I lived in this building almost a decade, I noticed when the weekday building manager was hired the…read morebuilding was not as well maintained as the previous building manager. Not sure if this is due to a lack of experience on his part. I also noticed the manager would post a lot of notices in our building elevator, at times these notices came off as micromanagement and created hostility amongst the tenants. I also noticed the current weekday building manager shows a lack of concern about repairing problems in the apartments of long term tenants. For example, many long term tenants found their kitchen cabinets started falling off and breaking. Yet the only help you get from the current manager was he glued together the previous wood cabinet door, which would break again right away. I spoke with my neighbour who occupied a recently "renovated" suite. She mentioned how with normal use that within a month of moving in certain things were breaking and wearing down. Don't be fooled by the "renovations". they are not done to last. The current building manager would also leave pipes exposed in the hall with buckets under them long term. I assume to avoid spending money to properly maintain the property. All the lawn chair displayed by the pool in the ad's are broken and the building manager refuses to repair them properly. This could lead to a injury in the tenants but it seems saving money is more important

Very old building , it is not worth , the manager is very rude. I do not suggest as you can find…read morewith same price other units around the area. bad smell in the building and parking. there are some bugs in the units and building.

We've been here for 8 years now, and have nothing but good things to say about this place, and the…read moreKevington team, (which has changed a bit over the last 8 years - but still all great, helpful people.) Always speedy to help out with any issues, which have been very few for being here such a long time. (One microwave replacement and a new seal on our freezer.) The west-facing view properties can't be beat. All trees and gardens and mountains. Honestly, my favourite part of this place. Like most Vancouver apartments / condos that aren't in someone's basement, the bedrooms are small - no king size beds in this building. Unless you want to roll in and out of the room on the bed itself. ;) That's the only bit that bums me out, as there's no 'bigger units' we can move up to. We're big introverted homebodies, so don't take part in the events that are thrown on the garden patio on a regular basis, but clearly a lot of thought and care is put into making the place a community. Continue to be swell, District Main!

There are some amazing pluses to living at DM: -beautiful…read moregarden for everyone to enjoy -very clean (lobby, hallways, stairs etc) -gym on every floor -wine collection in case the liquor store is closed -dvd movie collection -bees on the roof -games night in lobby -everyone is super friendly downsides: -on the expensive side for rent -they have a curfew of 10pm for people out on the garden patio, but most people don't follow the curfew and staff don't enforce it. People are often loud and out there until 11 or 1130pm on week nights. Very disruptive for any suite facing the garden...so while the garden and patio are great, when it's summer people rent it for parties and the parties are constant and people are LOUD. It's too bad. -often takes awhile for responses to be made from the property manager on any number of topics...fob key, storage rental, general information. Frustrating to not get a response and have to ask more than once for something! -i can hear the people below me. Which makes me wonder if the bldg is concrete or not.

I lived in a penthouse suite in this apartment building for a year and I absolutely loved it! It…read morehad two bedrooms plus a den, two washrooms and a kitchen with a view of Granville Street. I could actually see INSIDE the Commodore Ballroom. Kitchen comes handy with a dishwasher, garburator and plenty of plugs for small kitchen appliances. Unit also comes with a stackable washer/dryer. The only thing missing was closet space. The building itself probably has THE best location for downtown Vancouver. The rent is relatively cheap considering where it is, and the building is really well maintained. There was someone in the lobby every day washing the floors and windows, and there is also always a security guard on site... although not always easy to find (the building does have 9 floors). It's kind of a high-security building, but totally appreciated considering there are homeless people outside begging for change at all times. There is a small patch of grass outside the building and people seem to enjoy drinking their coffee and smoking their doobies there. It's probably one of the only spots downtown where you can find a patch of grass to do that, other than Robson Square... which now has even less grass than before. Thumbs Up: * Pet-friendly (with deposit) * Very Secure * Amazing location: stone's throw away from Robson Square, Shopping, Transit, * Relatively cheaper than anything else downtown, especially for the state of the building * Underground Parking * Bike Storage * Decent Recycling Room * Garbage Shute * Dishwasher / Garburator * View (from 9th floor penthouse, and any apartment facing Robson Square) * Fiber Optic Internet! * Close to food and groceries (namely IGA and Choices on Richards) * Above a Chapter's store ... can you say cookbooks?!? Thumbs Down: * Noisy (good luck trying to get some sleep between 10pm and 2am on Fridays and Saturdays) * Little closet space inside apartment, and storage rooms in the basement are usually already occupied - waiting list, anyone? * Since it's in the heart of the Entertainment district, the building gets over-run with drunken hoochies on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. They always ended up making a huge mess in the hallways in the lobby, leaving food wrappers and booze bottles everywhere. Don't these people have manners? During my time here I got to witness countless festivals, hockey games (notably Vancouver's Game 7 loss to the Bruins in 2011) and live concerts, all of which were literally steps away from home. Nothing beats that! If I ever move back to Vancouver I will definitely try to get an apartment here again. It's just too good to be true.

This building has real nouse problem due to the fact they can not properly manage their commercial…read moretenant Chapters, they are a constant source of disturbing noises during the night, always re-arranging the store.

Great Building manager and assistant manager! They do their best to maintain a very old building…read moreand deal with an array of different tenant inquiries daily - some of these being very difficult people! I have lived here for 6 years and have noticed many people are not the nicest/friendliest of neighbours...there are some very good people, but a lot of rude ones here. If you are sensitive to noise, this is not the building for you. Very old wood frame building from 1911 - so sound does travel!

Hana is the loveliest landlord I have ever had, and I'm 45! It's really obvious that someone is…read moreinsulting her because they didn't get their way about something. Her assistant does a very good job cleaning the building too!

We moved in 1 1/6 years ago, Suzana was the manager of the building, everything was great, facility…read morewell maintained: the two elevators always working, FOB for doors perfect, amenity room with rules and clean, gym always with cold water for tenants, even the trash compactor area super clean, organized and with deodorant); after Zana left the position the building started to have problems: due to the high turn over rate of the building one elevator working for 26 floors without any coordination or notice, entrance door broken, one elevator broken for almost 2 weeks, trash compactor area with sticky floors all the time, trash sitting on the floor everywhere, bad odours, etc. And the rent prices keep increasing without a single benefit for the tenants. The great location of the building (walking distance to work, parks close, etc) keeps me and my family here. I wish we could have a person like Suzana again as a manager: kind, straight forward, organized, excellent communication with tenants, always on top of every issue, and bring the great feeling of being back at home again without asking ourselves : now what is broken today...

I've lived in this complex since 2017 and I have never found the landlords or management team…read moreanything but pleasant. The manager smiles and chats with me all the time. The only issues I have ever had are with tenants who are completely tone deaf to the fact that they have neighbours. Smoking on patios, not being respectful of common spaces (leaving spills and mess behind). The owners have spent a large fortune upgrading the plumbing systems, did work on the pool and pool area. The building is powerwashed every 2 to 3 years, and the space is well kept. Are the renovations at a 5 star level? No, but there is nothing wrong with them at all. Is the carpet in the common areas older? Yes, but it is in great shape and is from the 80's not the 1960's as some claim. As it is in such good shape, why go to the expense of ripping it up? So the odd tenant thinks it is ugly? They going to pay the nearly 1 million it would take to replace it all? Probably not. Ive seen many rental complexes in Vancouver, including newer buildings, where they were literally falling apart - I have lived in 11 places since 2001 and finally landed here. By far the best complex yet. For people who are having issues with management, I would suggest treating them like people and not just workers there for you. Ill say it again, i have never experienced anything but respect and kindness from management.

I've been at Pendrell Plaza for 11 years - Jim J's review isn't entirely inaccurate. I absolutely…read morebelieve everything he stated in his review. The apartments are nice (well, the ones that have been reno'd). The owners certainly spared every expense when it came to materials and workmanship. I have pieces of hair painted into my walls. And they didn't sand an inch of anything before slapping on another coat of paint. In fact, the paint in my bedroom is peeling off cuz there is so much build up. I can see the layers of colours from years past. A colorful time capsule if you will. By now, the apartment must be smaller than when it was new, with all that paint. My bathroom is nice though :) Water pressure (for me) is weak AF! The general handyman has looked at the issue but it was beyond his knowledge; he said a plumber would need to do it. Over the years I've said "deposit be damned, I'm going to make some changes around here!" So I painted (and sanded first!), I've made small renter-friendly fixes and modifications as well. With the price of rents in that area I will likely die there so I'm just going to do whatever I want to the place; and in 20 - 30 years they can keep my $500 deposit. After all, they're gonna need it to clean up the maggots. Once you get over the appearance of the carpet in the hallways (the original carpet from '66 when the building was new), all other things considered, it's still a good place to live. 4 HUGE windows in both the bedroom and living room; 64" I believe. The window ledge is below my hip - so if you lack balance or you're a heavy drinker, be careful. One poorly chosen step and you'll tumble right out. Each 1bdrm suite has a huge 8ft diameter balcony. With the building being octagonal, that provides for amazing views. True to Jim J's view, Management is a real piece of work. Surly is a compliment. I've never and i'm mean NEVER seen this woman smile. She's eastern European or something. Honestly, I don't think its on purpose. I think its just who she is. She doesn't give that warm/ kind vibe. That said, she's never done anything to directly piss me off. Oh, but it took me far too long to learn that management doesn't check the telephone messages. So all of Jim's calls/messages would've likely been ignored. They're not tech savvy in the slightest. It's nearly 2025 and we still have to pay rent by cheque. Setting up 1 simple email address would allow for tenants to transfer rent. But NOPE, I have to spend $50 for cheques (sigh). It's not a deal breaker for me (obviously) but it would be nice of they got up to speed with tech. It was only a few years ago that they put cameras in the lobby and changed to FOB technology. So I guess they're growing, albeit very very slowly. Glaciers are melting faster than they're advancing into current (or even old) tech. There's a big outdoor pool in the garden. It's so nice to have a place to sun or cool off that isn't filled with tourists or bridge/tunnel ppl. For the most part its quiet/laidback. Sometimes there are young kids there who don't know how to STFU but again, not a deal breaker. My only gripe about the pool is that Management doesn't open it early enough. They claim that it's the City's fault b/c they need to get an inspector to give the thumbs up before it can open, but every other pool in the neighbourhood seems to be up and running as early as the May long weekend. So...yeah. One year they didn't officially open it at all. People just said fuck it, and started using it. But now there's a FOB gate so they can lock us out. Wouldn't you just know they would use the archaic tech they've embraced, against us! The neighbourhood has it's societal issues, but overall, it's wonderful. Close to absolutely everything that a person could want/need. Oh, there's an elementary school across the street. Those kids are loud AF! Not with just normal kid noises though. They scream; like, at the top of their lungs, being chased by a man with a chainsaw sort of screams. I heard a scream so piercing one day that I said to myself, "Holy shit balls! that kid MUST be on fire to be screaming like that!" But nope, he, yes HE, was just.....screaming. No flames. No burning. Just screaming for the hell of it. Once realizing that, I secretly wished he was indeed on fire, just so he would know that there are people in the world who truly ARE and he has no right/reason to be screaming like that if he's actively on fire, himself. To sum it up, Pendrell Plaza isn't perfect, but it's better than a lot of places. I give 4/5 stars and recommend it as a nice place to live and die :)

I've been a tenant here twice and lived here for almost 20 years. In the time of seen three…read moredifferent managers and they've all been great! i've always want to be professional, courteous, and helpful. Rodika, the current manager has always been extremely responsive. It has gone above and beyond and helping us with whatever was necessary or needed.

My tenancy there started great for the first few years. The building was well maintained, the…read moreservices worked, things were kept up, and then it all stopped about 7 years ago, and everything started getting cancelled, locked up, charged extra for, broken, or left to ruin. You can't take bicycles through the lobby, and they removed the lockups for them. You can't get your mail if you work nights they lock that off (illegal btw, looked into it), the saunas and exercise rooms were gutted, the storage cancelled, the guest parking cancelled, the laudry room contracted out to another company and mostly non-functional, the elevators work poorly, you're likely to get stuck as I have on many occasions, and so on. I lived there for for a total 14 years and recently was renovicted along with a whole load of others in the same month. I am sure asking for repairs to the water damage caused by their work had something to do with it. This on the long tail of illegal work on suites, flooding, theft, vandalism, lack of security, mail theft, exercise equipment being taken, lockers being broken in to, and more. Complaints go unheard, and if forced to do something, the main super behaves like a child with threats and temper tantrums. When I left, I was still waiting for the water damage caused by them working on pipes to be repaired after 6 years. Bottom line is that the cheif super there is not responsible or reliable, and only his friends get taken care of. The management company decided no more dogs, so he kicked out some people with dogs, and then went and got a dog himself. That should tell you something about the character of the management. I had unauthorized entry issues, spying issues, mail tampering issues, and I even ended up with my story in the paper after a bandsaw came through my bedroom wall at 7 am missing me by inches, and then a day later having a stranger walk into my bedroom while I was still sleeping to start cutting the wall in my closet. The building is pretty on the outside, but that's where the property management's maintenance seems to end. I'm currently still waiting on my damage deposit after moving and the company has not responded to either myself or the RTO. In fact they have little interest in RTO regulations it seems, and have no issues altering the terms of your lease without informing you. Honestly, the people in the building are great for the most part. Some bad eggs, but everywhere has those. On the whole though, the residents are a great bunch, which is why I'm giving two stars. There are a couple of part time supers that are pretty nice, but their hands are tied and there is little they can do. Prospero Realty is running that into the ground and turning it into a high turnaround building with no interest in older tennants, or becoming a long term home. In fact if you're there too long, expect harassment or lack of service. So, caveat emptor. Honestly, the changes could be because prospero cut resources to the building, but ask yourself if you really care who's at fault when you have to walk groceries up 20 flights of stairs after a long day at work. I am very happy after having moved and discovering that there are landlords in the west end that are reasonable, and prepared to help keep the property up and don't hand your keys off to third parties. I hope that Propero sees this and considers putting more resources toward maintenance and realizes that this is no way to conduct business. There are really, really great people in the tennant roster, however, so that might factor into your decision. As for the other negative comments, yeah, I had the construction and noise issues at odd times, jackhammering early in the morning, and elevators clanging doors at all hours. So I can corroberate that.

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When we found out we were moving to Vancouver, we knew we wanted to be in the city to look for a…read moreplace to live. Vancouver Extended Stay was a wonderful place to call home for a month! The location was perfect to access the peninsula on foot, enjoy the seawall and Stanley Park. The accommodations were well equipped, clean and efficient. The staff were responsive and helpful. The building was quiet, professional and well maintained. I would highly recommend VES to anyone looking for a longer term stay.