The Milan Apartments

100% agree with Lindsey N. Aimco (the management company) is the absolute WORST. Love my apartment, but everything else about the building is absolutely horrendous. I’ve gotten stuck in the elevators multiple times (once for 45 min), and have to walk down 14 flights of stairs at least 3 times per week. It is impossible to get a service request taken care of — it is commonplace that I have to submit a request online several times, bug the doormen, etc. in order to get anything done. The construction that is being done on the building makes it absolutely unliveable. The very day we signed our lease renewal, we returned home from work to find the apartment directly adjacent to ours covered in red and yellow caution tape noting «WARNING: ASBESTOS REMOVAL». We were given absolutely no prior warning about this, and the management company basically laughed off our concern everytime we tried to call to find out the asbestos condition, and refused to have the air in our apartment tested.
There are currently apartments available for rental — DO NOT BE TRICKED. Rent somewhere else, anywhere else.

I wish I could give this place zero stars due to the management company.
PRO’s:
— beautiful apartments
— very few maintenance issues
— big outdoor spaces
— convenient location
CON’s:
— no amenities
— MANAGEMENT
If you can afford to live in a building like this, please do not waste your time and go to the other luxury buildings in the neighborhood.
Management is so unorganized that there were months we never received invoices, they lost our lease/​account information and didn’t recognize some of our checks, didn’t answer phone calls or emails, and were RARELY available in the office during office hours.
In addition, they submitted two false housing court violations without even notifying us. Because we weren’t receiving invoices on time, we weren’t able to pay on time. Little did we know, they were submitting housing court violation claims behind our backs. What does this mean for you? When you do move out and try to find a new place to live, this will show up on your credit report and you will have issues finding housing. This was their way of trying to make an extra buck.
Also — moving out. We asked the super for the exact color of the white walls so we could paint them back to normal. After buying the correct color paint and painting it back ourselves, they told us it actually wasn’t the right color and they would deduct it from our security deposit.
And finally, the security deposit. A week after moving out we had in writing via email the amount that they would be paying us back. It took them EIGHT MONTHS to pay us back. During these 8 months, we continuously wrote emails, called, and even stopped by the office to collect our check. Our next step was having our lawyer submit a letter.
This was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had, and I hope you will avoid this as well. These guys are crooks.