Slater 116

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Slater 116 issues start with the parking. You will pay $ 1,200 per year (in Kirkland) for a single parking spot. Most of the «free» parking spots that seem to be on Slater property are reserved for coffee shop customers. These coffee shop spots remain mostly empty all day but you WILL get a ticket if you park there because Slater has hired Diamond Parking to do daily sweeps of the lot and the Kirkland PD circle it as well. If you decide not to pay that $ 1,200 per year because you are financial responsible or would rather take a trip with that money be prepared to walk a few blocks with all the groceries. It does build upper body strength!
This summer, my girlfriend’s bike tires (worth several hundred dollars) were stolen right in front of the apartments main entrance doors. Inexplicably, there is not a security camera anywhere in the area. My girlfriend recommended that Slater put one in so this type of theft wouldn’t happen to anybody else. The staff ignored her. Other people got their bike tires stolen a month or two later. Presumably, this will continue until Slater does something about this.
There have been multiple instances when the elevator has broken. It is always slow but sometimes it breaks. That’s OK. More exercise after walking a few blocks with the groceries, right?
Well, the elevator broke 2 times in September. The second time it broke we were half way through trying to move out. We had the corner unit on the 4^th floor and half of our belongings were stuck in Slater and the other half were in our new place in Bellevue. We couldn’t physically get most of our large items down 4 flights of stairs so we had postpone the remainder of our move until the elevator was fixed. This took over a week.
Moving is terrible enough as it. Everyone knows that. On top of the usual stress, we had to live out of boxes for over a week. I figured if I asked Slater to help us out and pay for a moving company they would oblige, given that the continuously broken elevator was the cause of this entire issue. Well, they didn’t do much of anything for us.
In fact, they wanted us to be grateful for the fact that they didn’t charge us extra money for the days that we COULDN’T PHYSICALLY MOVE OUT because of the broken elevator. Trust me, we wanted out of there ASAP. We had wanted out for quite awhile but didn’t want to break our lease.
When the elevator was finally fixed more than a week later we paid for another U-​Haul rental out of our own pocket. This was of no concern to Slater staff. We again had our friends come back over to help us move. We were disappointed for the last time.

I love this apartment definitely a 5 star place to live perfect location, very nice employees and neighbors

I have lived here since March 2015. When I originally discovered Slater 116, Laura was the leasing agent and she was phenomenal!!! I was moving from California for work and she made the transition extremely smooth.
NOW, Laura is long gone but Linda and Kayla have taken over and it has been AMAZING! They do a fantastic job making you feel right at home from giving treats to my dog to fixing any issues in our unit within 10 minutes of contacting them (Jason is awesome!!)
It’s always nice to see them when I come home from a long day of traveling.
Definitely a great find!

After moving in, settling down and making this place our new home, I think it’s time to share our expirience.
I’ll start with the negative since most of us looking just for this info on Unilocal,Yes some of the apartments facing the main st. can be noisy but only when the windows are open.
That’s it. the end of anything «bad» i can say about this place :)
As for the good and info in general;
Well we had experience with several apartment buildings for the past few years, some of them more «high end», some of them call themselves «high end» :)
Slater is everything they says it is and much much more!
First of all and I think most important is the Slater Family team, I honestly can not call them any other way.
The friendliness, the will to help with anything you might need, the simplicity and the outstanding profetionalizm you’ll expirirence from each and every one of the Slater team members…
From Kayala the manager, to Linda the leasing agent and last but sure not least Jason the maintanance supervisour… I really can’t say enough about each and every one of them…
When we just came to take a look and tour the property, Linda said «we are like a small boutique hotel and you are our guest — we try to treat you exactly this way».
And after all I’m telling you — This is exactly how you feel here!!!
How ofter do you hear «Welcome home» every time you return home and see one of the team members?!
We did have several issues with appliance and such but they all were taken care in the most efficient, prompt and profettional way.
Any service you might need, you’ll recive and email or a call from the menegment to make sure everything was done to your satisfaction.
There was no single day when i didn’t see somone doing something in Slater… everyday it’s either landscape or windows or just public areas… every day somone makes sure the place you live in is a place you want to call home.
The location is just perfect for us, It’s so close to everything… yes — it’s not Down town Seatle and it’s not walk in distance to Pike Market or Cap. Hill but you save the $ and can come and go as quqkly as possible since you’re so close to I405.
And how could i forget the neighbors… in my opinion it’s the most friendliest community i ever experienced.
Yes, I know i might sound here like a comertial to Slater 116, but i assure you no one asked me to write this or even mantioned it. As somone who is really picky to customer service and after changing so many apartments i desided to write this review.
I belive if we knew about this gem before, we wouldn’t have to move so many times.
So I do hope this review will put some light on Slater 116 if you’re thinking to live here,
And a big big Thanks to Kayala, Linda and Jason for being who they are and in the world were customer service gets wors and wors, showing us the residents of Slater116 there is still hope and you don’t have to pay 3K for a one bedroom to feel you are apiritiated.
Thank you :)

Jason fixed an oven problem in no time and on time! Then he had time to address an additional request.
Thanks Slater 116 for the excellent service!

Overall an amazing experience! We needed something in the shower fixed and it was literally done before err could park our car and get back to the unit. Everyone has been friendly, helpful, and respectful of one another. Cannot recommend them enough!

Slater 116 is the most affordable dog friendly apartment complex we could find on the east side!
The best part of Slater 116 is the amazing people that work there. Kayla and Linda are amazing property managers that truly hear your questions and concerns and make sure that you and your family is well taken care of! They get things done quickly and efficiently!
The building engineers are high quality!
Definitely enjoyed living in the Slater 116 apartments!

I lived at Slater for about 15 months and never had any issues. Location is awesome and was convenient for me. I had a one bedroom plus den and it was a perfect size for me. Since I was living by myself, the security was really nice and I never felt unsafe. I loved having the coffee shop underneath for whenever I was running late and needed to grab something on the go. Also, you hardly ever hear your neighbors, no creaking of floors, etc. I would highly recommend living here!

Per usual, their reply to our review is just more excuses and trying to blame us for the long delay in getting our security deposit refund. If my husband hadn’t personally visited the office and repeatedly emailed, we’re convinced we’d still be waiting. Until we started inquiring about the deposit refund, we were never updated on its status. The last we heard about the deposit refund was receiving a move out statement on Dec. 14. And, their reply to our review is the first and only time we’ve heard an apology from them. Their customer service is definitely not up to industry standards.

This apartment home is by the best in the city of Kirkland. Nice views and plenty of views from all my oversized windows. Oh and the staff and apt. Manager are so friendly and makes you feel right at home.

We were one of the first to move in and a few months later we are still so happy with our decision to move here. We love the finishes: stainless steel appliances, concrete flooring, and the floor plans offer tons of space especially considering they are all one bedrooms. Enough storage to accommodate both of us! Large bathroom, large bedroom, sizeable den and lucky for us, HUGE terrace! We wanted to live a more urban lifestyle; upscale finishes and walkability to dining and entertainment. Slater 116 makes it affordable. The pet friendly building made it possible for our family. The office staff is as friendly as can be, they are really working hard to make it a community atmosphere!

Here’s a quick bullet list of why I think Slater 116 is deserving of 5 stars (in no particular order):
* Great location: tons of places to eat in walking distance and a short drive to Costco, I405, Downtown Kirkland, etc
* Great floor plans: the apartment layouts make sense and efficiently use the space available. They’re easy to furnish
* Great floors!: this is one of the few places I’ve seen in Kirkland that offers hardwood or concrete floors. We went with concrete and it looks awesome.
* Pet friendly: the pet policy is the same as every other apartment I’ve looked at, which is good. Unfortunately there is a monthly pet rent but it is almost negligible.
* Modern everything: the building was just built this year so everything in it is new
* Great Staff: the leasing agent we worked with (Laura M.) was super friendly, and super helpful
* Great price: when you look at all you get with this apartment, the price is really unbeatable compared to similar place in Bellevue and Kirkland, and those places don’t have awesome concrete floors :)