The Balilla Apartments

Do not live here. If you are willing to pay $ 2000 or more for a studio in the Tenderloin, there are better places than this. Maybe. They replaced a lock on my front door and it completely locked me in my apartment. I almost had to call 911 to get out but it was the daytime and they came and switched out the lock. Then, on another day the bathtub upstairs overflowed and it happened to be above my kitchen which in turn flooded my cabinets the day after I went grocery shopping. They gave me $ 15 dollars to replace $ 50 worth of groceries. When I moved out, they took over half of my security deposit because that is what they do. I was clean, nothing on the walls and I vacuumed the crappy office carpet they installed every week. Which by the way, was not brand new when I moved in. If you like cold showers this is the place for you. The hot water heater does not work very well and you will get lukewarm showers on the coldest days. Also, the electricity and phone wires are shared throughout the building and they try to make it sound good because you won’t have to pay the electric bill, but this makes the internet signal bad. I had AT&T Uverse and they came to my apartment so many times to fix the signal, but they couldn’t because the wires in the building are too old. They recommended Comcast/​Xfinity. To say the least, it wasn’t the worst dump I lived in. They did spray for roaches every month, but you will live above a bar and a parking garage which will keep you up all hours. Especially when drunk idiots don’t get there cars out by 2 am and their cars get locked in all night. They tend to throw tantrums and bang on the metal doors all night. That was my last apartment in SF and I am so happy I left!