Kensington Gate, 100 10A Street NW, Calgary

I lived at Kensington Gate for 3 years. Overall I had a decent experience. The parking is quite expensive and although it is an underground parkade, it is not secure. There are no cameras and frequent vehicle break-ins. The storage area was decent but quite small. The unit was quite large and had a nice patio. The carpets and bathtub could have been updated though. The location is amazing and I really enjoyed living in the area. Having access to the pathways along the Bow River and Safeway within a 10 minute walk was huge. I did find the rental company, Sable Developments, to have high turnover in their property managers over the years. They took rent out of people’s accounts early (by mistake) and were raising fees during the pandemic although I see the rent has plummeted now with all the empty units. A lot of people moved out in the last year. Beware that they will NOT let you out of your lease early like a lot of other rental companies. You will have to pay out the remaining months if you want to leave. They also said subletting was not allowed which is illegal – they have to consider all sublets and give a valid legal reason to not allow a subletter. For this reason alone, I would never recommend someone rent from this company. They are greedy and do not care about your personal situation for needing to break a lease. I would definitely look at other buildings in Kensington if you want to live in the area.

I’m not too sure where these other reviews are coming from… I’ve always had good and prompt communication with the management and property manager. Even during COVID when they weren’t able to enter my apartment for repairs they kept in touch and once they were able to get into do the work that needed to be done everything was smooth and seamless. They are always very helpful and always trying to resolve any issues that come up as quickly as possible. Not to mention it’s a great value for the size and the location cannot be beat. I’ve rented from some of the bigger rental companies in the past and it was impossible to get any kind of consistency. The property manager lives in the building and the rest of team is small so it’s great that there’s stability. I’ve had a great stay here so far and have no plans to move anytime soon!

I have been a tenant here for years, and am still happy to call it “home”. The management staff is always more than willing to try to help in any way they can and always put the tenants needs and comforts first. They are constantly reviewing and adapting to the changes in the world to make the building a safe and stress-free place for all the tenants. Recently, with the Covid-19 pandemic, management has gone above and beyond to do what they can to help out all those that have been effected by the hardships. It has been, and continues to be, an absolute pleasure living here and having confidence in management to have the tenants best interests in mind.

This building is extremely dated and poorly run. Other residents were victims of theft due to poor maintenance of parking facility. The baseboard heating barely functioned. As well, the cleanliness of the units in move in is very suspect and they do not inspect the unit fairly. Instead treating your deposit as their money until forced to return as little as possible. Their commercial tenants constantly cycle through because of poor management and high costs as well.

This is truly one of the worst managed buildings in Calgary, do yourself a favour and don’t rent here. Poor management, no cameras in the parking, break ins all the time, homeless people coming in and out of the parking. Truly terrible building.

This is a slum building. Try not to live here. During a cold -35 winter the management refuses to turn the heat on in the building. So guess what, you basically are living outside like your homeless in -35 with cold air blowing into your unit. Many residents have spoken to management and they said they won’t and can’t do anything about it. They can fix the problem, there was heat before and now they rather freeze their residents cause they pay the heating in the building. And they are cheap bastards that wont. This is a health hazard so residents will probably refuse to pay rent to a place that is trying to freeze them.