Museum Parc

Recently a new On-​Site property manager has come on-​board at Museum Parc, Tony Walker. He is amazingly efficient; and, believes in communicating quickly. We had a commission for a time sensitive close of escrow to provide Design and Architectural Review assistance. All went smoothly and timely as a result of Tony’s due diligence.
Michelle Lacy, ASID, CID #4082
209.581.6616

The building itself is great and I would give 5 stars, unfortunately, great things attract negative people. If you are looking to sell your unit, or needing someone to manage your property, do not use Jane. She screwed my friend over when she was renting out a one-​bedroom unit in the Museum Parc building. She used to live here and thank god she moved away. There was a negative Unilocal review about her lack of professionalism but looks like it was removed. Well, you’ve been warned. I’ve been living at the Museum Parc since 2007 so I know a lot of things that go on in this building.

Great location, helpful and friendly doorman, huge floor plans, and a quiet inner courtyard.

DO NOT USE THE REAL ESTATE AGENT NAMED «JANE» who resides in the property at Museum Parc, which I feel is run down and dirty. She is so unprofessional! Their pet policy is ridiculous. I find the pets to be cleaner… I hope that the renters take up 95% of the building. With other newer properties built after 1990, I recommend anyone who is considering a rental in this area to look elsewhere. It’s over priced. There is NO DEEDED parking. I suggest that you reside in the east or south bay or out of this particular area. GREED has taken over the area… it is not NYC, not even comparable! You are being charged over 50% rental ratesl in this area. Please take this recommendation to heart from a longtime SOMA tenant and property investor.

I always enjoyed living in highrise doorman apartments. While Museum Parc only has about 15 floors, the value you get for the price you pay is pretty good. I looked at a large number of highrises in the SOMA area. For the same price, I’d only get ½ — ²⁄₃ of the square footage that I get in Museum Parc. The units here have huge closet space (my unit has a walk-​in closet), and humongous living rooms. The other thing I LOVE about living in this apartment building is the proximity to interesting restaurants, the mall and the highway. It takes me 3 minutes to get on the highway, 5 minutes to walk to Union Square, the mall, Wholefoods, and the MoMa, and it’s walking distance to a good number of interesting restaurants.
The downside of living in this apartment is the noise. I don’t have any problems sleeping above noisy streets, but I can see how other people can get woken up in the middle of the night by traffic or drunk people coming back from AT&T Park.

I lived here for a year and here’s what I learned: don’t live in SOMA, and don’t rent in a building full of condos.
We discovered pretty quickly that as a renter, we have essentially no rights. The Homeowner’s Association is the main power in the building, and if you’re a renter, they just don’t want to deal with you. Combine that with renting from a crappy real estate company which has no interest in helping you, representing an owner who lives in TAIWAN, and you’ve got a recipe for frustration.
Moving in was a giant pain because you can only reserve the freight elevator until 4pm on Saturdays, and not at all on Sunday (gotta treat those condo owners right!). If you work full time like I do, you can imagine how frustrating that is.
In addition to the crappy building, SOMA is just a crappy neighborhood to live. I work in SOMA, so living close to work sounded great. Bad idea. SOMA may be a fun place to get lunch or a drink after work, but when you head out on a Saturday evening for a fun night, you might as well catch the bus to the Mission or hike up to the Tenderloin. Otherwise you’re left hanging out at the mall. Weekends in SOMA are dead.

Location, Location, Location. Daym that makes me giddy! I was lucky enough to be able to stay here with a friend here for 3 months, while I apt hunted. He owns the condo so I got my own spacious bedroom/​bathroom/​HUGE closet. Museum Parc has perfect views of the financial district, access to every bus, close to caltrain, bart, the mall, gym, Polished Lounge, Samovar Tea Lounge and temptations of South Park!
The only drawback was that since I was facing 3^rd street. lots and lots of noise, I swear I would wake up in the middle of the night with a blaring horn…
It’s a bit out of my price range but would reccomend this place in a heatbeat!