I hadn't been on here in awhile so I decided to check to see if the building had improved. OBVIOUSLY NOT!!!!

And to clarify matters, BED BUGS was spray painted all over my balcony because my unit was TOTALLY infested! The building is gross. GROSS GROSS GROSS. Any person on here with a "good" review is working for management. Toronto Star did a bed bug article and rated the top 5 worst buildings in Toronto and guess who made the list? YES! 77 Huntley. Surprise Surprise. How would you feel if your family was waking up covered in bites every day? I threw out more furniture and more of my belongings from living in that building. Notice I only stayed there 7-8 months???? Isn't a lease for ONE YEAR??? The management let me leave because I was warning people and causing "problems" by trying to prevent people from going through what I had to. I left there, bought a nice condo and pray to God I don't ever ever ever have to experience anything like 77 Huntley Street again. It was HORRIBLE!!!

It's a little disconcerting to see positive reviews for this building that read like thinly veiled sales pitches to rent there. I still have scars from the bedbug bites I had to endure in the last year of my tenancy at 77 Huntley, and no, I am not the tenant who spray painted on the balcony. The peace of mind I've gained since moving out of there has been wonderful. I still live in the neighbourhood, and when I walked through the mall at 77 Huntley last weekend, the same sketchy people were still there. I very highly doubt the management have dealt with all of the very serious issues that began when CapReit took over, in particular the crime and vandalism caused by the government-subsidized crackhead tenants placed there (who the management can't admit exist), and the bug problems they brought with them. Check the website bedbugregistry.com for current tenant reports on a number of properties, not just this one. In response to the last review, Greg, do you ever take a look at the piles of furniture outside your building? Those little black spots on some of those mattresses dumped by vacating tenants sure look like blood residue from bug bites to me.

I have read several of the reviews on here. The negative ones are not completely accurate. New managment officials took over about 9 months ago, since that time the building has been going through a complete renovation floor by floor. They recently spent a great deal of money rehabing the balconies which are huge and look very nice now. Each floor is receiving new carpet in the hall ways and fresh paint. Apartments are being completely updated as old tenants are moving out. One has to remember that there are over 500 units in this building, it is impossible to please 100% of the people 100% of the time. As far as the bedbugs. Basically, I have never bought into the rumor that it was such a problem here. I never had an issue with bed bugs or insects other than some ants that the management company promptly sent in an exterminator to take care of. The bed bugs were more of an bad rumor spread by an unhappy resident, the same person that spray painted "bed bugs" all over the outside of their balcony. As we all know, good news travels fast....bad news travels at light speed. I think that some people got bed bugs in their head and could not let go of it. If you convince yourself that your legs are itching, they are going to itch...bugs or not. Regardless of that, if there were ever bed bugs here, they have been irradicated because people are not talking about them anymore. So, if you want a nice place to live that is in a GREAT location and is reasonably priced...this is it!

I was really nervous about moving in here because of the poor reviews but I have honestly had only positive experiences since moving in.

The apartment: I live in one of the large bachelors and feel like I have more space than I know what to do with... which is a really nice change. Lots of storage space. It was nice and clean when I moved in. Huge balcony, nice west-facing view. I've also got a dish washer but I'm just one person so I only use it as a drying rack to save counter space. The problem I had moving in was the toilet... doesn't work so well. It's use-able just a lot of work on my part. I'm sure I will be able to get maintenance to fix it but I have been extremely busy and haven't been able to ask about it yet. Good water pressure in the shower.

The residents: Helpful and friendly. I've asked a few people how they like living here and I haven't heard any complaints yet. A variety of people: students, professionals, families, elderly people, everyone in between. I would also say this is a very gay-friendly building. And there are lots of adorable puppy dogs coming and going.

The location: It's good! NOT "sketchy" and it is close to everything. I love it. Walking distance to the Church/Wellesley Village, The Annex, Yorkville, The Danforth, etc. I really love how close it is to the subway station. I work nights and if the subways are still running when I finish, I don't bother getting a cab and feel safe walking to the apartment from Sherbourne station, which has a Timothy's Coffee conveniently located right above it. That's going to be an important stop on my way to school. There are two security guards at night who are very nice and sweet. Oh and the stores downstairs... not your prime shopping location, but the drug store and post-office are so nice to have so close when you need them.

The rumours: So far I haven't seen any bedbugs, cockroaches, crack-heads or poops floating in the pool. It feels like a safe building to me. People who say that this building is the worst thing that has ever happened to them must have been raised in a chateau with 24/7 butler service. I don't really know where all these drastic claims are coming from. I don't deny that there might be bugs in some apartments, but I haven't seen any and neither have a lot of people living here who I've spoken to.

This is a nice, average building in a fabulous location and (other than my slow-flushing toilet) I don't have any complaints. Nobody's paying me to say this or anything, I just don't want nice people like me to be afraid of moving in. Don't worry -- it's fine! :-)

The apartments here are horribly small and over priced BIG TIME. The laundry room is supposed to be 24/7 according to management but at any time they feel like closing it early for whatever reason, they will even if your stuff is still in there (and they don't give warning). They have entered my apartment twice without notification and the one time I was undressed and instead of closing the door and waiting for me to get dressed, he just started talking like nothing was wrong. They are slow to deal with any problems/issues tenants may have but if you are seconds late on rent they are very quick to issue you a notice. The stores down in the "mall" are convenient but Saks Market is full of creepers that work there and don't understand the word "No" or "I'm not interested". Overall, I wouldn't tell anyone to consider an apartment in this building.

I saw an apartment in 77 huntley street building and it was the worst thing that happened to me: PLEASE READ BELOW. I am just a university student looking for a bachelors apartment and liked the building because of its location. ITS A NIGHTMARE: PLEASE, PLEASE read below before taking an apartment in the building.

Ivan showed me the apartment and told me if i took it on the spot, he'd give me 10$ of my rent for the whole year.

I asked if there were any problems with bebugs or cockroaches in the building and in this specific apartment and he said that there were NO reports in this building and if i were to find any bedbugs then its because i brought them with me. he said (and i quote) "this apartment has NEVER been sprayed for bedbuugs".

I immediately agreed and paid my deposit (almost 1000$) for first months rent. I was all happy....UNTIL, i searched the reviews online telling me this place was infested with bedbugs. SO i did what any normal person would do... I went and knocked on the tenants door to ask her. She told me her apartment was INFESTED with bedbugs and cockroaches and that she's been bit many times and her cat was also suffering. the apartment had been sprayed SEVERAL times in the past and management refused to do anything about it and said it was her fault.

They stole my deposit, and im still after them as we speak to try and get it back. I'm glad i found out now before i moved it.

THE MANAGEMENT TEAM IS A COMPLETE JOKE. so unprofessional and unreliable. from the many times i spoke with them, i seem to get a different answer from each person and they seem to say anything without even validating what the say (ex. telling me the apartment was never sprayed, when it was actually sprayer 3 times in the past 6 months)

-people i spoke with in the elevators told me tenants also steal your laundry from the laundry room.

MANAGEMENT ARE A BUNCH OF LIARS. DO NOT RENT HERE

>>>>>DO NOT RENT HERE...YOU WILL BE TORMENTED WITH BITES and STINGS and will be very uncomfortable just knowing there is a HUGE problem. ASK anyone u see in the lobby, they will tell you. dont make the same mistake as me, PLEASE...<<<<<<<<<<<<<

DO NOT RENT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

First of all I should point out that Ivan who thinks this is such a great building works in the management office.

Ok so things have improved some since the last report. There are still quite a few undesirables in the building, and one tenant - no seems to know who - lets their dog pee in the elevator. Tenants still leave garbage around on the floors of the garbage rooms (instead of using the chute and recycle bins) and then seem surprised when bugs appear. The laundry is now open 24/7 but the pool is still closed too often.

Location remains excellent, and local shops are convenient. But this building needs a management team in the office who know what they are doing and how to deal with problems effectively. These guys (Ivan and Djorge) just do not have the experience or ability required for this particular site.

What this building needs is a strong tenants group to fight for our rights. The lawyer who lived on 27 was trying to start one but he moved out before he could get it going. Come on people. Get organized and take back OUR building!

77 Huntley used to be a nice building; before Capreit took over the management of it. It is now literally, hell on earth.
The problems began when they started moving in their government-subsidized crackhead tenants, which they will not disclose exist at their property in the first place (even if you confront them about it). It took me a while to catch on to the fact that those homeless guys bumming money and cigarettes off me every time I entered or left my building were actually my fellow tenants.

With the mental cases, came the bedbugs, the used crackpipes on the rooftop, and the increasing violence and police presence (there was an armed robbery of the Swiss Chalet in the complex a few weeks ago). The management will lie to your face, and continues to tell prospective tenants that the building is tenanted by mostly Rogers executives (Rogers corporate office headquarters is across the street).

Somehow I doubt it was the Rogers executives who were crapping in the swimming pool (but that O Henry bar is for display purposes only).

If you are thinking about renting here, don't believe me, don't believe the management. Stop by the lobby sometime and ask the tenants entering and exiting the building if what I've described is the truth. But don't take too long, as many of the original tenants are vacating at a rate of 40 per month, and you might have to give the new tenants some cigarettes and change.

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I just have the most wonderfull expirience in my life,i am a new comer to this country and i just rent a unit at 77 Huntley st.I was treated so well by the management staff wich make me feel at home ,I was impressed with the cleanliness of the building.Also the security and friendly enviroment make me feel safe.I saw a lot of single girls wich make me think this is a safe building.I like all the stores under the building is so convenient .If you are looking for family building ,this one is not,but that the beauty of this.You dont need to hear crying kids around.It s full with students from Uof T ,Rayerson and other schools in the area,so you can have a great friends.I strongly recomend this building to people that want to live a happy life close to downtown area. Office is open 7 days per week to acomodate everbody,wich i never seen before.

Decomposing bodies left in rooms for 10-15 days, cant open the doors or windows due to construction.

Worst team of idiot Management you have ever encountered.

non-disclosure of ontario housing mixed in with general renters, its not their job to disclose, its yours to discover.

Street people using the pool on the roof to bath.

Prostitutes and vagrants everywhere.

Save your deposit and look around, the people and the location are not the problem, Management is.

A lot of bad things have been said about this building.
This is my first apartment and it has been decent.
First off, I have never seen a single bug in my apartment. This site had me worried, but I have had no problem, knock on wood. I check for bugs regularly and there has been nothing. Advice: don't buy any furniture or blankets second hand. Caulk the baseboards. Clean.
Second off, there is sketchy people where ever you go, especially in a city. Yes, this building does have a lot of crackheads/drunks. But never have I ever felt threatened or uncomfortable (I'm an 18yr old girl). A lot of nice people also live here.
The mall connected to the building creates a safe, lit, populated space, even if something were to go wrong.
It's a great starter building.
Also, the location is sweet. I can see No Frills outside my window, and there is a Rexall drug store right under me. Not to mention the Swiss Chalet! And minutes from amazing shopping! And the subway is steps away.
The construction was mentioned to me, and yes it is super annoying. But if you are gone from 9 - 5 it doesn't matter. And it'll probably be done soon.
Anyways. Thats my opinion on this building.

I won't be living here for the rest of my life, but for now I am pretty thankful.

SOOO.... 77 Huntley HAS to be the one of the worst building's in the whole city of Toronto. At first when my wife picked this building ( I was opposed to living there ) I was really not happy but when I saw the apartment I thought OK, we can try and make this work. I thought the rent was far too high for such a small unit. The bedrooms where OK in size but the living room/dining room where really bad. We had lived in cheaper places with bigger space before. Sooo, I tried to ignore the crackheads everyday hanging out in and around the building, I tried to ignore the people that smelt like they hadn't bathed in a month and I definitely tried to ignore the constant hammering, banging and machinery noise from the balconies being replaced.. (a piece of concrete fell off one so they decided to re-do the balconies before a lawsuit entailed).
Then came the bed bugs, this I could NOT ignore. We where so mad, the office yelled at my wife, made her cry which really made me upset. They told her we brought them with us, we didn't even know what bed bugs where. They did nothing to help except give her 50$ for laundry. They said they would pay for the soap but in the end wouldn't give her the money. I heard from a lot of people they had bed bugs currently or had had them in the past. We had already bought a condo and where freaking out about our furniture and what we would do if we brought them to our new nice condominium building. We threw it in the garbage to be on the safe side.
That building is FILTHY, DIRTY and DISGUSTING. I do not advise ANYONE to rent anything in that building. I wouldn't wish it upon my worst enemy. The MGMT (george, ivan, lana mcfarlane) are a bunch of idiots who do nothing to help. They lie to people and tell you that half the building is full of Roger's Executives and that it is a clean building.
Oh yeah, half of it is subsidized and there are a lot of addicts in the building who let their homeless buddies stay over.
Long story short: If you rent in 77 Huntley Street you are an IDIOT. Plain said, if you rent there, don't even unpack cuz when you get the bed bugs you'll just have to throw out all your stuff. OH, AND by the time you get the bed bugs you'll be missing the cockroaches so much you'll do anything to get them back and not the bed bugs.
This building is a S**thole!!!!!!

I saw this on Toronto Sun. You should check it out:

News Toronto & GTA
Landlords need help in bed-bug fight
By AMY CHUNG, SUN MEDIA

Last Updated: 22nd November 2008, 3:58am
One landlord is appealing for more help from tenants in the battle against bed bugs.

Lindsay Goulding, a young mother who first discovered the blood-sucking critters on her son's crib in June at 77 Huntley St., and other tenants in the highrise apartment near Jarvis and Bloor St. have filed lawsuits over the plague.

Goulding, 25, is seeking $5,000 to cover three months of rent and furniture she had to toss out.

However, ResREIT, the property management company of the building, said its staff are frustrated by the pests, too, but say there's only "so much we can do."

"There has to be a co-operation between the landlord and tenant," ResREIT asset manager Mark Kenney said yesterday.

"The problem persists because some of the tenants don't prepare their apartments for spraying."

Kenney said the building is sprayed once a week, but didn't indicate if it was for prevention or to tackle problem units. "We have regular garbage collection but tenants are bringing in dumped furniture that recycle the problem," he said.

Carlo Tanucci, from Cain Pest Control, said he has visited 77 Huntley St. numerous times. "If a unit's been sprayed five times, they have to start looking into the cracks and crevices and close the gaps," Tanucci said.

check out www.bedbugregistry too. Hope my review helps someone!

I went to check this place out to rent an apartment and all I have to say is that I would rather live in a cardboard box under a bridge.

I've had much much better experiences. I moved in this building in January 2008 and I've had nothing but terrible experiences in this place. 1st of all BUGS gallore!! you name it they are here. When you ask management to fix things in your apartment you would expect that they are done right the first time, you should'nt have to ask management a 2nd time to complete there job in the unit, and still things were not done. The other issue is the balcony not having access to your balcony for 5 months maybe longer, living in a bachelor apartment you really start feeling confined. The other issue is Safety concerns, when you have people waiting at the lobby door to be let in by somebody who has a key.

I just moved into 77 Hunltey from the states.
My roommate has lived here a year and reports she has never had any problems.
So far I've had nothing but good experiences with the management.
A few days ago, I bought some furniture from Ikea and even though I didn't reserve the freight elevator, the man in the office went out of his way to make sure I could use it (even though it was currently occupied)
Our toilet flooded this morning and upon hearing about it, management had a plumber here within the hour on a Sunday to fix the problem.
Yes, a lot of the tenants' "guests" seem rather sketchy and crackhead-esque, but I think security is doing a great job of keeping out as many as possible. Sitting outside you can see the precautions being taken to make sure anyone that looks like they could be a problem (and trust me, they're not hard to spot) is questioned and usually ends up leaving. Just having the security there, you'll see people start to walk to the building and turn right around.
But I digress... I just thought I'd post something nice about this building for a change, from someone who's had no major issues, and has seen the management go out of their way to help with any that I did have.

We are living out of plastic bags with most of our belongings in long term storage due to bed bugs UNTIL we move out of here, which is a profoundly depressing way to live, I might add. This past Thursday, we moved all of our furniture away from the walls, emptied the closets and cupboards, and prepared our unit for re-spraying, but no exterminator showed. Even though my husband specifically asked the office to arrange a return visit, which all pco's recommend when treating for bedbugs by the way, the man in the office said they didn't bother to make the appointment because the exterminator's report said no evidence of bedbug infestation was found in our unit on the first go.

I guess my bite mark scars, my fresh bite wound on my hand, and the little corpses I captured in the bed with tape and stuck up on a card on the wall, didn't count as evidence. Hey, here's a thought, maybe our unit isn't source of the problem.... maybe it's a neighbouring unit the office is not bothering to re-spray!!

Here's a suggestion: treat and re-treat ALL the units around until any sign of bugs is GONE....., 'cause it looks like somebody's not fixing their problem -- which with bedbugs, makes it EVERYBODY'S, RECURRING problem.

This is just an update to the ongoing problem, I have already posted earlier. Just thought I'd mention the pest guys are coming to spray our unit today (they did so two weeks ago, too, and I hadn't been bitten for a good while). I got up, got dressed, and went back to the bedroom where my husband was waking up, and there, right on the bed, was a bedbug crawling along! I caught it with sticky tape and added it to my other 'souveniers'. It wasn't enormous, but not teeny either( a juvenile?) And sure enough, the little varmint got me, there is now a nice big red swelling on my hand.

What I have learned about bedbugs, thanks to 77 Huntley, is this:
- spraying one unit at a time won't fix the problem. They can, and will, still crawl into your unit from other units. Your neighbours' problem is your problem, too.
- decluttering, washing and bagging everything, isolating your bed etc. is good, but you have to be VIGILANT about ANYTHING that was on the floor getting on the bed - books, telephone, even street clothes if you were sitting on the floor. Don't let your bedding touch the floor, either, they'll just shimmy up.

Thank god we're leaving end of next month. We will have to work triple hard to make sure we don't take any with us to the next place, because while spraying makes them go away for a while, if they are anywhere else around, they WILL come back.

So last night a lady who lives in the building was running in to catch something on TV. This woman lives here and is a very nice lady. She was running in (with keys) to catch the elevator and 3 male security guards attacked her, pushed her to the ground and had her in cuffs in the lobby for 5 minutes. THE WOMAN LIVES HERE! It's all on tape too, I hope she takes the necessary steps in filing a complaint
How can 3 grown men tackle ONE WOMAN?
Come on 77 Huntley, you let the crackheads run right in but our own tenant?

I first moved into this building in the beginning of 2008, into a friend's apartment and had to get out within the first couple of months. the maintenance and upkeeping of this building is HORRIBLE. i was constantly harrassed by the many drug abusers residing in the building..guaranteed to be asked for change while entering or leaving the building..i was not even able to go out or come home late without feeling unsafe and threatened. but the crackheads and homeless people was suprisingly the least of my worries. even INSIDE our own home, where we should feel the safest, we began to wake up and have little bunches of red bites!! at first i thought it was some sort of allergic reaction but then the consistency of the bites started to worry me..i went to the walk-in clinic downstairs and the Dr. suggested that it was very similar to BED BUG bites. down the road, i come to find out that the whole building was crawling w/ bed bugs and it was NOT an unusual thing nor was it a surprise to the building management!!!!

If you want proof that management does not care consider this: a tenant on the 26 floor was a disabled young man (probably in his 30s) who was trapped in his apartment without proper ventilation for several weeks. He complained but management shrugged and said there was nothing they could do. They had sealed his windows and balcony door. Last week he was discovered dead! The management needs to be held accountable for this.

The real problem is THERE IS NO MANAGEMENT!!!!!

The real owners are not on site. They hire temps who know nothing about building management to staff the office and field complaints.

This is deplorable.