I moved out of 3003 Van Ness in 2018. For the most part, my roommates and I liked this place. The questionable rent scheme and deteriorating garage conditions that others mention were definitely present during the years we were there, but didn't bother us much. We liked the pool, individual heat/cool controls in each room, and that the maintenance team was pretty quick to respond to issues. Room sizes were generous and had big closets.

However, in 2018, we started to notice black mold coming through the A/C units and then through the walls. It was appalling - growing on the vents of our units and huge patches behind wall hangings. It was also present on the hallway ceilings blowing out from the air vents, and the building would just paint over it until it returned again. My roommate and I started to have health problems, and realized we could not live there any longer.

We had just resigned a new lease, and had a nightmare of a time getting Equity to let us out of it. Ultimately they allowed us to prorate the days past our expired lease until we moved out, but the constant turnover in that office meant the manager we were dealing with left right before as we were working through the issue, and the new manager did not want to honor the agreement the previous person had made with us. Thankfully, we had things in writing.

I think of the kids and seniors that live in this building and how this mold must be hurting their health, perhaps without their knowledge. And I doubt the root of the problem has been solved, as Equity told us the mold was the result of cracks in the building's exterior allowing water to seep in to the inside.

Beware.

Woman, 20s