Central Park at Metropolis

Not sure where to begin with this review. If you’re looking for a luxury apartment in Plainfield, look elsewhere. There are other, newer, quieter complexes in the area. This community is very pet-​friendly, but dirty with over-​flowing pet waste cans. It appears that at least half of the pet owning tenants don’t clean up after their animals (which is a tenant ‘rule’) there is dog poop all over the place at all times. Windows and doors are drafty, making your electric bills insane during the winter months. One of our bills was $ 200 and we weren’t even living there! Our a/​c had to be replaced at the beginning of the summer which took to long (IMO) because they had to exhaust all other possibilities before spending the money on a new unit. Our oven exploded (yes, sparked in my face) the first night we moved in and our smoke detectors chirped for weeks until the main unit was finally updated. Although somewhat safe (because of the on-​site courtesy officer) I wouldn’t live here again if you paid me. You never know who your neighbors are or who they are going to be because the leasing agents don’t take that into consideration. Our first neighbors were nice and quiet, but inevitably evicted from their apartment. I would take them back in a heartbeat if we didn’t have to deal with who moved into that same apartment a few months later. Walls are paper thin, which eliminates any privacy from your neighbors. We had obnoxiously loud (music blaring, domestic issues, pet irresponsibility) neighbors above us for a few months. We have since moved out, but continue to pay rent. Good luck trying to break a lease for health/​safety and well-​being reasons-​not going to happen. The lease agreement is insane and extremely expensive to break. We had at least half a dozen issues with our upstairs neighbors and Central Park/​Becovic Management did nothing but give our neighbors a slap on the wrist – even after our neighbor pounded on our door at 2:30am screaming, threatening and intimidating us just a couple of months ago. The property manager doesn’t have the authority to do anything at all; it all boils down to money and the number of vacant units. To go above the PM means getting in touch with the regional manager; the regional manager who doesn’t respond to ANY type of communication. This community lost very good tenants because of their inability to enforce their lease agreement and make tenants feel safe. Big thumbs down for these money-​hungry-​only-​individuals.