse suite of condo where the units start at a few million. In the meantime, I am very happy living in this very nice, affordable condominium full of the nicest people I have ever met. And management who makes a huge effort to stay on top of things while keeping costs down. I highly recommend the Lido Condominiums to anyone who wants to live a very pleasant, yet affordable, lifestyle in an incredible neighborhood. I’m a fan.

I’m happy owner of one of The Lido apartments. The best asset of The Lido condominiums is location. Second best was the rooftop swimming pool open year around. Since our building manager doesn’t use it he decided to close it at the summer’s end and we do not have second best anymore. He thinks that if he doesn’t use it we do not need it. Also he likes to improve things and his philosophy is very simple. If something is broken or just used up do not fix or replace it, just get rid of it. If there are some broken light bulbs on the roof top deck «no problemo». Moon light is good enough. If the grass in front of the building turned brown «no problemo», cover it up with gravel, dogs may like that. I must say that our building manager is not all that bad and he wanted to save us lots of money. He manged to do it by disabling ventilation so air condition can not escape and also the heat stays put in in the building and does not escape outside and contribute to the global warming. Very smart. The only problem is that with no ventilation steam from laundry dryers and showers stays in the building and makes people sweat a little. Also there are some smells, like those which people leave behind them in the bathrooms, especially after they eat lots of beans. However this is no problem as we have number of toilets in common areas people can use so they don’t have to stink up their own apartments and toilet paper is free. For the convenience of the residents who stay home all day long during the summer thermostats in common areas are set to 65 °F so those people don’t have to change to summer clothes and only some unlucky ones who have jobs need to put on summer clothes before they leave for work. Well, if You ever find Yourself in the lobby of apartment building full of fake, plastic flowers, hole in the wall covered by piece of wood and smells like parking garage You are in The Lido Condominiums not in the Section 8 apartment housing.
I’d like to give this place whole five stars but those plastic flowers in the lobby are very cheap and cheesy.