Avalon Hoboken

Avalon Hoboken epitomizes a fantastic user experience. They go beyond professionalism, efficiency, and care for their communities. It's been a refreshing change to work with the sales, service and management teams. Thank you for the amazing work!

My fiance and I have lived in a one-bedroom at Avalon Hoboken since September. We have mostly enjoyed our experience, specifically our spacious apartment and the many features and amenities that the building offers, including central ac and a pool.

When we moved in, the building was known as "800 Madison" and was owned and managed by two, separate companies. Avalon took over both ownership and management in January and, while it's too early to make any definitive judgments, the early returns have been encouraging. The on-site management staff is friendly and responsive, and Avalon has begun to make some improvements to the property, including wifi in common areas and backsplashes in the kitchens.

The building is located a little off the beaten path, about 10 minutes from most of the action on Washington Street and a 25-minute walk to the Path Train. With that said, getting to/from NYC is still pretty easy: the building offers a complimentary shuttle to/from the Path on weekday mornings and evenings, and the NJ Transit Bus to NYC is only a five-minute walk. Conveniently, the building is right next-door to Shop Rite, and several new restaurants have recently opened within a few blocks, catering to the growing number of luxury apartment buildings popping up in the area.

Avalon Hoboken apartments are fairly spacious, when compared with other Hoboken buildings we viewed in the same price range; many, if not all, have balconies. The apartment features are top-notch: each apartment has central ac, a large GE washer/drier unit, a dishwasher and a kitchen sink disposal (unheard of in the NYC area!!). One downside to our specific apartment: we have very limited closet space, and actually had to buy a couple of wardrobes from Ikea for our stuff. With that said, we live in a corner unit, and I have heard other apartments in the building have plenty of closet space. A couple of other negatives: the walls are thin, and we often hear noise in the hallways while we are in our living room (though not when we are in our bedroom). The ceilings are concrete (I believe) and the bedroom floors are carpeted, limiting -- though not eliminating -- noise from upstairs neighbors.

The building has a central, private courtyard, with a pool/hot tub -- a relative rarity in Hoboken -- as well as three gas grilles and a boche court. There is also a gym, a community room and two, small roof decks with views of NYC. The building has a garage on the ground floor, and offers resident parking for an additional fee. While there is no doorman, the management staff is on-site five days a week, and there is an automated package concierge system for deliveries. The property has both a web site and an app, from which residents can pay rent, submit maintenance requests and track the shuttle, amongst other things. There is also a helpful transportation screen in the lobby with up-to-date information on schedules for the shuttle, Path Train, Bus, Ferry, Uber and just abut any other form of transportation in the area.

Anecdotally, most of the residents in the building are young families, and almost everyone is very friendly. The building also has some sort of arrangement with Stevens Institute of Technology that allows students to live there. Many of the students are perfectly nice and respectful of the property, though there are occasional parties. From what I've heard, the prior management company really clamped down on the partying, and I hope Avalon will continue that trend.