Lock Vista has a few tenants with serious mental health. I cannot recommend moving there as some of these tenants proved to be very disruptive. Management was extremely hands off in solving the problems, in my opinion. I finally moved to get away from one such tenant who just could not manage his delusions and scary behavior. My move happened quickly and at great expense to me. Thankfully the police took the man's behavior seriously and he was jailed for a month. He has since been released and lives back at Lock Vista. The management chose not to evict him for his threatening behavior even though his actions were in direct violation of the lease. If you are a woman, I definitely can't recommend living here as my experience proved to be a very unsafe, disruptive and costly one.
As well, Riverstone management will gouge you if you decide to stay month-to-month once your lease is up. After your initial lease is up, they will charge a $100 rent increase plus an additional month-to-month fee of ($100), if you don't sign on for at lest 6 more months. Seriously!?
I imagine the owners are intentionally unaware of the safety issues and the business practices at Lock Visa. I hope so. If they are aware of what is going on and just don't care that would be quite disappointing. The owners are highly involved in local social causes and they are huge philanthropists especially for social and environmental causes, education, and the arts. The owners are part of a very well-off Seattle family that made it's money founding a Forbes 100 company. I admire the owner's giving spirit and wish their good intentions would carry over to properly managing their apartment building. Ironically, a number of their tenants work in the arts, education, and in social causes.
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