Sofi at 50 Forest

Reviews

• HC

  Hyeonji Choi

  3 days ago
  1.0
  My roommate and I had to chase them down to get our deposit back, and the management was mostly unresponsive. Our lease ended on 10/18 and we finally got a check on 12/20 after following up with them numerous times. It was such a hassle.
• JW

  JP Writer

  Dec 29, 2025
  1.0
  I'm a writer so I call this "A Day in The Life at 50 Forest" Your day starts by waking up in the morning for work. Your alarm is going off but you've already been lying awake in bed for 15 mins because the incessant beeping from all of the garbage trucks outside have summoned you awake. Expected city noise right? Except it sounds like it's in your bedroom because of the crappy window insulation. Anyways, you get ready for work and walk out of your apartment 20+ minutes before you actually need to leave because you'll inevitably wait at least 10-15 minutes for the elevator to get to you (if you're lucky). And if someone is moving or an elevator is broken which is frequently the case, at least 20 minutes. You finally get on the elevator and it stops on every floor. It even stops on floors no one is waiting on because well, it does that. You finally get down to your car and go to work. After a long day at work, you stop at the grocery store for some things and go back to the building. You haul all of your groceries over to the elevator to discover that one isn't working. Utter despair consumes you because now you have to struggle to hold all of your groceries for at least 15 minutes while your arms turn to jello. Finally the elevator comes and it's PACKED. So you awkwardly struggle to crunch in with your bags. Everyone is miserable. You get to your apartment to your excited pup who has to go to the bathroom. Back to the elevator for another 10-15 minute wait. You worry your dog won't make it and when you get into the elevator, you assume that someone else's dog didn't make it based on the green liquid on the floor that everyone is avoiding. Another common occurrence because of, well, long elevator waits. You take your dog for a walk and then to the designated dog run on the side of the building. You think you have a minute to relax but soon realize how foolish it was of you to let your guard down because you forgot the dog gate is broken and has been for weeks. It swings open with the wind and now you're chasing your dog down the road. Thankfully, you catch him. You then decide to go get your packages from the mailroom before heading back up to your apartment. Well, there goes another 20 minutes of your day spent digging through 18 floors of packages with no sense of organization. You find all except for one. You wonder if it got lost in the mail or was stolen, because packages go missing very often here. It was probably stolen. Sigh. Finally you head back up to your apartment after another 10-15 minute elevator wait with your dog and your packages. You call management to voice your concerns about all of the above but no one answers. You write an email to which you know you'll get no response, or an unsympathetic one promising fixes that will never come. You make dinner, watch some tv, and finally go to bed. It was a long day and you're exhausted. You want to get a good night's sleep for work tomorrow. It takes a while but you finally drift off to sleep. Suddenly, you're JOLTED out of a deep sleep by a blaring, shrilling, fire alarm. You rush out of bed, throw some clothes on, grab your frantic dog after chasing him around, and stand outside the building with your disgruntled neighbors at 2am until firefighters come. You know the drill by now because this is another common occurrence, false fire alarms. When it's safe to go back in, you and 18 floors of people wait miserably for the elevators. You finally get back to your apartment and try desperately to fall back asleep. You wake up in the morning to yet another email from management explaining why the fire alarm has malfunctioned again and that it's being "worked on", but you know it will happen again. You think to yourself maybe you should stop at the store on your way home to buy some earplugs because if you order them from amazon, you might never find them in the mailroom. The end Have all of these things happened many times on separate occasions? Yes. Have they also all happened together on the same day because they occur so often? Also yes. Hope this helps.
• JC

  Jean-Pierre C

  Oct 15, 2025
  1.0
  Still waiting for the refund of deposit after 4 months !!! My daughter and her roommate rented an apartment at Sofi 50 Forest for 2 years. The experience was good for the 2-year rental. Some minor issues because elevators are few (3 total) and often one is not working resulting in long waits but overall good. The problem came after they left. Although SOFI has never argued that they should not give their deposit back, they have not fully reimbursed the deposit after 4 months. The end of the lease was on 6/10/25. SOFI said that they would send the check to refund the deposit within a few weeks (CT law calls for them to refund or contest the deposit within 21 days). As we had not received the check, we sent an email on 8/4/25 to inquire. They claimed that a check was cut the week of 7/8/25 but they did not have a forwarding address, which is not correct as a forwarding address was given when leaving the apartment. We gave them the address (again) on 8/6/25 and waited again. On 8/22/25 we asked for a status, then again on 9/13/25. Still no check. On 9/18 we started threatening of filing a dispute in CT court. On 10/05, we finally received a check, but not for the full amount. I sent an email to ask why there was a discrepancy - no answer as of today (10/15).
• AW

  Arthur Wernicke

  Sep 16, 2025
  5.0
  The exhaust fan in the master bathroom is very loud. There was a previous attempt to make it less loud but it was not successful. Can you please try again? Thanks
• MS

  Merwin Stellas

  Aug 21, 2025
  5.0
  Prompt and efficient service!