Cambridge on Devonshire

I hardly ever write reviews (as my profile will prove) but to save someone else the headache I thought I would write one about my experience at this place. Three years ago, when I moved in, I would have recommended this place and the price but since then management changed and it is very evident that they lack the skills needed to run an apartment complex successfully. To top it off they are rude. Who needs that when an issue comes up or you have a question that you need answered? The building is FILTHY!!! There are tons of cigarette butts left in front of my door since the tenants like to have parties by the staircase that is directly in front of my door and all of the smoke enters my apartment.
If you want to BBQ, hangout, or swim in the pool you will have to be ok with strong odor of marijuana because the tenants here all get together and smoke almost on a daily.
Trash left out for DAYS **pictures included**
Tenants have to literally make signs and post them on their doors asking for other tenants not to leave their trash out in front of their doors **picture included**
They turn off the water for hours without prior notice.
When you call the leasing office they NEVER answer the phone and if you visit the leasing office its almost always closed during business hours.
If you call with a maintenance issue they take DAYS to come out and fix the problem. Last time it took 4 days for them to switch out a light rod that had gone out. They never give sufficient notice before entering the premises.
There are NO assigned parking spaces, it’s a free for all. If you come home after 9pm good luck in trying to find a space. You may have to find parking out on the street and since the surrounding areas are all apartment complexes it’s not going to be easy. And watch were you step, aside from the building being pitch black from the lack of lighting, you may step in dog crap because the owners never pick up after their pets and let them do their business in the buildings parking lot.
I would HIGHLY recommend to look elsewhere, with the same amount of money you would spend here you can go to a nicer/​better place and actually be happy with it. For all of these reasons, and then some, I decided to move out to a place that’s close by and its, bigger, cleaner, doesn’t have so many units and I get 2 assigned parking spots! All of that for pretty much the same price. So do yourself a favor and keep looking. Good luck!

I don’t know where to start. I moved in here in July 2015, where I signed a one year lease and in a couple of days im leaving. 6 month is all I could handle living here. It has been total failure since I moved here. Wow, where should I start…
At the walk-​through we realized that the microwave wasn’t working properly, neither was my A/​C.
It took them 4 complaints to make them order a new microwave. Note down that they made me live without a micro for 2.5 week. Awesome.
Next, management can’t care less about their tenants. One day coming home I see keys dangling in my door. And my dog is set free.
I rush to the management and they first deny that they even been in my apartment but then they agree and snatches the keys right out of my hand. No sorry for letting potential thieves into my living space or for being irresponsible.
A few weeks later a chair of mine disappears. God knows where it is and who took it.
The place is filled with Roaches!!!
Rain starts pouring one morning, where my husband wakes up with a wet face. How? It leaks through the roof down on my bed. Maintanance tries to fix the roof, it works for a little but at night it pours down through the roof which made me having to fix the lovely popcorn ceiling with cement putty of my own.
Be aware, when maintanance comes to fix something, just realize that they don’t knock on your door. They just step right in. Sucks when you are changing and find a stranger in your kitchen.
My unit has made me sleep on the couch due to a wet bed and sleep on the floor in another room due to a bird living inside of my A/​C.
Let’s talk about parking. You get one pass to park in a tiny unassigned spot. The person living with you have to find parking on the street.
People are known to asshole park in the lot. Big cars taking up two spots or parking very crocket.
Sometimes you can find cars that doesn’t belong there, cars with no pass which leaves you as a tenant without parking. But no one does anything about it. Because no one in this damn place cares to take action. These 6 months has felt longer than 6 months ever felt before. I can’t wait to be out of here!!!
Do yourself a favor that I should have done myself when I considered moving here; Cancel your appointment for a visit and look elsewhere. You and your wallet will be forever grateful.

This has probably been the WORST apartment I’ve ever lived in! Roaches/​bugs in the kitchen, even after cleaning the WHOLE kitchen, they still came back! A/​C is LOUD as Heck, and barely works, probably cause there’s bad insulation.
We had to contact maintenance (which took 2 ½ months) about the Shower water being BOILING HOT and not getting cold. How can someone take a shower with boiling water? ugh! Good thing there’s a LA fitness close by…
Oh yeah and parking is NIGHTMARE! One they don’t close one of the «secure» gates, even though they say its a gated complex, not to mention we found numerous pedestrian gates always unlocked. You get ONE parking permit for their very tiny parking spots and your other car you have to park on the street. good luck finding a spot after 5pm!
There are better complexes in the surrounding area to live at than this one.
Management is also ehh. The Office staff is really unhelpful as well.
We only stayed here for 5 months… and it felt like forever.

DO NOT MOVE HERE!!! I’m amazed this place has as good of a review as it does. If I could give no stars I would. Looks good from the outside and the apartments are decent size but other than that this place is a joke, DO NOT BE FOOLED! They make promises and say things to get you to move in but do not believe them because most likely whatever perk or promise that they make you will not get. There are a few tolerable things like having to wait a minute or two for the faucet water to go from orange (yes orange) to clear due to the sh**y plumbing. You might even be able to tolerate the smell of weed in the hallways almost on a daily basis, which ok with all the high school and college students that live here, I get it but that is all, everything else about this place is appalling. Management does absolutely nothing for you, if you have a leak or broken appliance be prepared to either fix it yourself or wait weeks before maintenance comes by. The night guard also likes to call the towing company to tow your car if your pass is not visible or even if he says «you can park here and not get towed»…SURPRISE! Now you get to spend even more to bail your car out and will not be reimbursed. People leave their garbage bags in the hallways and in front of other apartments for others to clean up because they’re too lazy to walk the f**k downstairs and clean up after themselves. Cracks around the doors so roaches and bugs get in from time to time, and during the winter if you have to use the heater make sure your window is open for a good couple hours to let the dead body smell out of the apartment If you have no choice but to move here at least make it your last resort for desperate times only otherwise save yourself the headache and stress. This place is dirty and you can definitely find a better place to live for the amount they charge for rent. I can’t wait to move out of this hell hole! SAVE YOURSELVES AND DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!

Horrible, dirty, always smells like marijuana and everything outdated. I couldn’t wait to move out. Shower is gross and all they do is paint over the plastic but through time it’s starts to peel off. Bugs and mosquitos everywhere. My son had bug bites as he woke up. Rent is too high for the low quality of building. Now I live in a nice and clean place and saving $ 150. Don’t sign lease!!!

ROACHES & BUGS
No ventilation in the building
Noisy high school kids vandalizing and smoking weed out in public
Your car getting accidentally towed
Car being banged up do to careless neighbors parking next to you.
The lady that collects cans at 4am (makes a shit load of noise. Im glad my angry neighbor kicked down her cart. As mean as it sounds she deserves it)
Office employees are quick to keep charging and cashing rent but can’t never help
Everything they use in the apartments are low quality from cabinets to light fixtures ect.
Hall ways smell…
Oh and my favorite complaint is the neighborhood is major ghetto! Who thought hum. being that its Granada Hills. Living by the alley is the worst. You can hear Granada Hills High School band playing every morning, trash trucks, everyone parking and the worst thing… our neighbors parking lot gate OMG every couple minutes someone drives in or out.
One thing that scares me is that the windows are so… old someone can break in. And did I already mentioned the neighborhood and neighbors are ghetto.
By the way buy bottled water. because here the water from both kitchen and bathroom sink come out brown. Their excuse is «pipes are old» solution «let the water run a couple minutes or don’t worry a man comes monthly to put some chemicals to clean the pipes.» I hate that my man got this apt last min as he took over a 8 month lease from some dude. Im starting to think he was trying to get rid of this place ASAP thats why we only had to pay $ 300 down. All for saving a couple of bucks this is what we get. PLEASE PPL REVIEW THE APTs RESEARCH AND ALWAYS CHECK EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU SIGN ANY LEASE.
PS.
THE GRASS IS NOT ALWAYS GREEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. I WISH I STILL LIVED AT WATERSTONE FOR $ 1225 1 BED 1 BAD 3RD FLOOR. HARDWOOD FLOORS, STAINLESS FURNITURE AND AN ACTUAL GYM!!!
I had no choice but to click one star but that star was for us. in efford to ge through these 4 months left.

This place is horrible, can’t wait to get out!!! Warning to everyone,… do your homework, before you rent an apartment here! Bugs everywhere, roaches, trash literally on your path when you exit, keys don’t work, the door frame is full of bugs crawling everywhere, disgusting. !!!, people smoking weed everywhere. I Do NOT Recommend This Place To Anyone. .!

I’m a previous tenant; this place seemed great and promised a lot when we were first looking. I will admit that after the on-​location leasing agents changed there was a little more cooperation, but NEVER expect your service request to be satisfactorily fulfilled. Main complaint: ALWAYS BUY BOTTLED WATER the pipelines from the city were installed in the ‘60s and were «grandfathered» in so they don’t meet the same sanitation/​drinking quality requirements as newer apartments.
Prior to moving in we took a tour of the available apartments, and decided on one near the leasing parking lot after a few promises from the agent were made. Promises included carpet replacement prior to move-​in, fixing the caulking around water fixtures (sinks, tub, faucets, etc.), replacing the counter top and the baseboard of the «pantry.» And I wrote all of the reasons why in the little «list of potentially ‘broken,’ ‘defective’ or ‘unsatisfactory’ areas/​items/​etc of the apartments» that all leases require the tenant to fill out; going so far to include a separate piece of college lined paper with exact locations and measurements. In order reasons: dark spots, smells and tearing in carpet (various locations), caulking stripping away from water fixtures in bathroom and kitchen (various locations), counter top has gouges appx. ¼-​inch deep that are painted over (14 separate gouges), baseboard of pantry has distinctive rotting smell and discoloration.
After a waiting time of two months passed by, we scheduled the key pick-​up, movers and vet appointments for the necessary shots. The leasing agents on-​location had been re-​staffed by then and all «promises» were rendered null. We received our keys within the same hour we scheduled for the movers to show up at our previous home. Our first weekend left us locked in our apartment with no way to leave without breaking the «damages to property» clause and paying $ 180 to a locksmith that was never refunded. So needless to say we started on the wrong foot, and we made do with we had during the two years we were there.
If the next tenant of my unit can afford an attorney, please feel free to contact me for photos and the service repair list.

Not happy whit this place and this pepole (management)nothing works the way should be and we still paying are rent too this pepole all they care about it’s $.pool jakoozi get nothing works in this place. I want to give them zero on Unilocal

DO NOT MOVE HERE.
I moved into my apartment here and it was ridden with fleas. My legs were bitten up and despite having the apartment fumigated and the problem still persisting the management refused to have the carpet changed. At the same time we had a sewage leak that went from our bathroom (causing the floor to sink in) and go all the way to the spare room’s. According to the plumber, who had previously been there before, he claims the management knew and didn’t do anything about it. The room’s closet wreaks of a sour smell from it. These were all issues that took a month to be fixed, and upon being fixed the management REFUSED to prorate our months rent for the unlivable conditions of the apartment.
Apart from that, the from and back gate of the complex does NOT lock, the doors a broken and have yet to be fixed within the 2 months of my stay here. The lock to our front door jams every other time we try and leave. There is zero ventilation in the apartment therefore the living room air conditioning doesn’t reach ANY of the bedrooms. The front door doesn’t seal completely (cracks are exposed) therefore cockroaches and crickets get in from time to time. And the manager lied upon showing us the apartment before we moved in. She claimed the price she quoted us included utilities, however 2 months after we’ve been living her she is trying to charge us another set of utility bills on top of what she quoted.
This place is a dump, it smells, the courtyard is riddled with fleas so if you have a dog good luck, the parking is sketchy, and overall even though it’s located close to CSUN it’s NOT worth the hassle. I’d rather have moved 10 mies away from CSUN and ride the bus or drive then deal with the conditions of this place.
DO NOT MOVE HERE.

Management always nice and accommodating. Never had any issues inside or out here. Great location, safe neighborhood.

Today is raining and the situation here is unbelievable. All floor drains are cloged and nobody can walk on walk ways without getting soaked into water pools. There’s nobody here to fix the problem. I tried to get into my car, there was no way. I am back, writing this comment, now.

This complex is misleading. Your first tour through you’ll think, «Wow. Plantlife, pools, gym, squirrels, birds… very pretty!» Then you’ll move in, and within two months the issues will begin. I’ll go in order of significance, starting with the least. Side note, I have been here for a year and five months.
The walls are as thin as tissue paper. You can hear absolutely everything going on within a 70 foot radius. If you are unfortunate enough to live on the side next to the alley with the parking, be prepared to be awakened several times a week to car alarms right outside your window. Also, please note that if you are on the northern side of the complex, you will be right across the street from the high school’s band practicing — very, very early in the morning.
Leaks — my shower has leaked from the ceiling (and yes, I notified them several times) since I moved in. The kitchen is destined to fall apart, no matter how well you take care of it; the wood is flimsy, the knobs are loose, and the faucets are of very poor quality (my kitchen faucet fell off twice).
Bugs — be prepared for bugs. I do not care how clean you are, you will have bugs in this complex. I have waged war against them from day one, and I am losing.
The gym — 2 out of 3 cardio machines do not work. Not a killer issue, but still very annoying for those of us trying to stay/​get in shape when we paid for an apartment that came advertised with a full gym.
Inconsistent management — a few of the lower level office clerks are extremely friendly and try to be as helpful as possible. Yolanda is wildly inefficient and that is just a fact of life you’ll have to deal with at this complex. I understand there has been a recent change in the actual office manager — Gizelle is new, and she seems to be hellbent on improving the place, but her battle is so uphill its basically vertical. She has, as an individual, been very responsive and helpful, but it is unfortunately not enough to keep me wanting to live here.
Be prepared for some strange goings-​on at this complex. My hallway smells like pot 60% of the time, and there are people smoking outside consistently. There is little to no security (one of the gated parking lots does not have a working gate and is open 100% of the time, so anyone can get in as there is no locked gate in between the complex and the parking lot). Last week there were homeless people asleep in the laundry room. There are some scary guys that walk around at night so if you live alone, like me, it can be quite intimidating.
Now, the real issue: PARKING. This complex will rent to as many people as possible, without taking into consideration the absolute, appalling lack of parking. There are two gated lots, which are full by 9 pm, and one alleyway, which is full by 7 pm. Street parking is not going to happen if you have, you know, a LIFE, and come home any time after 6. The parking spaces are ludicrously small, and some of the people who live there are wretched enough to key cars. My car has been keyed three times, and broken into once (which led me having to purchase a new gate key for a whopping $ 50). Two weeks ago, I came home at 1 am only to find no parking (my options are to park a mile away and walk home alone, a single woman, or park illegally and wake up at 4 am to move it). The attendant told me I could park in the illegal spot, he’d remember it was me… lo and behold the next morning at 6 am my car was towed. I missed a day of work, they popped my tire, and all in all it cost me $ 450. Gizelle generously offered me a deal on a parking garage, but it is still going to cost me an extra $ 100 a month to park there in the long run. $ 100 a month, just to prevent my car from being keyed or towed. Ridiculous.
The next week I came home to find a notice on my car that indicated «FINAL WARNING,» that it was going to be towed if I didn’t move it. Why? Because my pass, that I pay for, was not the right color. Why is it not the right color? Because the office is only open during my work hours, and I hadn’t been able to pick up the right colored pass yet. I get that I have the wrong pass, but that attendant knows me, knows my apartment number, and knows that I pay to live there. Let’s have a little professional courtesy, shall we?
Needless to say, I’m excited to get out of this complex. I urge all people considering this complex to look elsewhere.

I’ve never had any problems while living here (a year and a half) except for finding parking, and paying slightly expensive rent. Then again, there aren’t many places this nice for a lower price in the Los Angeles area.
The neighbors are cordial, and I’ve always felt safe and welcome here. I’ve never had any issues with the management, and they’re always pleasant and understanding if you have any issues that need to be addressed. Again, the only things I would change are the rent and the dearth of parking space. I’m happy living here and I’ve just signed a new year-​long contract.

IF I COULD GIVE THIS PLACE **ZERO** STARS I WOULD.
Unilocal COMMUNITY — BEWARE OF THIS PLACE!
I LIVED HERE FROM AUGUST 2012-​SEPTEMBER 2014 AND IT WAS TRULY THE WORST EXPERIENCE EVER.
LET ME EXPLAIN WHY.
Sure, when I first moved into this place I thought I had scored since the rent was cheap, it was gated, parking lot, pool and fitness center… BOY WAS I WRONG.
The management here is ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. The manager – YOLANDA– is extremely rude and should not be in charge of this place.
THE FIRST INCIDENT: long story short: they were going around installing new smoke detectors and such in all the apartments and since they ripped stuff out of the wall, they needed painter to come fix it. Well, I came home one night around 8pm to my front door unlocked and cracked open. I walked in and saw plastic all over my apartment, ladders and a bunch of paint material with absolultey nobody inside. 1^st off – if you’re working in someones apartment, you do NOT leave the place unattended and unlocked like that. 2^nd off – WHO DOES WORK THIS LATE AT NIGHT. Well the worker ran upstairs and I demanded to know why he was still here when I was told that he was supposed to be done at 3−4pm. He barely spoke english so he got someone on the phone and I complained. They apologized and he packed up his stuff and left and came back the next day to finish it. DURING the day.
YES I was here for over a year but it was only because I did not want to look for another place to live when I only have a short remainder of time left in the Valley before leaving back to Orange County. After my year was up, we were on a month to month agreement.
Around. early November of 2013… they were doing roof work and it had rained a couple days after which caused a leak in our apartment. They ripped apart our ceiling and simply stapled/​nailed a large piece of wood to cover the hole since Thanksgiving was around the corner. They told us that they would come back ASAP to fix it up before the holidays. They came in couple days later and left this GIANT machine in our apartment, plugged it in and kept it running and just left without any explanation as what we were supposed to do with it. Well, we kept it running the entire night but we pulled the plug the next morning because it’s fucking ridiculous that they would leave it plugged in for so long. Are they going to pay for our electricity bill? NO. So what the fuck.
I called about 5 times, left 2 voicemails and no reply back. So then I marched down to the leasing office and spoke with a mexican girl who sat in the front and she just gave me a bunch of fucking attitude. Like excuse me, how do you not know whats going on. I demanded to know when they would take it out because I was not going to leave it there and that they would have to work around MY schedule because I can’t sit at home all day waiting for them to take it back.
Anyways fast forward to MARCH 2014. So this all happened in NOVEMBER 2013 and guess what. Along came MARCH and we STILL had a huge ugly hole in our ceiling and it started to LEAK again. I don’t know how many times I asked when they would fix it but you could tell it was not their priority. It left me EXTREMELY upset and frustrated. WHY SHOULD WE BE PAYING SO MUCH FOR AN APARTMENT YOU CANT EVEN MANAGE AND FIX PROPERLY. AS TENANTS ITS YOUR FUCKING JOB.
Anyways, I finally looked into filing a case against management and wrote YOLANDA a formal email giving notice. Well must’ve scared them enough because they came couple days later to fix it.
THE LAST AND FINAL INCIDENT: This happened the week of my moving date. I was woken up to someone jiggling our front door knob one morning. I first thought it was my roommate but when I heard that the person was struggling to unlock it I knew it wasnt her then I heard a quick knock as the person went back to trying to open it. I ran out to the front door and closed it right as the man was trying to enter. I was so confused and the guy was just like «I’m with maintenence I’m here to _​_​_​_​_​» I didnt catch what he said because he mumbled but I told him I wasnt moving until another couple days. ANYWAYS the part that really pissed me off was that HE DIDNT EVEN BOTHER KNOCKING BEFORE ENTERING. HE STARTED TO UNLOCK MY DOOR RIGHT AWAY. WHO DOES THAT. We did not get ANY email, letter or ANY notice of any kind that someone would be coming. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS RIGHT NOR SAFE AT ALL FOR SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LIVE THERE TO BE ABLE TO UNLOCK AND WALK IN AT ANY TIME.
Management here SUCKS. You can NEVER get a hold of them through the phone. and DONT EVEN BOTHER leaving them a voice message because either they DONT read it or just DONT get back to you at all. They NEVER know what is going on and there is always new people working in the leasing office aside from YOLANDA. RENTERS BEWARE OF THIS PLACE. DONT GET SUCKED INTO IT. YOU CAN FIND SOMEWHERE MUCH BETTER!!!

Please do not live here.
I don’t even know where to begin. Let me start with the one and only good thing about Cambridge on Devonshire. It is a roof over your head, so you are not homeless.
Other than that, I do not recommend living here whatsoever. I’m currently living here and will obviously not be renewing my lease.
Also, it’s not just me complaining or blowing things out of proportion. Look at the other reviews on Unilocal and
Let me try to be as vague as possible with my complaints since I’m trying to keep this anonymous​. I still live here so I don’t want them to be even harder to work with if they knew it was me.
Maintenance is horrible. I don’t even blame the maintenance guys, some of them aren’t half bad​but some of them are terrible​,​and​how the management manages them is atrocious. For example, one time one of the guys had to come in to fix the drywall in my kitchen and in the process the drywall chips (all that white powdery chunks that came from his drilling) were ALL OVER my kitchen counter and, i’m not even kidding, all over my dishes, pots, and pans. He didn’t even bother to clean them up. And no he didn’t come back the next day to clean it. I honestly don’t mind cleaning up, but seriously? It’s just rude and ridiculous. At least have the common courtesy to put a tarp/​cover over the counter when you drill into the wall.
The management itself is very poorly run. Whenever I go in there I see someone who I have never seen before in the office. What is going on? Do you guys hate working for Prime Group so much that people keep quitting? Or is it that Primegroup (the business who manages Cambridge) keeps rotating temps and various employees through there? Either way, despite if there is a legitimate reason to this, it is completely inconsistent and most people normally have no idea what is going on and the coordination and communication between various employees is NONEXISTENT. For example, oftentimes when I go in there and I have a question about my lease,​or about the status of the aforementioned maintenance,​etc. they will say «I don’t see that on our record» «Our date doesn’t match with your date you have» etc. They just are not good at this, period. Another example: One time I went in with a question and the guy at the front desk said, and I quote: «I can’t do that today. Please come back Monday.» And guess what? I came back Monday and he said: «I can’t do that, you’ll have to speak to​this person about that.» Are you joking? This was a time sensitive issue and it took about a week to get a response. And since I’m keeping this anonymous, all I will say is that my question was not something complex or out of left field, it was a normal question that a tenant would ask the person they were renting from.
Do not drink the tap water. The building is old and falling apart. The plumbing is easily the worst part of the complex. Not only do the toilets overflow (not from clogging), but the water is NASTY. Every SINGLE time (without fail) that I turn on either my shower, the bathroom sink, or the kitchen sink, the water is literally brown. After about a few minutes, the water begins to run «clear» though I’m sure if someone were to examine it, it would not be healthy or sanitary. And I can guarantee that this is not a problem with Northridge’s water. This is clearly a sign of rusted and un-​maintained pipes/​plumbing. I feel uncomfortable just taking a shower in this nasty water, let alone would I drink it. I don’t even feel safe filtering the water, I just buy bottles from the store.​And I’m sure some people would read this and think I’m being overly-​dramatic or exaggerating but I’m not. Read some of the other reviews where the people talk about the plumbing.​
Like the other reviewer said, the place is not secure. It’s not a «locked/​secure complex» like they advertise. The gate in the smaller parking lot is open every single day (for «future residents») but anyone can just walk straight through that gate and get into the complex, since there is no secondary gate between the parking lot and the apartments. Plus, like the reviewer said, at least once a week the gates freeze and won’t open. You have to wait about 10 minutes until it opens (It’s not a problem with my remote, I’ve talked to other residents who have experienced this).​And the management knows, but they just won’t fix it.​
It’s also unbelievably overpriced ($ 1250 a month for a one bedroom!!! in Northridge, with these conditions???).
And as my last parting words, I just get a vibe that the people who work in the management office are a bit shady. I obviously have no proof for this as opposed to all my experiences above, however it’s just a feeling that I get whenever I go in the office, or whenever some of the managers talk to me. In summary, I would rather live in a different town entirely and commute to Northridge than live in this place.

RENTER’S BEWARE… DO NOT RENT AT THIS PLACE: this complex is run like a criminal enterprise, complete scammers, THEY WILL TRY TO RIP YOU OFF. The property itself is worse than any Section 8 housing project you’re ever seen or heard of. Management is non-​existent, property is dilapidated, no hot water, no water pressure, toilet backs up 3X per day, it is infested with vermin and rodents. It looks OK from the outside, but these are some of the worst apartments in the San Fernando Valley.
No idea who actually owns them, but the management is by far the worst you will ever deal with. And after you’ve paid your rent through the end of Lease and moved out, they will not return your security deposit, instead they’ll tell try and tell you that you owe them money, for damages, or not telling them in writing that you were going to leave at the end of your lease, or some other bull shit. Save yourself a lot of misery, and RENT ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE. If it was possible I would give them ZERO STARS or even a negative star rating. Horrendous and completely incompetent.
DISCLOSURE: I’ve worked in Property Management & Leasing in NY all my life, and I’ve never seen anything like this, even in NYC. I rented 2 apartment here for my wife and kids from September 2012 — April 2013, and it was a nightmare. Stay FAR FAR AWAY.

I wish I would have talked to tenants or read reviews about this place. We moved in January 2012 and I am counting the days till my lease is up. I would not give this place 1 star — please save yourself the headache and look elsewhere. Where do I start. Problems at least 1 to 3 times a week with a clogged toilet. When I do call the maintenance guy — he tells me «ok, I be there tomorrow morning». WTF! Just because I have 2 bathrooms, doesn’t mean it is ok to not take care of plumbing till tomorrow. If I call today, I expect it done today. Cabinet doors in kitchen and bedroom have fallen off — they use cheap material. If someone beneath you smokes, it will filter into your unit — yucckkkk. Also, whenever I call the office, 9 times out of 10 — it goes to voicemail. It is very rare someone picks up the phone.
For what they charge in rent — plus you have to pay for your water and electric — nah, it is NOT worth it to live here.

Well let’s see…
if i could i wouldn’t put any star in here.
Why is that.
Bad management, old property and its falling apart
I moved here last august and everything is falling apart already…
The electrical plugs are lose, the dishwasher doesn’t clean the dishes, the door locks are loos, and above of all the apartment is dusty and spiders living all over the apartments corners.
No reserved parking spot and you know what if you come home late you’re going to die to find a spot to park your car.
don’t trust them because at the first page at the contract there is a parking space number, but in the second or third page between the lines where we don’t pay attention to sometimes it says that: i sign that there is no reserved parking space.
The heater is a total different story. It was really cold once and I turned it on and I wish I didn’t!!it smelled like there is a dead body inside!
The place is not secured at all and the parking gate is always broken which means you are living on the street directly.
i talked to them million times about the gate and every time they say: Its broken and we ordered a new one!
It’s been 2 months and a half and it is not fixed yet!
They will charge you extra money which is not in the contract.
my advice to you: (DONT TRUST THEM AT ALL)
trust me for $ 1250 per month you’re going to find a much better, cleaner, more secure property than this.
After one year I’m moving out and I’m planning to call the owner tomorrow to see if he or she knows about this chaos…