I love this building(Royal York). It's old, has so much character, huge units for a great price, so close to the Conservatory, great views of Franklin park area. But.. they don't take care of the building. Not the important things anyway. The front lawn always looks nice, they put cool wallpaper and features in the lobbies/on each floor. They painted each floor too, but all that paint is now peeling off(probably because there's barely any air flow, besides having the windows open, but when it's 90+ degrees outside, it's basically melting haha). If I didn't have 2 air conditioners in my unit, I would probably die. It's also ridiculously hot in the winter too. When they say "heat included" they mean you have to pay extra in the winter months even if you NEVER turn the heaters on, heat still comes out a little from the radiators or comes from the floors below. It's so damn hot. Also, all the water pipes are original. Which means, they're almost ALWAYS clogged. For the first 8 months I lived here, my tub just barely drained. The worst time it was still full for almost 2 days. I called the Emergency late night maintenance line, and an amazing maintenance guy was FINALLY able to unclog it. Before that, maintenance barely comes. I don't blame them at all. All the maintenance guys have been great, I just think they don't have enough of them. The company spends too much money on wallpaper and paint to make it seem like the place is nice and well kept. Another issue I have is that I have 2 huge holes in my bathroom ceiling because the upstairs neighbors had a leak in their pipes. So they came in one day, destroyed my bathroom, made a huge dusty mess all over my apartment, didn't clean it up. Left me with the mess(probably asbestos or whatever else is in that ceiling), and the 2 holes which are STILL THERE 6 MONTHS LATER. I KEEP asking them to fix it, and almost EVERY TIME they have no idea what im talking about. Even tho the property manager came in one day and SAW the holes. I texted her again last week, and she still acted like she had never heard about the holes before. I text them at least twice a month asking when they'll get around to fixing them, they always respond saying "I'm on the plaster list." I ask, how far on the list i am...NO RESPONSE. EVER. So. This is a super cool building to live it. But i'm not sure it's worth the stress of dealing with the Property management. They basically ignore you. read more