Valley & Bloom

My wife Lauren and I couldn’t be happier to call Valley and Bloom home. It’s been just over two weeks and we’ve been so welcomed by all the staff here, that the experience of living here goes well beyond the rent and square footage. The location couldn’t be better, the views more amazing or the hospitality any kinder. From the Octoberfest rooftop party the day we moved in, to the festively decorated lobby for Halloween, and the upcoming Wine Down Wednesday there are no shortages of opportunities to meet more residents and and chat with the staff.
It’s only been two weeks but we truly feel at home, and we can’t wait for the weeks and months ahead and spend what I’m sure will be a fun warm holiday season. I usually don’t welcome the winter as brutal as it can be, but thinking about watching the snow falling above Montclair, the city in the distance, with a drink in my hand from the sofa sounds pretty good to me.
Yep, definitely feels like home.

We were initially excited to move into Valley and Bloom; now we want to warn others not to be taken by fees, move-​in delays, staff, etc.
We were set to move in at the end of July, but the date kept being pushed back more and more. We had already submitted our $ 500 deposit and $ 83 (x4) application fee and with an agreed upon a later move in date of August 14^th. We had already paid over $ 800 when we found out that there are even more delays, and our move in date was pushed to September 2^nd. This is not acceptable, and relocation with our company would not cover any additional nights and V & B made no effort to help.
The only way I saw that the date had been changed is that luckily, I went to edit information in the application area online.
It has been a tremendous struggle and hassle to get our money back after the deception.
If you have a hard date to move in somewhere, I would highly recommend against this place. It has been plagued by building delays since spring of this year, and when we took our tour in July, the place was not even close to being ready.
In addition, knowing what I know now, I would not feel comfortable trusting the staff long term and having to deal with minor issues, which I can imagine will turn into headaches for tenants.
The location is fantastic, and we were looking forward to living there. Now, we are certainly glad that we found elsewhere to live.
We simply want to inform others of what they could potentially be getting into.
Even the mayor has chimed in: