Glad to hear you're in and your move went smoothly, Christy! I also used McGuires and thought they were very reasonable and professional. I had a couple small breakages, but considering my stuff was in storage for two weeks, i'm not complaining. The more stuff gets moved, the more likely it is to break.
Seems like my floor is finally filling up! There's supposedly a buyer for 301 (I met him and he seemed pretty set on buying it). The furniture from the display model in 305 has now been moved up to 607, so maybe there's a buyer for that unit as well. 308 says it's sold, but I haven't seen anyone living there yet, so am wondering if it's a rental. 309 says it's contracted, but I think it's been that way for a long time and doesn't seem to close. 310 says it's closed, but I see a realtor's lock on the door, so think it's maybe a flipper. 311 was a flipper and has now been sold. What's the status on other floors? Are there units that have closed that aren't occupied? I'm curious!
Also, are any of you being notified via e-mail when there's activity on this web site? I used to be but don't get notices anymore for some reason.
If you have moved in to your loft at Bankers and haven't been told or have any questions about the private discussion forum for Bankers residents, please PM me.
Read the article in the Post the other day about downtown lofts and saw that it featured a guy who lives in your building and one of the photos was off his balcony. Just curious to if that was correct? Does Banker's even have any units that have balconies?
901 is a penthouse - He has a private rooftop deck. Depending on how the pic was taken, with the railing on the decks it could have looked like a balcony.
ContractorKitchens wrote:901 is a penthouse - He has a private rooftop deck. Depending on how the pic was taken, with the railing on the decks it could have looked like a balcony.
I partied with him once with common friends. Cool guy.
I've been meaning to ask you all ... how's the noise level in your building? And I mean from Washington Avenue (and downtown in general), and from unit to unit? Are the windows that Pyramid uses good quality, and do they stop noise well? And do the inter-unit walls have good sound proofing?
I'll be 3rd floor in Dorsa, so I'll have a very similar experience as you all.
It varies by the building -- and the location. Generally, concrete buildings are quieter than wooden buildings.
Among wooden buildings, the attention to acoustic challenges (particularly wall to wall and floor to floor) is key. MM is gorgeous, but is pretty noisy. Elder Shirt is gorgeous, and not very noisy at all. Jewel Lofts next door to me is installing triple sound baffles in all directions.
Nevertheless, you can be living in the best insulated concrete building on the street and go through living hell because the building next door has a jackhammer going.
Above 4 or so, you won't hear normal street noise if your windows are closed. If your windows are open, you'll hear noise up through 8 or 9. If you are a light sleeper, make sure your bedroom is in the center of the loft.
publiceye wrote:It varies by the building -- and the location. Generally, concrete buildings are quieter than wooden buildings.
Among wooden buildings, the attention to acoustic challenges (particularly wall to wall and floor to floor) is key. MM is gorgeous, but is pretty noisy. Elder Shirt is gorgeous, and not very noisy at all. Jewel Lofts next door to me is installing triple sound baffles in all directions.
Nevertheless, you can be living in the best insulated concrete building on the street and go through living hell because the building next door has a jackhammer going.
Above 4 or so, you won't hear normal street noise if your windows are closed. If your windows are open, you'll hear noise up through 8 or 9. If you are a light sleeper, make sure your bedroom is in the center of the loft.
Yeah, I know it can vary. Since Dorsa and Bankers are 1 block apart and have nearly the exact same construction, and are being renovated within a year of each other by the same company, I'm hoping that people in this thread can tell me how their experience has been, because I'm assuming mine will be quite similar.
publiceye wrote:Above 4 or so, you won't hear normal street noise if your windows are closed. If your windows are open, you'll hear noise up through 8 or 9. If you are a light sleeper, make sure your bedroom is in the center of the loft.
Pretty true. I'm on the 6th floor at the Meridian with a window facing Tucker and do hear ambulances from time to time. Of course, ambulances aren't normal street noise.
