Scott Properties Group

Anyone employed by this company should be ashamed of themselves. They treat their tenants like garbage. I was on a month-​to-​month lease and they asked me to vacate clearly to rent my unit at a higher price. Legal? Yes. Decent? What do you think?
Also, I guarantee their poor excuse for a mural on their property in Silver Lake is giving children nightmares.

Avoid… Avoid…Avoid! Very unprofessional and will cause you a lot of legal problems (if landlord). This company preaches that it caters to the needs of the tenants yet it does the contrary, resulting in a lot of problems and angry tenants. This company recently made a mistake in handing out a proper notice of an increase in rent, this caused the tenant to take the landlord to court. Also, the manner in which this company especially Scott, handles specific situations or problems is not professional at all. From giving proper notices to how they speak with tenants this company does it all wrong. Their actions do not meet up with the company’s mission statement nor there core values.

AVOID AT ALL COSTS. Scott is currently advertising a property on Westside Rentals. Upon contacting him to see the property, he insisted the property was ‘unlocked’ and ‘available to view whenever’. I checked this was correct twice.
So I drive from Pasadena to the property (which was close to VENICE)… and it’s locked. No way of getting in. I email Scott– he replies FIVE HOURS LATER with a one word answer that doesn’t explain what’s going on /​why I couldn’t get in.
A useless time waster. I can only imagine how terrible he is as a manager… POTENTIAL RENTERS AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

After several auto thefts at our apartment complex at 2400 Walnut Ave in Venice, Scott and Hilary Brody continued to refuse the addition of locks to the garage door.
Just before they did add locks, weeks later, they raised our rent 50% in retaliation.
Following all this, we moved out, at the end of our lease.
I can verify all these claims with well documented emails and physical letters.
Now, I am in the unfortunate position of having to battle for the return of our deposit, which will inevitably result in a Small Claims filing.
Scott Brody has some kind of antisocial personality disorder and should be avoided at all costs.
You have been warned friends. Avoid, avoid, if at all possible.
Update: FYI, we won our small claims case against Scott Brody and De De Logsdon, our building’s owner. If anyone out there needs additional information on the disposition of this case, feel free to reach out to me directly.

I’ve lived in the same unit for 19 years and the previous management was pretty weak but at least respected the rule of law. Whereas Scott Brody personally takes it upon himself to harass tenants he wants to get rid of, explaining why he only gets positive reviews here from landlords. He actually emailed me on a Friday afternoon to tell me to vacate my parking space and mercifully, the rent control board stepped in and defended me. He also was caught forging ahead with unit renovations, including tampering with gas and sewer lines without a permit. Just not a great outfit to have running a building if the safety of your tenants and your investment matters. The building is only habitable because the law forces him to have an on site manager who is responsive.

TONY is AMAZING! He is the property Manager for this complex. When I was looking (In the Santa Monica Area) He was very attentive to what I was looking for, and his follow up with me was exceptional!
The property also is very CLEAN! from the gym to my apartment. In fact, there was a minor issue with my door handle, and Tony had someone fix it right away. (Not two or three days later)
I feel very safe and am glad to call this my HOME
I highly recommend Scott Properties for anyone looking into renting, and if you want to be in the Santa Monica Area you MUST talk to Tony and his staff.

I don’t know where to begin! Tony goes ABOVE and BEYOND to get things done. I’ve had a few little things that needed to be fixed and the turn around time was less than 24 hours. My new apartment on 14^th and Arizona is IMMACULATE. I was shocked to see the gym, it is clean, up to date (which is what I was not used to from my last apartment complex), and has a wide variety of machines. The office staff has been extremely helpful and courteous, and I can’t thank them enough. I couldn’t be more happier with my apartment, but more so, with the experience I’ve had with Tony and the office staff! I HIGHLY recommend Scott Properties! A++++

Currently leasing space from this company. A drain in our bathrooms have overflowed and building owner Rich refuses to send a cleaning crew. Right now we have dirty, sewage water sitting in our hallways, floors and bathrooms. It is unsanitary and at no fault of ours, as we were told that a cracked pipe is at fault. I am going to take further action, most likely with the city and health inspectors, since this is unacceptable and hazardous to our work environment.

As a LANDLORD, I have nothing but great reviews for Scott Properties Group. I hired them to manage my properties, as well as supervise a remodel on one of my buildings.
I am very happy they lowered my operating costs, and they were easy to work with during the entire remodel.
I find it interesting that the only reviews thus far are from unhappy TENANTS. I can guess
these tenants will complain no matter who is managing their building. BTW, my tenants find Scott charming and very thoughtful.

UPDATED REVIEW (since there is no option for this page to update):
They…they pulled through…
Got a call from the properties address my problem and said that they would take care of it that afternoon. I was not home, however, and was eagerly awaiting an update. I contacted them again once the afternoon passed, but received no response.
Upon going home… it was fixed! I did not get a confirmation email from the properties until the next day. So, their timing of responses is a little off.
But I couldn’t believe they did it. Awesome.
PREVIOUS REVIEW:
Building recently purchased by Scott Properties. Seemed rushed and did not give us tenants any notice, greeting, anything, which made them come across as not friendly.
Filed a maintenance request to which they emailed back an automated email asking for the details, which I clearly stated in my initial email to them. I asked for updates and nothing. No communication. I expect my mgmt company to be in constant contact with me and always updating me on the progress of whatever is going on. Tenants need to feel like they are being taken care of and are important, same thing goes with when tending to customers. Most importantly, I want whatever it is to be fixed or address finished ASAP and by that I mostly mean the next day. Nope.
Get this… their email signature is so childish too. Bright blue and green colors, extra large font, and a quote. Really? You’re acting like this tough property company yet you have this ridiculous email.
Really unfriendly, and not helpful.

This guy (um company lol) just took over a friends building (113 N Gale Beverly Hills) and I can confirm all of the other reviewers are holding back. I hope the owner looks forward to his short term gain for long term losses. Short sighted hiring this guy. May Karma be kind to you for hiring a substandard management company for what used to be a great place to live.

Until our building came under management by Scott Properties life was good.
Bulbs are never changed, common areas never cleaned. Plus the staff lies and you must put every repair request in writing.
To get anything to be done you must complain to the city or take them to court.
Scott has repeatedly cursed at me and I have caught the maintenance people stealing from me.
I hope people research him and stay away from any apartment they manage.

After visiting and liking an apartment listed on Craigslist for 2050.00 I immediately filled out the application paid a fee of 25.00 +2.95 for online credit check filing on their site.
The next morning I was called by their agent Beth, the same woman who showed me the apartment, and told that «it was down to three qualified applicants and I was one of them». However, another applicant was willing to pay 2250.00 and «could I match that number». I said no and frankly was kinda stunned by the conversation. I’m new to LA and thought «is this how they do things here?» I’ve never heard of such a thing. I also was not about to get into a bidding war with another applicant.
Later that day I emailed Scott Properties and requested a refund for my application on the basis that I applied for an apartment that was listed for 2050.00 and that in less than 24 hours they were asking me to pay more… how could that be right? I never would have put in an application in the first place if 2250.00 was the rent and there was no stipulation upon applying that if someone else offers more money I was simply out of luck.
Scott Brody from Scott Properties went back and forth with a couple of emails and his take on it was that he was sorry I was disappointed about not getting the apartment, completely ignoring my questioning their business practice. He answered me …“The other party approached us because they did not want to lose it, so not much I can do if someone offers more money to secure an apartment”?.
So he’s telling me that within 18 hours they did at least three credit and employment checks and that one of the parties was already offering more money? What did that conversation sound like…” Hey if anyone else is interested I’ll pay $ 200 dollars more per month”? You mean they didn’t start with $ 50.00? They just went straight to $ 200.00?! Who says something like that? When did this conversation happen… when they were looking at the apartment? Why then did they do a credit check on me before asking if I was willing to pay that amount? None of what they say makes sense. I’m sure they called each applicant saying the same thing until someone was willing to pay it.
He has ignored my final email requesting a refund.
I really don’t recommend that you rent from this group. At the very least, ask a lot of questions before you fill out an application. What they advertise is not the actual price.