Redside Partners

This company took over the building that I live in, in Belltown, and they have been nothing but terrible in so many ways. Service repairs are never completed and you have to continue to request maintenance to have them address water leak issues. There was a questionable mold situation that happened with one of my neighbors and they have inconvenienced this neighbor in so many ways and have now added very PECULIAR verbiage, according to the lawyer that reviewed it, about mold into their new lease agreement. They have informed me that the only way I can receive the required trash bags we use in Belltown is to basically take time off from work to accommodate pick up during THEIR office hours. They also closed our roofdeck, and they have provided no explanation expect that it would be too costly to repair it and have tenant access — How safe is the actual roof over our heads???
Don’t trust them — they are out to make money and will toe the rules to get out of having to do the right thing, while possibly putting your living situation at risk.

They seem like nice enough guys but as soon as they took over the building I’m living in, they raised my rent 41%. That kind of rent hike was previously illegal for a reason. If this company takes over your apartment building, watch out.

I stayed at the Lakecrest for over 10 years. Craig and Cale promptly responded to all of my requests. I’d definitely rent from Redside again.

I wanted to write a review strictly for current and future tenants with Redside Partners. Because apartments are sparse in Capitol Hill Seattle, you may not have the greatest choices in who to rent from. That said, you need to keep in mind a couple things about renting from these guys:
1. You will not get your security deposit back. When we were leaving our apartment we had a manager come over to take a quick look before a showing. He said the apartment was in really good condition compared to most. Even with this, we still asked if we could have an official walk-​through to make sure everything was good-​to-​go in order to get our security deposit back. They wouldn’t do it, even though we went back to clean a couple times. They kept our security deposit and charged more money for cleaning.
2. You need to factor in $ 200 more for utilities in the rent price. Most of these building are older and heat, gas and garbage cost a lot of money. I now live in a place that is more expensive, but the utilities 3 times cheaper than this place. They try to make rents cheaper in order to make apartments seem more affordable, but your better off spending a couple hundred dollars more getting a newer apartment, you’ll spend it anyway.
3. Maintenance is super slow and security is not the greatest. When I lived in one of these apartments, we found out our mail was being stolen. The company said we would be getting new mailboxes and moved our mail to be picked up miles away. We still hadn’t received new boxes by the time I’d left. That was about four months later.
4. Walls are super thin. Because these apartments are older you can typically hear everything if you have someone living above you. Once again, pay a little more money and you will be much happier with your apartment choice than these guys. You will end up spending the money you think you’re saving on bills.
I hope this review is helpful. This is all stuff I wish I’d known before renting here. One bonus is that the staff is friendly and are somewhat flexible compared to major property management corporations.

Redside partners started managing a building I was living in about 5 months after my move in. Since that day the place has been vastly improved and the service I received was excellent and prompt. I would recommend this company to anybody in need of a place to rent or somebody looking to have their property managed.

I had a great experience with Redside Partners! I am moving to Seattle from Boston, and having never visited until my move, I was pretty nervous about finding an apartment in the area. I worked specifically with Scott, and he was absolutely wonderful! He was extremely prompt with emails and very on top of things. He made every effort to clarify the process. I received a number of emails from him before he cashed the holding fee check I sent, just to make sure I was certain I wanted to go through with holding the unit. None of the employees from other leasing companies I spoke with seemed nearly as concerned with looking out for me and my finances. Moving across the country, it was GREAT to work with someone so genuine. Thanks, Scott!

I have been living in a Redside Partner’s building for over a year now and I love it! The neighbors are all good people and the building is always cleaned regularly. I have only had a couple minor plumbing problems and Cale has always been quick to have someone over to fix it. Love my cute apartment and the location is killer!

I have really enjoyed working with Redside. They are fair with rent. They don’t fuss over small things but they keep very clean grounds and have pretty nice amenities. The maintenance crew is stellar. They show up on time, work late if they have to, and are very personable. Id rent from them again.

I have lived in an apartment managed by Redside Partners for over one year; I have been satisfied with their management. The building that I live in is quite old which gives it character and charm, but, since it is so old, there have been problems with the plumbing and heating. When ever I have had a problem, the maintenance team has always responded quickly and resolved the problems; cheers the the maintenance men for their reliability and great service.

This is a horrible, horrible company! If you are thinking of renting from them, DONT DO IT! They will fuck with you so much.
I went to check out a house that they were renting and they had me put down $ 200 to hold it while they were checking my credit, meaning that they won’t show it to anyone else. Well, they still put ads up on craigslist and then they approved me even though I didn’t make enough money just so they would say that I couldn’t get the $ 200 back if I decided not to rent from them! Then we told them that was unfair, so Cale told us that we would only have to pay $ 150, so we did that… then they sent us to collections for $ 250!!! WTF. I’ve talked to plenty of people renting from them that has had problems with them doing shady things like this… so do yourself a favor and stay away!