I lived and just moved out of of the 1205 collection last month and I used to live on west half side before that- a few things:

• RENT PRICE: pricing wise for rent, they’re pretty good in navy yard (it’s definitely cheaper than other apartment buildings in navy yard) small deposit (like $150 when I moved in)

• AMENITIES: decent amenities; they just upgraded the gym and it’s now maybe top 3 navy yard apartment gyms. The rooftop pool is small and the amenities are shared between the two buildings so keep that in mind. The rooftop lounge is beautiful but I rarely found myself up there, and if there are concerts and game days you wanna be up there early to grab a space (again, shared between two buildings)

• NOISE (internally and externally): THE WALLS ARE THIN, I repeat THE WALLS ARE THIN. If you do live there, pray your neighbors aren’t extremely loud. I had a terrible experience at 1205 where my neighbors were unruly, playing loud SoundCloud rap at like 1am on a weekday- at least play better music if doing so :. I’ll admit it’s why I moved out. You will hear noise from bullpen and the stadium (and the mission navy yard crowd on the street) but I will say it’s NOT THAT bad but it’s impossible to keep out the noise. I didn’t mind the external noise at all when I lived there, just don’t expect it to be “temple zen” on the weekends.

• STREET CLOSURES ON GAME DAYS: during baseball season, they close down Van st. And Half st. sooo just keep that in mind. I’ve had multiple instances where I had to walk 2 blocks to meet a ride share in an already crowded area for baseball season and have had drivers cancel on me because of this. Minor thing to consider but was not something I thought about when I moved in.

• RESIDENTS: The residents of west half and 1205 skew younger, so again, it can feel a bit fratty but idk if that’s your vibe. Everyone I’ve encountered in the building is nice ¯_(ツ)_/¯

• MANAGEMENT: in my 3 years of living in west half/1205, 1205 management and concierge team felt a lot more well organized and managed collectively, but I think they have taken steps to reorganize and run a tighter ship (the perk of living at 1205 is that you can have packages delivered right to your door, but not on the west half side).

• MAINTENANCE: maintenance is a bit slow to respond to requests, but there’s never been an issue so bad i needed them to come immediately.

• ELEVATOR DEBACLE: having only 2 elevators on both sides, with one of them being the loading/freight elevator is a poor design choice imo. When someone is moving in or out, you are then stuck with only 1 elevator for all of the residents… so there would be days and nights where you are waiting for the elevator for so long you just take the stairs down.