I've lived all over, and never have I had such un-attentive and lousy management before. They must be cheap for the homeowners, because that is the only reason I can see why so much of the Provo/Orem area is under their control. I lived in two different places that were managed by ARM, and both experiences were horrible. The first time I lived in an Aspen Ridge condo was back in 2010 when I first moved into Old Mill Condos. Old Mill is probably at least 80% under Aspen Ridge Management control, and all of us living there had issues. I'll give you a quick run-down.
1. Not long after moving in, the florescent light in the kitchen burned out. We immediately put in a maintenance request to ARM, and after 2 weeks of no light in the kitchen, I finally went out to Home Depot, bought a replacement, and had a guy from the ward install it. I emailed them explaining that I would not be paying the amount I paid for the bulb in upcoming rent. When I didn't pay the difference, I got slammed with a $30 fee for late payment. BS in my book.
2. A couple months later the water heater broke and caused my bedroom to flood. It destroyed the carpet and walls and a lot of my things, yet it still took them about a week to come out. I could not stay in my room for over 3 weeks while they fixed the damage, and when I asked them if they can put me in an open room at one of the many other apartments in Old Mill, they told me to just stay with a friend.
3.When it came time to move out, I cleaned that condo from top to bottom, and it looked a hell of a lot better than when I moved in. Rather than giving me my deposit back, they held it and charged me$25 because they said there was a full trash bag left outside our door. I don't remember leaving that, and neither did they roommates, but needless to say, I was livid!
The second time I lived in an Aspen Ridge home was in a house over on University Ave. I bought the last 2 months of a friend's contract when she got married and I was waiting for other friends to have their contracts end and we could get a place. This house's AC broke and it was the end of June. Needless to say, things got HOT fast! They didn't come fix the AC for 10 days. During the day I was out most of the time, so it wasn't bad, but sleeping at night was miserable.
Basically I'm telling all you sweet BYU or UVU students and others out there to AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE! All the negative reviews are valid, and you should not disregard them. Just because their office is really nice, does not mean that they run their business properly. They scam poor college students left and right. IDK how they have not been turned over to the BBB yet. read more