Fuse Apartments

We recently moved out after 8 years at Fuse. The general attitude of the other residents have become more entitled and rude over our time there. People leave trash and personal belongings in the hallways 24/7. The tipping point was new upstairs neighbors that constantly made pounding, banging noises (and I mean ALL day). We could actually feel the vibrations! They said it was their child, but there were definitely adult footsteps in the mix. I have never experienced anything like this at Fuse or... any other apartment in which I have lived. We spoke to the management on three separate occasions, and nothing changed. Rug requirements may help with this type of situation in the future. Nothing is done to stop the spoiled attitude of bad-behaving residents, making living there miserable for good residents. The periodic emails requesting people to stop behaving certain ways does nothing if there are never consequences. Read More

Love it here and Mike was great to work with and building is super nice!

Having lived here now for over a year, here are the pros and cons (TLDR: more cons):

Pros
(1) Staff are friendly.
(2) Appliances are nice. Apartment feels up-to-date and nothing breaks consistently.
(3) The nature reserve behind the building is the BEST.
(4) Fairly quiet -- I've never had a noise complaint.
(5) Gym is nice.

Cons
(1) No package system. They have lockers, but they are not used consistently. You need to check one of five places around the lobby any time you might have a package.... The staff have no responsibility over the packages, so they won't even tell you if something arrives. (And have no way to help you if something goes missing.)

(2) No place for food deliveries. Everything gets put on the floor in the entry way to the lobby. They used to have a table, but moved it to the inside, so you need a key to access it. They've refused (inexplicably) to move the table back.

(3) The elevators are SO SLOW. And sometimes they move, but don't reopen their doors--you have to repress the button on your floor for the doors to open. At one point, their certifications were expired for over 6 months, so I don't know if it's a safety issue.

(4) The trash chute is often broken. The sorter--the machine advertises as allowing you to pick whether it's recyclable or trash--has been broken the entire time I've lived here and they've made no effort to fix it.

(5) There is a lot of trash outside the building that just gets left there until it blows away. Same for vomit / liquid messes. No one cleans the outside area. And since the large trash bins are left open outside, lots of stuff blows out of them into the street and landscaping. (But the inside of the building is very clean and the cleaning staff are wonderful.)

(6) Just very expensive. And you get very little ongoing service in that price. You're mostly paying for location.

This place fits our needs because we like the nature reserve. But if this building was located anywhere else, I would move. Read More

The location is incredible with the Alewife red line station + minuteman bike path within close walking distance, plus the alewife reservation in your background. The apartments are super functional with nice cupboards + kitchens. And the staff is always super lovely + welcoming + helpful (particularly Sarah at the front desk, and also the maintenance staff). I'll miss living here!

My family started the Fuse lease last August and we really enjoy living here. The people (residents and Fuse team) here are very friendly. The amenities here are all well-designed and well-maintained. I like the sundeck and the pool yard best. Almost every weekend in the summer, we shall bring our baby to the pool. The beautiful Alewife reservation is just next to us. T station is just 5-minute walk from us. As far as I know, the Valet Living Trash Collection is unique among all the luxury... apartments in Alewife. In one word, the experience of living here is amazing! Read More