Pros:
Doormen and front desk guys are awesome
Cons:
NOISE. Since Covid, I have worked from home but the construction/refurbishment noise is unbearable. They give you advance notice but what good does that do? There's been loud construction noise about 40% of every day over the last year.
HEAT. Because this building has many elderly tenants, they keep the heat on during the Spring and Summer even if the temp outside is over 50, so you have to keep every window open to keep from roasting.
ELEVATORS.
There's only been two out of three elevators in service for the last 18 months and they have no idea when they'll finally all be working. In the meantime, enjoy taking the smelly dirty service elevator!
Advice to owner:
You should tell new tenants that the building is managed for the comfort of it's very elderly tenants and so the heat will be kept blasting most of the time. People should have advance warning that Claridge is essentially a retirement community.