Edmonton, Canada
9925 Jasper Ave
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+1 8255353150
I have lived here for 15 years and that was definitely not the original plan. I only planned to stay here for a few years to finish up school and move on. However, MacDonald Estates was such a great place to live that it ended up being 15 years until today when I finally moved out (bought a place). The location is perfect. Central downtown with easy access to LRT and all the downtown amenities close by. Building itself was great, suite had no problems and management are friendly and top notch. If you drive, there is heated secure parking (extra) attached to the building as well, which is a great perk especially during the winter. Rent is affordable and power is included which makes a huge difference. I highly recommend MacDonald Estates if you are looking for a nice place to rent downtown.
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Macdonald Estates is run by an amazing management company. My boyfriend and I scheduled a viewing with them because we are in need of a new apartment to live in. The management was excellent. Super kind, caring and passionate. Sadly, it wasn't exactly what we were looking for but I would recommend for people to check it out. Beautiful affordably large apartments, includes a pool, gym and has a seemingly great community! It deserves 5 stars from us for sure.
The management team is very professional. Maintenance requests were promptly fulfilled.
Stayed at this place for 5 years. Very convenient location, and there is nothing I want to complain about, the view, the amenity, the suites. Gotta give credit to the managers in the building, super nice to deal with, always quick to respond to repair/maintenance requests.
The building has gone downhill very quickly and very badly the last few weeks. No one is ever in the office anymore, no one answers the office phone either. Might as well call after 8 so you can talk to security. Had to wait days on end for a repair request to be acknowledged and then completed. Building lobbies and hallways are now always dirty. No sanitizer in half the dispensers. Then I'm chatting with the Resident Manager, Guy, the other day and he proudly tells me he can't read me the sign in the elevator since he can't read at all. What kind of manager can't read?! I find that information a bit unsettling and concerning to say the least. In general the whole place runs worse then it has in years.
Not worth the amount of rent I pay. I currently live here as the date posted for 8 months now. Pests(cockroaches and bed bugs). Noise (loud tenants and fire alarms pulled at various times day and night and construction outside, the beeping of buses from central bus stop). Heating issues from very limited control over heating and a/c which is controlled by maintenance (large windows that bring in heat in summer and frost in winter, which I was told I had to go get window tape from store and install myself to correct. Plumbing issues (water shut off sometimes without warning and high chance of water damage from other tenants who leave sinks on when water get shut off). Gym and pool is closed about 65% of time for maintenance and pool is freezing 50% of time. Elevators are very slow for the building having 3 of them (I waited 5 mins once which I have never had to do in my life anywhere and no one was actually using one to move!). If you call security they are not often on site or they don't seem to do much and one asked me once what time it was which gives me impression their operators are from another country/province. No visitors parking. Also moving in is not fun pulling up a moving truck to a curb on the corner beside a busy intersection. I've a few good polite interactions between myself and rental office staff and that is really the only reason I have given 3 stars. Believe it or not I have lived in worse buildings as this, also another reason it gets 3 stars. Seems you now have to pay min 1500 a month for 1 bedroom now just to live somewhere that is peaceful. Sadly I can barely afford this place :(
Super happy living here. Get to enjoy a sweet view of the river valley. Free pool and gym. Great, friendly staff. Clean and well kept building, the laundry can be a pain sometimes. But every building has there minor problems. Overall a really great value for downtown living!
Best building I've ever lived at! The staff here have been incredible through the COVID pandemic. You always see them sanitising the building regularly. I can say as a resident that I recognize all the hard work the staff have been putting in; to keep the building running as smooth as possible. All the staff are still cheery and it's nice to see smiling faces during this crisis. Excited for when our pool and sundeck opens again for us to all enjoy the summer! Keep up the amazing work MacDonald Estates!
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