Bushnell On the Park Condominium

Horrible — is the only word I have to describe this place. I have been staying here for over a year now. I must contend that the location is amazing and very convenient. But you wouldn’t pay over $ 1400 in rent for a 1-​bedroom place if the location was not great. I have basically 2 major issue with the place.
1. Property: The apartment’s are decent with semi-​modern appliances. But one of the two elevators is usually not available for one reason or another. If you stay on one of the higher floors then good luck getting home. Also, the treadmills in the gym are in a perpetual state of repairs.
You do not have the ability to control the temperature at all. The heat/​air-​conditioning is central and fully controlled by the management. And they usually lag behind in switching from heat to ac or vice versa. Even that is tolerable given the fact that electricity is included in the rent. However, it never gets cool enough in summers and hot enough in winters to feel comfortable at home. Be prepared to buy an additional heater/​cooler.
2. Management: Over the past 8 – 9 years I have stayed in many different places across the country and it is sort of rare to come across a very friendly and efficient management. So I have never had high expectations of the management. But Cindy, who manages the property, makes all those previous property-​managers highly desirable. To put it subtly, she is not very kind to people of certain region/​type.
For example we had sold some of our old furniture to a friend and needed to move it out. When my husband went to her requesting to reserve one of the two elevators for moving she flatly refused citing that as per the property norms they cannot reserve an elevator from 9 a.m.-10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.- 6 p.m. since it was a rush hour. Although we were not pleased with it, we conceded and changed our moving time. After that there have been at least 3 times when I have noticed elevator being used for moving purposes during those times. There have been other instances when we have felt being treated differently. Some of my friends in the building have felt the same way.
In conclusion, all you are paying for is the location and you do not want to be in a place where they don’t treat you right.

Top notch central location for Hartford right across the street from Bushnell Park and the State Capitol «Castle».
There seems to be a somewhat «famous» group of older men out drinking wine and smoking cigars in the court yard, — every day — like around brunch time. Friendly gang, gave me good directions as well as some stock picks out of the blue. Will see how that turns out.