grezbell

Review of Branbury Apartments

DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!!! It is a decent place to liv...

DO NOT MOVE HERE!!!!! It is a decent place to live but the management will get you on every little thing they can and charge you for it. I've never written a bad review about a place I lived in but these people deserve it. The list of their greediness follows:
1) A paycheck was coming late so I sent an email to management to see if there was something we could do about rent (by two days). I got the late fee (I expected it) but they also charged a $30 service fee for delivering a "Rent Due" notice to my door.
2) Final cleaning check. They tell you on the cleaning check list to get a toothbush (not lying) and scrub little corners and crevices. I cleaned everything on the list but I didn't use a toothbrush on the dishwasher so they charged me $50 to have it cleaned. Yes, they're that anal and greedy.
3. On the move out checklist they will charge $5 if you don't leave a fresh light bulb in your room. IT REALLY SAYS THAT ON THE CHECKLIST.
4. Their solution to flooding is to sandbag the patio areas. I checked the drains holes and they have no draining system. Beyond the hole is just dirt that doesn't drain the water and they're too cheap to do it properly.
5) I wanted to move in 2 days early and they wanted to charge me $40 to do so. To understand this better my rent is $333. Divide that by 30 days and it's $11 per day. So they're charging DOUBLE PER DAY for you to move in early. They say it's so they can have it all cleaned for you but they don't. My room was clearly not professionally cleaned and even though I was ok with it I disliked how they were dishonest.
6) On move in day the place is packed with lines like some grade school orientation with stations and takes hours (once again not joking) HOURS!!!
7) My apartment was clean from previous tenants but there were holes in the wall, the furniture was old (I broke a chair by sitting on it), and the beds are way past their life expectancy (the stains and lumps speak for themselves). The moldings almost everywhere are old and decaying and they're fine with leaving it that way.
8) Their solution to the stairways falling apart is to either ignore it or hold it up with 2x4's. I'm not kidding and if you take a look you'll see for yourselves.

If that's not enough then think about this. I've moved out but am still paying rent because I CAN'T sell my contract. Yep, people leave this place in droves because of the above reasons (and more) and no amount of money they offer can convince them to stay. For the last two months they've been advertising to the residents over $300 to resign saying that "Time was short."