I had mouse and cockroach problems at my apartment #23 owned by HAJJAR at 56 Brighton Avenue in Allston. The management, supposedly run by a "Michael Weafer," baited my apartment with mouse poison and ended up KILLING MY YOUNG COCKER SPANIEL, FRANKIE when my boy ate the poison. Frankie became PARALYZED from the waist down, and we had to PUT HIM TO SLEEP. He was only SEVEN YEARS OLD. We have PROOF of the poison in my late dog's blood for anyone who needs proof of this statement. Please e-mail me to discuss this tragic matter further. Stay FAR, FAR AWAY FROM HAJJAR. Here are two photos of my beloved Frankie at the park for the public. -- mike33eye@gmail.com Signed, MIKE EYE P.S: The black pit bull owned by the local "machete murderer" lives in 56 Brighton Avenue, knowingly approved by Michael Weafer. This is a fact. For four years, Hajjar and Flathound did nothing to solve these problems (sending unqualified, uncertified, incompetent exterminators once every 2 months or so who didn't even do their jobs), while the whole time, blaming their problems, which continued to get worse, on me, as they went on to harass and threaten to evict me over and over again, sending constables over to my apartment, demanding they enter so that they could take pictures! For four long years, this went on, with dozens of mice and thousands of roaches overtaking the greater part of the building at 56 Brighton Avenue! Michael Weafer, who I remind you is the so-called "Hajjar property manager" directly hired from Flathound Realty, refused to talk to me from the beginning (as in literally ignoring me for four straight years), and i had been referred to Hajjar's "council," Anne Marie Corraro, a supposed lawyer who was also no help, whatsoever, as she continued Michael Weafer's job of threatening and harassing me continuously. Then after a while, she refused to respond to me, as well, as the double infestation worsened. I followed everything Hajjar told me to do as far as cleaning my apartment, but it didn't make a difference; all of the pests came from the construction site across the street, which was a huge building called "Packard Crossing" that took over 4 years to build. During all of this, the ceiling above my bed in my bedroom at 56 Brighton Avenue caved in and almost killed me. I mean, the whole ceiling fell down and if I had been sleeping at the time, definitely could have killed me! Then, after years of all these mouse and roach infestations, Hajjar raised the rent from $1,775 to $2,200 overnight!! That's a 24% increase! Never agree to be an at-will tenant, or this may also happen to you. And this is how Hajjar treats their tenants who pay the rent on time every month and listen to what they say for over a decade!!!! On the day I moved out, a disgruntled Flathound employee named Amy Weafer (yes: Michael Weafer's wife) walked into Hajjar-owned 56 Brighton Avenue and literally told me as i was having an emergency that she would not let me use her phone because she didn't want me to have her number and tell everyone about her company's negligence and corruption, after which she offered to call Hajjar and i told her that nobody from Hajjar talks to me anymore. Her response was literally, "Hajjar would do anything to get you to move out at this point!" This is 100% actually what happened to me, their loyal, paying tenant. There is a reason Hajjar took down their Flathound ad signs on 56 Brighton Avenue, and why, if you go to "flathound dot com," the website is still down! They are trying to cover their tracks of how poor they treat their tenants. Well, no longer. Now everyone knows why not to do business with Flathound and Hajjar. These companies are corrupt, deceptive, and downright mean to their tenants. And that's a fact. If Hajjar removes this review, it will not only speak to their embarrassment over how they treat their tenants, but i will post the review again and again, on several review sites, as well as inform everyone in person of Flathound's and Hajjar's reckless and infuriating treatment of their loyal, paying long-time tenants. read more

Trust me when I say the only reason I am giving a single star is because I have to. If you are looking for legitimately the worst experience of your life then by all means, look no further, because Hajjar is the place for you. The place is an ABSOLUTE. NIGHTMARE. My roommates and I were merely subletting for FOUR months and we managed to have the most awful experience to date, for all of us, in the field of renting/subletting apartments. The people that work at/manage Hajjar are absolute invalids. We had to hear from our SUBLETTER's that we had apparently not paid May's rent. Keep in mind that we hear this in late June. Also keep in mind that our check for rent had been sent and CASHED a full week before it was due. We went back and forth with the company about said check and eventually asked for a full copy of all of our expenses and payments. Needless to say, we were on time. They apologized eventually but the drama that has previously ensued was not worth it. We had an unreal amount of problems with the apartment. The garbage disposal broke every time it had a chance to. In fact I sit here now still awaiting maintenance's arrival on a call we made two days ago. The first few weeks our toilet was constantly broken. We had to call maintenance at least 4 times. On the fourth time they came and fixed it and we had to call them an hour later. After that, they finally replaced it fully....but not until we had to go a full 24 hours without a toilet. (Cool.) In addition, the front door of the apartment was always a disaster. We had to grapple with the lock constantly. This is only confirmed by the fact that people would run full speed ahead to get to the door before someone could close it so they didn't have to deal with it. It was common knowledge that is was a serious pain in the butt. Naturally, we were subletters, therefore it is common that our apartment would need to be shown to prospective tenants, and trust me, I respect that. All that I ask is a little bit of warning. More often than not one of us would be barged in on with the excuse of "Well, I spoke to ______"roommate's name who has a full time job:_____" Really? Well, listening to a voicemail greeting doesn't really count as speaking to. When you have all the numbers on file...you should probably try until you reach one. Regardless, we never complained. That is until 930am on a Friday when a strange man barged in on me naked in my bed in the back room of my apartment. I was very polite and allowed them to see my room, however, when we called Hajjar later to ask that, again, they please get in ACTUAL TOUCH with one of us before coming to view the apartment, they were absolutely confused about who had come to see me. In their data, there was no one scheduled to see my apartment. In fact, the only other person on duty for such a responsibility had called in sick. Um, I'm sorry, but the fact that you have legitimately NO CLUE who the hell has the key to my apartment is BEYOND unnerving. It is absolutely, NOT OKAY. As if the preceding evidence was not enough, my landlord seems to be absolutely incompetent when it comes to email. Hi, its 2010, learn how to reply. I messaged her with distinct information regarding our parking space: asking questions, and asking for confirmation of certain plans. After a week and a half of no answer I emailed again to ask specifically for a confirmation to which I received, FINALLY, an answer of "ok." Listen, I know we aren't in a hospital but a little bedside manner/professionalism would be GREATLY appreciated. Also, how hard was it to send your three symbols, "o," "k," ".," a week and a half ago? Just wondering. Overall, this company is an absolute nightmare and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. In all honesty, you would be better off living on a park bench in the Fens...at least then someone is throwing money at you rather than scamming it out of you. Beware. read more

Flathound Realty, who has worked directly with Hajjar Management for more than a decade, is a bane on the existence of humanity. And so is Hajjar Management. Here's why: I was living perfectly fine for over a decade in my apartment at 56 Brighton Avenue until Michael Weafer, an ex-Flathound realtor, was hired as a "property manager" by Hajjar, and that's when all the problems started: literally dozens of mice and thousands of cockroaches started infesting Hajjar apartments at 56 Brighton Avenue from the construction site across the street! For four years, Hajjar and Flathound did nothing to solve these problems (sending unqualified, uncertified, incompetent exterminators once every 2 months or so who didn't even do their jobs), while the whole time, blaming their problems, which continued to get worse, on me, as they went on to harass and threaten to evict me over and over again, sending constables over to my apartment, demanding they enter so that they could take pictures! For four long years, this went on, with dozens of mice and thousands of roaches overtaking the greater part of the building at 56 Brighton Avenue! Michael Weafer, who I remind you is the so-called "Hajjar property manager" directly hired from Flathound Realty, refused to talk to me from the beginning (as in literally ignoring me for four straight years), and i had been referred to Hajjar's "council," Anne Marie Corraro, a supposed lawyer who was also no help, whatsoever, as she continued Michael Weafer's job of threatening and harassing me continuously. Then after a while, she refused to respond to me, as well, as the double infestation worsened. I followed everything Hajjar told me to do as far as cleaning my apartment, but it didn't make a difference; all of the pests came from the construction site across the street, which was a huge building called "Packard Crossing" that took over 4 years to build. During all of this, the ceiling above my bed in my bedroom at 56 Brighton Avenue caved in and almost killed me. I mean, the whole ceiling fell down and if i had been sleeping at the time, definitely could have killed me! Then, after years of all these mouse and roach infestations, Hajjar raised the rent from $1,775 to $2,200 overnight!! That's a 24% increase! Never agree to be an at-will tenant, or this may also happen to you. And this is how Hajjar treats their tenants who pay the rent on time every month and listen to what they say for over a decade!!!! On the day I moved out, a disgruntled Flathound employee named Amy Weafer (yes: Michael Weafer's wife) walked into Hajjar-owned 56 Brighton Avenue and literally told me as i was having an emergency that she would not let me use her phone because she didn't want me to have her number and tell everyone about her company's negligence and corruption, after which she offered to call Hajjar and i told her that nobody from Hajjar talks to me anymore. Her response was literally, "Hajjar would do anything to get you to move out at this point!" This is 100% actually what happened to me, their loyal, paying tenant. There is a reason Hajjar took down their Flathound ad signs on 56 Brighton Avenue, and why, if you go to "flathound dot com," the website is still down! They are trying to cover their tracks of how poor they treat their tenants. Well, no longer. Now everyone knows why not to do business with Flathound and Hajjar. These companies are corrupt, deceptive, and downright mean to their tenants. And that's a fact. If Flathound removes this review, it will not only speak to their embarrassment over how they treat their tenants, but i will post the review again and again, on several review sites, as well as inform everyone in person of Flathound's and Hajjar's reckless and infuriating treatment of their loyal, paying long-time tenants. read more