Esplanade at City Park

Love living here. Management has been very friendly and helpful, the amenities available cannot be beat in market rate apartments, and after looking for a good amount of time, to live in the heart of New Orleans with the benefits and the reasonable rates, it cannot be beat. I could stay here for a long time!

I really want to love this place, and when I’m in the comforts of my little studio, I usually do love it… usually.
First little issue is the AC and the fact that I cannot make it as cold as I would like. Utilities are included, so I understand… but during the summer I do better turning off the unit completely and depending on my window unit, considering it got up to 83 degrees in my apartment one day. If you are going to include utilities, make it a comfortable temperature. This is LOUISIANA and the summer heat struggle is very, very real.
The thing that ruins this complex for me is the parking. I’ve had my new car for 8 weeks now and all the dings (and the mark that appears as though someone backed in to my bumper) have all shown up while in this parking lot. That’s not the worst part, though. The worst part is if you happen to have a job that brings you home late at night or early in the morning, you are S.O.L when it comes to finding parking. If it isn’t the elderly just making spots so carelessly that you cannot maneuver your car around the Cadillac Seville parked in an imaginary spot, it’s the cars with NO PARKING DECALS making their own spots, or taking one that could be yours. When I get home from work at 5am, I will usually spend as much time looking for spots and trying to squeeze through cars just haphazardly parked as it took for me to get to the complex from work (I work in Algiers).
It’s just a shame that for how much money is spent on this little closet of a studio, that there cannot be a way to make sure people without decals are not parking in TENANT PARKING. Here’s an idea: How about enforcing the sign on the gate stating «Tenant Parking Only. Violators will be towed»? I don’t know… just a thought. Additionally, where is my rent money going exactly? Old elevators, disgusting laundry facilities… I don’t give a **** about the new tile in the lobby or «club» house, can I please have a dryer that may actually dry my clothes completely for once? At nearly $ 3 for a load of laundry, I think I deserve that.
I love my quaint studio, I love the location, but the parking lately is so out of control, it makes me want to hire a realtor tomorrow.

I lived here for a year about 2 years ago. I agree with most of the other residents: no parking (my car was hit and the response was «so sorry), way too expensive, laundry never works an is expensive as well. the BUGS are disgusting. Literally crawling on my ceiling just waiting to drop on my head while I was sleeping. You can’t control either the heat or air. There is no security, you could walk in there at any time and no one would stop you. The leasing staff is either rude or just annoyed that you have a problem with something.
On the good side: great location, awesome pool, and a mini gym. Unfortunately, you have to work off hours (nights as I do) to enjoy any of this because it’s too crowded.
Do not move here.

I have lived here for almost a year now. Nothing but disappointment with the facilities. You’re lucky if the elevators, washing machines and air conditioning are all working.
I have to pay for EVERYTHING! This is not a joke! You have to pay for a space to lock your bike up! Now my huge beach cruiser is sitting in my already crammed entry hall. The laundry is just unbelievable. Nothing ever works and it costs $ 2.75 to do 1 tiny load and you’re lucky if its clean when it comes out.
Parking is a whole other situation! There is never parking at night! Just hope no one gets blocked in or you will wake up with new dents in your car.
The only reason they even get a star is because the pool and courtyard are awesome! If I could just live there I might!

I am really disappointed with the apartment complex lately.
The elevators appear to be the original installation from the 1970’s and it is a crapshoot if you will get stuck in one every time you step in. Many times, you push the button and it just doesn’t come so you have to carry your groceries up seven flights of stairs.
The rent increases every year you renew your lease, but no improvements are made to the building.
The A/​C has two settings — Really cold, or Really hot. It goes out for days at a time, but you don’t realize it because the fan continues to blow.
Amenities:
There is a beautiful cabana with a pool table and full kitchen by the pool. Residents are free to use it as long as they pay $ 100.
Library – maybe my favorite offering besides the pool. It is locked most of the time because the security guards don’t come open it in the morning.
Game room – locked all the time so people don’t steal the video game system inside.
Movie theatre – unless you are elderly and do not work a full-​time job, you will never be around while they show films. They play at like 2:00 in the afternoon.
The Business Center – you must bring your own paper if you want to print, but don’t expect the printers to be hooked up correctly and the two computers they have don’t recognize the devices.
ATM – just took out 100 dollars and only 80 dispensed. Nothing they could do about it.
Parking — there isn’t enough. The building management recently distributed an extremely rude flyer basically threatening to tow everyone for various infractions. Also, if you have a bike, there is nowhere to park it, leaving you to resort to locking up to a fence, or light pole. They will now cut your lock and take your bike away. They want you pay a monthly fee to lock your bike up inside.
Laundry: There is a fun game we residents play every time we need to do some wash. It is called Musical Laundry Machines.
The rules are as follows: walk in circles around the whole apartment complex looking for washers that actually work. Once you find some, don’t expect to dry your laundry in the same room because if the washers work, the dryers don’t.
The owner of the property recently donated $ 250,000.00 to City Park to be used for outdoor exercise equipment with the hope that it could be used to draw new residents to his property.
Why not take that quarter mill and actually maintain your property? The residents want to know.