Cs Property Management

In Reference to the Allen Court apartments: My fiancé and I have lived here for just over 2 months now. Since we moved in, there has been ongoing construction in the hallway leading to our unit. I have only seen workers out there 2, maybe 3, days which has resulted in the work still being incomplete. The light flickers, there is no carpet or finished flooring, there are nails sticking up around the trim of the doors in the hallway, and there is an open wall with exposed insulation. Our neighbors have, also, had problems with leaking causing puddles to form outside their door, but it seems this issue has since been solved.
Our apartment itself is in good condition. The floors are sloped, which forced us to place wooden slats under most of our furniture (including our refrigerator) to make everything balanced. The kitchen is cramped and outdated, which was a fine trade-​off for us in order to have an affordable 2 BR apartment downtown. The hardest part, though, has been not having a dishwasher or washer/​dryer. Also, parking is very, VERY limited. There is 1 unit that has 4 «Reserved» spots and everyone else has first-​come-​first-​served parking, which they say is monitored by displaying a parking pass. However, there are currently 4 cars in our lot with no pass that have not been towed. Street parking is available, if you purchase a Residential Neighborhood pass from the city. We knew this before we signed our lease, so luckily we have our passes for backup when the lot is full. The apartment buildings around us can be extremely loud, especially on Thursday nights and weekends. This is to be expected, though, being in an area that is so close to the bars on Walnut Street.
With all that being said, we have an apartment in a wonderful location for a very low price, especially in comparison to other buildings within a few blocks of us. Our maintenance staff is very efficient and friendly. Every time I have been home when they were in our unit to fix an issue, they have been nothing but professional and polite. I have needed to call the emergency maintenance line once on a Saturday, and the worker responded within an hour to fix the issue. The leasing staff is friendly and helpful. When we were touring our apartment last spring, our leasing agent pointed out all the positives and negatives of the unit, so we knew exactly what we would be getting. I really appreciated her honesty! I would recommend Allen Court to anyone who is looking to live downtown and within walking distance to campus, who doesn’t want to pay a fortune to do so. Although the apartment has its quirks, I am very happy that we found it!

I’ve lived in an apartment managed by CS for a little over a year now and have no complaints! Maintenance always responds within 1 – 2 days and the people in the office are friendly and professional. They send out a monthly newsletter via email containing reminders of rules, notification of procedure changes, things like that that I find very considerate and helpful.

I’ve lived in two CS Property Management units and have nothing but good things to say about them. The leasing office is friendly and easygoing, maintenance is quick, and the properties are well maintained. CS’s pet policy is reasonable and I received a fair portion of my deposit back in a timely manner. The only annoying thing is you have to mail your rent directly to their bank in prepaid envelopes (they won’t accept it in office), but this isn’t a big deal once you get use to it.
They also primarily rent to grad students, so I suspect their policies are the result of not having to deal with a large number of destructive tenants.