Sherman Properties

Notice any of the reviews that are positive on here… are current tenants. Once they move out, their story will change as it has for everyone before them.
Had a decent experience while a tenant there. But the moment I moved out it all changed. They stole my entire security deposit because I had painted the walls a neutral shade of premium light yellow paint instead of the cheap/​pealing thin white paint that I inherited. They offered no explanation except that my lease states they can keep the security deposit if I dont leave the property the EXACT way I received it.
I invested thousands of dollars into the space including building a loading dock at my expense, adding electric throughout, lighting throughout and I had an entire portion of the unfinished space cleaned, drywalled, and painted before I moved in because it had never been finished or cleaned in decades. But all they would talk about was that the walIs were a different color… the fact that it clearly improved the space was irrelevant to them.
When I was first moving in, Mark said, ‘do you want me to paint the floor for you?”. I said, ‘sure’. Well he painted the dirty floor with one coat of regular paint and never primed it or properly cleaned it. It was certainly frustrating that the paint pealed off every time we swept the floor but I didnt make a big deal about it because I thought it was nice that he offered to do it in the first place. Well… come move out time… you can bet they were charging me because the floor wasnt exactly the way I inherited it.
I know countless other people with similar stories. The security deposit isnt coming back no matter what you do. It starts out good and always ends bad even if you have a personal relationship with them as I did. There are plenty of better options in East Falls and surrounding areas with respectable and fair landlords. Mark Sherman is not someone to do business with. Avoid at all costs

I’ve been living at Sherman mills for over two years and really enjoy it. It has easy parking and plenty of space for my dogs to run around. I also work in center city and with the train in easy walking distance it takes no time or money for parking to get there.

I have been a Sherman Properties Tenant for over two years and have had nothing but ease and happy encounters with the landlord.
Prompt service, accommodating office staff and great maintenance.
Nothing but the best things to say about Sherman Properties!

sherman properties sucks at life. i rented a one bedroom apartment from them in west philly for one year and spent the majority of that year with a collapsed ceiling that they REFUSED to fix appropriately. to make this situation even more incredible is the fact that mark sherman used to be a roofer. classic. they suck, suck, SUCK!!!

Sherman Properties rented me my first place in East Falls in 2001. East Falls underwent a huge facelift around that time, taking it from dreary and downright scary in some places to almost up to Manayunk’s level of style and charm. I know Sherman Properties had something to do with some of the new restaurants that had opened to help this — in fact, my apartment building was connected to a soon-​to-​be built Mexican eatery that gained much fame in that area when it opened. However, as much as Sherman did for the neighborhood of East Falls, I wish they had paid a little more attention to their apartment renters and the apartments themselves.
My particular building was connected to three others, including a three-​family home on one side, not owned by Sherman. However, at some point a long time prior to me renting my place, someone had ordered their gas and electric service under a different apartment and street number completely — one which belonged to the house next door. Having no clue about this, I ordered my electric and gas to my street and apartment number, and was concerned when I received bills that said I owed either nothing, or at the most, twenty dollars. Then one Friday morning, my heat got turned off (and yes, it was wintertime). After numerous phone calls, the gas and electric companies set me straight and told me that Sherman Properties registered my particular apartment as a different house number, and though it was no fault of my own, someone from Sherman had to come and unlock a box in order for the companies to be able to turn on the heat and electric for my apartment. Essentially, I was paying for a vacant home’s heat and electric for months, and a vacant home was getting my electric and heat bills and not paying for them. I called Sherman to discuss this and Sherman said they don’t come out on Fridays or weekends and would have to take care of it Monday.
I begged and begged. It was so cold in my place that I was sleeping in a jacket and two sweaters and my roommate couldn’t even bear it — she took off and went somewhere else for a bit. I didn’t have that «luxury» as my job needed me to come in. Sherman wouldn’t budge. I made an appointment for Monday morning. I called out of work. Sherman did not come to unlock the box. The oil and electric companies both came — on time! — and would not give me another appointment until I had direct word from Sherman that they’d actually show up to unlock the box for them.
It took another three days for Sherman to unlock the box. I emerged from the incident very sick from days of no heat in winter. When I wrote Sherman a letter to complain, they sent me back a form letter indicating that they are excited that East Falls has many new restaurants and shops opening up in the spring and attached as a coupon for the Mexican restaurant opening next door.
My apartment was decent; it was bi-​level with the lower level being garden-​style (basement) and the second level meeting up with the street. The rooms were small, but the price was good and it was a nice enough place for two young people to live. However, the care Sherman put into it — or us, their tenants — was nonexistent, and we chose not to lease again. Sherman took two months to send back our security deposits, and were very rude to me when I would call and ask for its whereabouts. I gather that Sherman had bigger, better plans in mind — and perhaps those were a success — but stepping on the littler people on the way is not a great way to do business. Had they been better to their tenants, perhaps we would have stuck around and frequented those new restaurants and shops… all of which have since closed down — except one… because they can’t even rent out their apartments these days.