I am going into my fourth year of living here at the wonderful Wilber School Apartments and…read morerecently posted a maintenance request about my kitchen light, Dan, our equally wonderful Head of Maintenance, made suggestion about the light and it was like, 'and Dan said let there be light' - and it was light and bright like never before! T,Ghe guy not only a hard worker, but thoughtful and, obviously, a genius. Thank you, Dan, and thank you, Wilber School Apartments, for having Dan here to keep the residents happy G. Robertson

We lived here for two years and loved our time here! The staff was responsive and very helpful,…read moreeven a year after we left. We interacted with two sets of management teams (the transition was midway through our stay), and both were excellent. The current team (led by Sheila) made our moving out the most pleasant such experience we've ever had. They were very accommodating to all our requests, super prompt with returning the deposit and continue to help us with packages that mistakenly get sent to our old address. The maintenance lead (John) is just a nice human being, very hardworking, always ready to help and skilled at what he does. I highly recommend Wilber School, in very large part because of the people who run it.

Feces on walkways and grounds are filth. I emailed the message below to Norwood Gardens in April…read more15, 2021 and many other times. Please look at the previous messages that my family and I emailed to Norwood Gardens numerous times, without any response. I have also requested that our shower floor be repainted numerous times (for over a year and our request has not been honored without any explanation)????? Dirty Grounds @ Norwood Gardens & # 68 Plymouth Drive & the back of buildings The grounds and entrances of the back of buildings at Norwood Gardens do not have flowers like the front of buildings. WHY, WHY, WHY No flowers have been planted now in the spring. WHY, WHY, WHY The back of buildings are dirty, full of trash and cigarette buds, especially outside # 68 Plymouth Drive. Disgusting and disheartening after all the money we pay to come home to dirty entrances, especially at the back of buildings. There are no benches for sitting like at the front of buildings at Norwood Gardens There are no places for smokers to throw away their cigarettes at the back of buildings at Norwood Gardens. WHY, WHY, WHY There are cigarette buts outside the back of the building of 68 Plymouth Drive % of the time. Some Residents of the building litter. The trash and cigarette buds don't get cleaned up. WHY, WHY, WHY There is a hole on the wall outside the laundry room at 68 Plymouth Drive. Please fix it. It's been there for a few months now. Please Please Please respond by making the back of the buildings at Norwood Gardens look clean and beautiful as possible.

Just because this apartment complex disabled their Google reviews for whatever reason (their Google…read morereviews are not available for me for whatever reason), I will post my review from there to here. I don't know if it is because of all the 1 star reviews or what, but potential renters need to know the truth about this horrendous apartment complex through and through! For the sake of anonymity, I am using a different email that does not show my name. Therefore, like you have said to other people in your responses, no, you will not find my name in your database. I have been here for a few months now and utterly hate this place. Rent is overpriced, buildings are worn down, Amanda is rude as hell (not entirely sure how she still has a job here), and this is just an overall shady place. 6 Months can't come fast enough. Though I might just spend the fee to break my lease to not have to give them 6 more months worth of rent - ridiculous!... Do yourselves a favor and look ELSEWHERE! Save yourselves the absolute headache that this place will cause you! Not to mention, your wallet will thank you too! Awful complex! Yes, I am ready to get the same awful generated response that you guys give everyone else who gives you anything under a completely undeserved 5 star review! Not even worth a star, but unfortunately, that's as low as I can go! I'd give ZERO if I could! I mean, look at their responses here and on Google if you have the availability to do so. People give 1 star and maybe 1 or 2 sentences worth of info, then the management decides to bash on them and talk about how they were evicted amongst other things? Not only is that disrespectful, but entirely unprofessional - how is this complex still allowed to operate through the way they act?!...

Same company , UDR , running Charles River Landing in Needham - both properties offer me apartment…read more, both was denied because my credit score low. My credit score coming down after I got stroke - it's a reason why Housing Authority issue section 8 voucher for me , guarantee payment . I guess UDR don't want accept section 8 voucher and have disable people on they property.

I had a great experience when Micheal Lewis and pest control came into my home to exterminate a…read moresmall bug issue I had. They were very professional and friendly. I have been living here for 5 years and maintenance has helped me tremendously with every issue I came across. Thank you Micheal Lewis and your crew!!!

Do NOT sign a lease agreement and please consider never moving into this complex. Not only is the…read morerent high and unreasonable with all the ridiculous fees it is also UNSAFE. Whether it's cockroaches taking over the apartment you JUST moved into or somebody being shot, its ALWAYS something. They want to charge fees for each vehicle yet they don't have security in the complex. They NEED armed security. Why would you have to pay to park when they're already charging you like $2600 for a 2 bedroom paper thin wall apartment. They're taking serious advantage of residents. They DO NOT care about your health or the health of your child because if they did nobody would be dealing with cockroaches, mice, or fruit flies. Nobody would have to wait weeks after reporting the issue. And finally, 3 cars were stolen out of the complex last night. One of them is my daughter's vehicle. She and her husband who work their asses off just to live there is so troubling to me. They have a baby and should not have to deal with all this shit for what they're paying. Hey Commons, want to charge fees for residents cars? Then hire a security company! My daughter and her family should feel safe for what they pay you! You're money hungry and do not care what happens to the people that have no choice but to live there because they can't afford to move. If you're gonna charge parking fees you should be responsible when cars are stolen out of there.

Generally good, but is better if 1. upstairs wooden floor doesn't squeak and do not have a sporadic…read morenoise maker upstairs. Management office CANNOT help on these issues. 2. Paid parking from 7 pm to 7 am. If you don't have visitors to visit you for dinner, I guess that's fine. Or $6 parking fee during their stays. Start charging from 7pm is absolutely a rip-off and to discourage friends from visiting you.

A wonderful place to live - great and caring property management. Anything that needs fixing or…read moreattention is taken care of pronto. The apartments are lovely and updated. The apartment community is indeed a community - friendly people that help one another. The grounds are lovely - I cannot recommend this place enough - I would give it 6 stars if possible.

A big shout out to this over 55 community in Westwood called Highland Glen !!! The assistant…read moreproperty manager Wendy Daniels is dedicated to the residents needs! Planning social events, and many activities for all !! Maintaining social distancing, masks etc!!! There can be anything from cheese, crackers, wine and soft drinks!! Maintenance personal are always on site for repairs or to help the apartment owners with their needs!!! In other words a very nice place to call HOME!! . Thank You Wendy!!!!!

Nice place to live. I've been here almost three years now. Great location to 95, and shopping…read more Excellent school district.

I moved in here a week ago and have had nothing but an amazing experience so far. Both woman…read moreworking in the leasing office are absolute sweethearts. Michelle, whom initially worked with me to get set up at the Wren, is so patient, kind, helpful and always quick to answer emails. I've met a few residents in the past week and everyone was warm and friendly. I blew out a fuse in my apartment this Saturday morning (totally my fault), so I left a message with maintenance and, I kid you not, was called back within 5 minutes by Bobby with help. I moved here after owning a house for years and was honestly really nervous, but this has really helped me feel much better.

AVOID moving here. Worst.management.EVER. JDS remains an overpriced "community" of incompetent…read moreemployees who will gaslight you endlessly, never fixing any issues plaguing apartments. The worst part of JDS: we can hear every movement, every sound, EVERYTHING our neighbors say/do. Not just the dogs barking all day or crying babies, not usual apartment noise or the elevator- at JDS you hear every step, cabinet opening, washer, shower, toilet habits, sneezes, arguments, business of your neighbors. The flooring is so cheap especially in the bedrooms! You hear your neighbors entire day: alarm, TV shows, using their restroom, closing their doors, blowing nose, stomping feet, coughing, you get it...everything. Again, Revolving management hide, and if you catch them they gaslight you and MONTHS go by without your issues being validated or at all remedied. The elevator broke for 9 months! JDS didn't take one cent off of anyone's rent. Document and keep all video evidence! They will send you to collections when you move out. Maintenance allows work orders to remain open for months and just ignores emergencies. Talk to a few residents about how bad it is really like before you move past the smoke and mirrors of the lobby fireplace, because the reality is this place is an expensive nightmare you can't escape. Once the manager heard we reported JDS to the BBB and the Dedham Health inspector because the violations were out of control she retaliated against us, sending us to collections, so we too have retained a lawyer and will see them in housing court. Please spend your hard earned money elsewhere as you will never get your deposit back. Revolving Mgrs respond to the negative reviews here to "call their office directly" yet literally hide in their office in plain view when residents plead to discuss trumped up charges, ignored service requests to the portal, and exorbitant move out fees. Many former tenants are currently in court litigating for deposits and fake collections. We wish someone had told us how bad it is once you sign the lease. At JDS you become irrelevant, a rent check, someone to avoid if they see you coming because something is always broken. You will be charged for services you never receive. If you complain and attempt to contact corporate? They also ignore you. When life gets so bad you plead to be let out of your lease so you can experience some peace in your home? JDS bill you thousands in made up fees. If you don't have a functioning stove or washing machine, or need the elevator fixed as promised for 6 months?? They don't care nor do they discount your rent EVER. Not when your boiler needs replacing in winter + maintenance doesn't prioritize your orders (because according them they have hundreds of outstanding work orders and "can't get to you.") The gym membership you think you are saving on? Half of the equipment is broken/malfunctions. They don't care. The most disheartening part is how expensive it is to live in such a hellhole. Rent increases of 21% or more each yr with outstanding work orders and zero improvements. Inquire around: resident deliveries are stolen weekly. JDS doesn't permit deliveries on Sundays as the leasing office is closed. Our car was sideswiped and the parking spots were recently made even smaller: you cannot open your car door without hitting the car next to you and it costs extra to have covered parking. Residents who want amenities they pay for to be available? Business center is always occupied, and should you need the 1 printer for a label, etc? It never *ever* has ink. The pool is hardly open. The hot tub was closed for the entire season two years running. It takes months to finally open the pool, only for the hours to be reduced yet again. JDS doesn't even try to clean the grounds. Dog doo everywhere. Grills are filthy and in need of replacing. EDIT: exactly what we predicted: JDS responds on here to call MGR and when we called the third one in as many months, we were gaslit AGAIN by her, but for the very last time. It takes months to go through housing court in Dedham, so in the mean time Greystar's shady collections agency Sequin Assets Solutions LLC is already bombarding us with calls and marks on our credit while we wait to get in front of a judge. This is what they do to longtime residents who have never, ever paid rent late once and paid out of pocket to make this dump a quasi-home.

Scam Alert! Please do not apply at Jefferson at Dedham if you do not want to lose your money! They…read moresay that their application is free and take a deposit of $500 at the time of application which would be applied towards the first month's rent. They will delay their response to your application beyond 72hrs and keep your application on hold till you provide a guarantor through their third party (to who you have to pay a month's rent). If you decide to withdraw your application at this point they will confiscate the deposit under the pretext that the application was conditionally approved and that you did not withdraw it within 72hrs. They did not reply to me for 72hrs even though I called multiple times to ask the status of my application. Please stay away from this scam!!! We are regretting ever applying here and losing our deposit to these scammers!

Tim at CJL recently helped us with the sale of our family home. It was an unusual property and he…read moredid a great job of marketing it to the appropriate buyers. He worked very hard throughout the process, keeping us informed every step of the way. We were surprised at how fast things happened, but all for the best. Tim's professional and friendly manner made him a pleasure to work with. I would not hesitate to recommend Tim and CJL!

We have had a great experience with CJL over the past 4 years. The team is always responsive,…read morefriendly, and happy to help in a timely manner. Shout out to Caren K. who has been a huge help with our lease renewal, always making sure we stay informed and updated throughout the entire process. Overall an excellent team to have as a renter in Massachusetts!

Nahatan Terrace is well-located and safe. Apartments are clean and management is always…read moreresponsive. Grounds are well kept.

Apartments are cheap, broken down, unmanaged, when things break its a FIGHT to get it fixed. Paint…read moreon every surface, tile not properly grouted, no grout around tub. They raise rent $100 every year, this year they updated the stairs as well as the decks for the 2nd & 3rd floor units (1st floor is left with crumbling uneven cement patios) and then had the audacity to up rent another $150 and claim its due to raising prices in today's market as if that's the lesee's problem or cause. My place started at $1500, it's now $1900 and not a damn thing about it changed. DO NOT LIVE HERE. Awful management, awful jerk repair man, one of the worst places I've lived. Not worth the square footage AT ALL!!! Update: Upon reading this complaint I received a call from the receptionist during work hours who then attempted to convince me my issues with my apartment weren't active issues, and when the topic of the ever-rising rent came up I was asked "Do I know what it's like to be a landlord?" This is the kind of communication you can expect here.