Hjarta Condominiums are one of the new condo buildings in Ballard. They have brought with them…read moreBelltown prices in an area that was typically less expensive. The owner of the project has recently jacked up the selling prices of all of the condos as well. The building is a green building with low home ownership dues. That said, it has basically 0 useful amenities. The view from the deck is no big deal. All of the other 'amenities' are in one room in the basement. It's like they took some extra space they had and threw in a few things that could be a checkbox for a marketing. The gym, common room and 'reading' room are largely of not much use. One side of the building faces Market. The other faces an open lot. Sounds good, right? Well you're paying $300k to live across from a fire department on one side and on the other side the lot is being prepared to have another building go up. People on that side will get basically no natural light and the value of their condos will tank. The units are ok with one huge exception. The only place you can possibly fit a TV in the living rooms is where the builder decided to put a fireplace. They didn't put it low on the wall, but in the middle of it. It's purely amateurish and makes me question the design of the rest of the building. Ballard is being flooded with condos and apartments and the Seattle Times had a recent article about how all of the buildings will be driving down rent in Ballard. It's hard to picture that these condos will be able to hold their value with all of what is being built. That said, they're green condos with a good layout if you don't ever watch TV and you don't care about getting the money back out of your place.

We've lived at the Hjarta for almost a year. We love how friendly our neighbors are, and…read moreespecially how dog friendly they are. We feel safe and very welcome. The building is a green building and there are low home ownership dues. Which is surprising because - in response to Seattle F - there are many useful and well kept amenities. The rooftop is lovely, plenty of nice furnishings and still a good amount of open space, and a large BBQ. All very well kept. There is also a large pea patch with many beds. I was honestly surprised by these perks and how nice everything was kept. They layout also allows for multiple groups to be up there and still maintain their privacy. The common room is on the 2nd floor, and has a nice kitchen set up, sitting area, large outdoor balcony with a large ourdoor dining table, an indoor pool table, a reading room, a stretching room, and fitness machine area with a mounted TV. Again, all are of very nice quality and well kept. The stretching room and fitness machine room are on the small size, but it is never crowded. The views, well they're average, but that's the location, near Downtown Ballard with the convenience of Market and 15th doesn't make too much room for leaving something to look at. It's a super convenient place to live, near everything but also just quiet enough not to feel removed from the world. I never thought I would like condo living, but I do love the Hjarta.

Lived there for about a year until I realized that the current arrangement was not going to work…read moreout. It wasn't a bad building per se, and it does have an elevator AND an indoor swimming pool that is large by any standards (you wouldn't expect a pool at such an old building). But when the elevator down, it took management days to fix it. And the pool isn't always available, often for long periods of time. And when you verbally tell tenants that they're not responsible for the carpets because they were so old and were going to get replaced, and then you rescind that promise when we move out, then I'm not going to leave with such great impressions about the building. It is the cheapest parking at Cap Hill, though, at $25/month for uncovered, a little more for covered. But the cons far outweighs the pros.

I've lived there for several years and it's been a great place to call home. They've managed to…read morekeep the same Manager (Carla) there for YEARS. She's really good. Not pushy, very nice, funny. It's an old building and I had a few maintenance issues but they handled it really well and quickly. The people who live there are pretty laid back and friendly. It's not a loud building and the parking is the gem of the deal. The location is awesome as well. It's not THE cheapest building on the hill, although it's affordable and 10 times better than the cheapest buildings on the hill. Good luck catching a vacancy there!

My Husband and I have lived at The Denning for over a year now. We've been very happy with our…read morechoice. We chose the Denning because it was new, clean and very centrally located. It is right next door to the Beacon Hill Light Rail and a grocery store called Red Apple. The neighborhood is quiet with a bakery and a variety of unique restaurants and bars within walking distance. We like the layout of our apartment and love the views of Mt. Rainier from our living room. The rooftop is the best as there are almost 360 degree views of Seattle. 4th of July at the Denning is a treat because you can see all the all the fireworks in the area for miles out. We had no issues with our neighbors. Everyone was very respectful and quiet. Building management are very friendly and responsive. We're moving out of the Denning soon because we're moving into a house. Otherwise, we had no complaints about the property and would recommend it to any of our friends.

Great apartment, good location right by the light rail. Coffee shop and Italian restaurant…read moredownstairs, best bar in beacon hill right across the street at perhelion brewery. Management is great too, helpful

Once upon a time I lived in this apartment building for over 6 years (I just moved out September…read more2006) and let me help you out by being very clear about a few things. The location is great, the rooftop deck view will take your breath away, and the building management totally SUCKS. Let me set the stage for you. If you call the building manager to report a problem they won't pick up the phone and when you leave a message they won't return your call. You'll have to call them several times before they even respond and then you better be ready for a laundry list of excuses why they can't get to it for a few weeks. Like one time the fan which vents air and moisture out of my windowless bathroom broke. It took the building manager 8 weeks to fix it and after 5 weeks of no action I finally had to call her out and tell her I was going to start deducting money off my rent check if it wasn't fixed ASAP. In the end, after it was fixed and she realized the vent was simply clogged with dust, she tried to blame me for not vacuming it out often enough. Hello, this is why I rent. I'm not unscrewing a vent fan and crawling into the ceiling to clean that out. File under THIS IS KIND OF STUFF MY RENT CHECK PAYS FOR SMARTY. And then another time I pulled into the garage and discovered a foreign car parked in my parking space. Since I had been parking in the same ASSIGNED PARKING SPACE for six plus years I was a little perplexed but assumed someone was just being stupid and decided to go ahead and park where ever they damn well pleased. My first thought was to block them in with my car. But the garage is tight and I would have had to block other cars as well. My second thought was to call the building manager, which I did, but I simply got voicemail. My third thought was to leave a note on the car asking them to move it and then park my car out on the street until they moved. In the meantime, my husband and I were in the middle of making an offer on a house, so we ended up moving our car again to meet up with our agent. But before we left, I ran into Sally (http://www.yelp.com/user_details?userid=wZaLqZ8PppggeII3DhICqQ) and told her the news on both counts. She, of course, was happy about the house news. And her response to the car thing was something along the lines of, "Do you want me to block them in with my car? Because I totally will." Ha. Great minds think alike. When we returned from signing all the paperwork for the offer we pulled into the garage and discovered the car was STILL parked there. So we had to find street parking since someone was PARKED IN MY PARKING SPACE. Argh. The apartment building managers aren't very helpful to say the least. Since they didn't call me back until Monday and this happened on Saturday it wasn't much use for them to even call me back. As it turns out the building manager told the strange car to park there because they couldn't seem to recall THAT I'VE PARKED IN THAT SAME EXACT SPACE FOR THE LAST 6 YEARS. I was also advised to park in two other spaces if that happened again. As it turns out one of the spaces she told me to park in IS ALSO ASSIGNED so I called her back to let her know space #36 is already assigned and she shouldn't be telling people to park there or the same problem is going to happen again to someone else in my apartment building. She asked if I knew the name of the person who parks in that space. Isn't that her job to know that? I told her no, but described the car and gave her the license plate. Very professional Ms. Buidling Manager. Needless to say, I was thrilled when I finally moved and didn't have to put up with those no brains anymore. P.S. I left a note on the car parked in my space that said "Move your car or it will be towed". When the building manager called me back she told me "the girl parked in your space was very offended the nasty note you left". That's funny. Because if the girl was smart she would be very offended that you can't do your job. P.P.S. It could have been worse. Sally and I both had the brilliant idea to use lipstick to write the note directly on her windshield. I resisted that urge. I'm glad about that. Karma. And more importantly, lipstick is expensive.

Loved this place. The location was awesome and the Rooftop view was absolutely stunning. The…read moremanager Katie was honestly the best property manager we've ever had and we have lived in so many places. She was extremely helpful and super welcoming. She made the place feel like home. 10/10! we only left because we decided to be home buyers but would have stayed forever. Also, the garage is nice, secured and very affordable. Totally worth it.