Lived here for 8 years. It was a fair priced apartment at the time and close to work. We were fortunate in having some good neighbors in our building and generally in our block so it wasn't bad. Each progressing year we had our price increase and seemed as though good neighbors moved out and miscreants moved in. Can't tell you how many times the cops were called for stuff in the past few years when we hardly saw them if ever the first couple. Bugs are a big problem. Ants, wasps, crickets, and spiders are pretty common in the buildings. Hot water chooses when to work properly, and good luck sharing 2 super cheap washers and dryers with 12 families, now with time limits. We had kids from the school dropping in and out of our building left and right to chill and smoke pot. The office will tell you to catch them in the act and call the cops. Good luck with that. Neighbors are also welcome to smoke anything that seeps into your apartment rooms and nothing gets done about it.
Speaking of, the women in the office are generally nice and helpful. Some more than others. Simple mistakes or misunderstandings have lead to quick attitudes, in which my wife and I did not appreciate, but generally got along with them overall.
The company itself, Altman, is one of the cheapest and most selfish companies I have ever been apart of. You'll see it clearly with the cheap apartments and contents down the the hired help (yard work, upkeep, pool, etc). You're paying around $1000 or more and you feel at times you should be paying around $250 a month. It went from very nice to almost ghetto in the span since we have been there.
We gave them a 30 day notice after the notice was given saying it would be terminated and decided to tell us it was 60 days notice and they renewed it, and then they say are doing us a favor by not charging us 3 months rent. Never mind being a good resident and paying on time for 8 years for their super confusing and shady lingo and rules.
Also, they pick and choose when to open the pool as they can't competently hire people each year so you never really know. Last year we got a discount at the city pool, when we are paying for the one they put in years ago. This year it went up $20 more. Awesome. Have fun in the winter when the plows close you in and you have to shovel huge mounds of snow only to have it stolen right after as they do not help with parking spots and allow everyone to have as many cars parked in the main sections as you want without enforcement.
I could keep going but this is long enough. I honestly hate to bash them as we lived our life here for near a decade (would have moved out years sooner if able) but we saw it go from a good place to live where I would tell my coworkers to move to and enjoy to a place I will now tell them and everyone else reading this to look elsewhere. This is a heartless place with cheap living everywhere you look and they do you no favors at the end of the day. There's a couple of really good people that work and live there but you're better off spending your money somewhere else. 1 star feels a bit much but that's as low as I can go. read more