The Beacon Jersey City

I’ve been look tirelessly for a place until I discovered this place. Priscella went above and beyond for me taking videos and assisting with the best deals. It made looking for a home a breeze!

Faulty apartment units. AC won’t even work properly. They won’t take care of it even. Pay higher rent and stay in this faulty units if you wish

The Beacon deserves a negative rating. I have been leaving here from last 2 years. The sad part about beacon is that the buildings are old so every other day there is a lot of maintenance. They only look good from the outside.

Sharing my experience based on my stay from last couple of years. Criterion is the worst building of all.

Fire Alarms:
Every apartment has fire alarms installed. Some apartments keeps their door to let cooking smoke out and this causes the whole buildings loud fire… alarm turn on for a lot of times especially during nights.

Elevators:
The buildings are at least 18 floors and has minimum 3 elevators out of which 1 of them is kept booked for trash collection and the other does not work because the management is not able to fix the issue of that one elevator and it gets stuck randomly.

Water:
They send email 7 minutes before that water is going to get shutdown for 12 hours during the day as emergency repairs and share apologies emails keeping 4 carts of water to be shared by the whole building.

Additional Costs to be aware of:
Average water usgae: $20
Average sewage usage: $20
Monthly billing statement generation cost : $4.65
Trash fee: $20
Parking fee: $230
Monthly Amenities cost: $85

I know the rent prices are going up in jersey city and building management are becoming more careless about their residents because they know if existing residents leave in frustration they can sell their unit for more better price.
If you're thinking of moving here still when the management people are done showing you the property and sweet talking with you, please take some time from them and also causally ask for opinions from existing residents about their experience. Read More

The management company treats there tenants horribly after u sign your lease.. BLT might be a good sandwich but it’s horrible if they are talking about the management company… The gym machines are always broken.. elevators break down all the time, fire alarms go off all day and night.. The shuttle bus are always late so if it’s raining or cold u will freeze.. they cut the buses hours so u will be paying 10-25 dollars each way for Ubers to go 5 mins.. Security is never around and neighborhood is… not safe AT ALL.. u will feel very isolated living here. Also when it’s time to renew ur lease.. they will try to raise it 350-500 dollars and give u nothing in return.. they don’t care about ur loyalty..p.s when it’s windy WI-FI WONT WORK AND ITS ALWAYS WINDY Read More