My wife and I headed to our sons apartment near the end of his lease. We scrubbed the apartment…read morefrom top to bottom over 10 hours. I just received my deposit back and it was only 1/3 of the deposit amount as they claimed everything in the apartment was dirty. I couldn't even argue with them because my son went through the walk through and signed off on whatever paper work they put in front of him. They took advantage of a naive college kid. My advice is don't lease here first, but if you feel that this is the best option for you make sure you go with your student or child and read the walk through paperwork thoroughly. Also, take pictures of anything you clean and/or fix. I should have listened to the reviews I read prior to letting my son live here. Also, I would bet the good reviews are the people that haven't moved out yet.

Overall it's a decent place to live, you could do a lot worse. The cost is competitive to other…read moreapartments and the quality is better then most. The layout: the layout is pretty nice and the apartments overall are in great condition. The bedrooms aren't that uneven aside from one being slightly bigger and then the washer and dryer in the bathroom of the smaller one. The fact that all the rooms have their own bathroom is great though. Amenities: You pay for everything really. Parking: you pay for. Workout facilities, deposit needed for a key. The staff is great about being on top of things when something breaks or you need help with something though. The pool is nice. The balconies are a joke though, you'll fit a grill and a chair and that's it. I liked that the Internet was supplied which saves you a ton of money but it was pretty bad. Depending on the time you use it, it was almost impossible to get things done sometimes.

After speaking to management , I decided I would not like to live there. She was rude . I got the…read morefeeling that she confuses the size of her paycheck with the size of he management skills. I am sure she doesn't make that much , but it was just the impression that i got. The prices are overinflated for what you get. The apartments are nice looking ,but they look like every other apartment There is nothing unique about them. This has been about 4 years back so maybe they have new management.

I'm not going to lie, I really loved living in these apartments... until it was time to leave. I…read morefelt extremely mislead by the way we were treated. Our apartment was absolutely spotless, to the point of the management using our apartment to show to potential clients on multiple occasions. We took very good care of our place, it was home. Needless to say, when it came around to moving out, we were charged $430 in cleaning fees. We also were told that an in-person inspection was not something they did, even though on the bill for the fees, it had a spot for that option... We were not notified of the charges until we received a letter that informed us that we would be sent to collections if it was not paid. I checked on the first of the month and the charges were not there. I do not recommend living here if you expect to get a security deposit back at the end. Very misleading practices if you ask me.

I tried getting ahold of someone there about two or three times. I never got a response. I left…read moremessages but again nothing. It is probably a good thing since I have never heard anything overly nice about it.

If your looking for an apartment look somewhere else. If you have friends or family they aren't…read moreallowed over. If your a single woman or mother the owner wants you for himself. Maintenance aren't very good. One man has to do everything. If a woman has a boyfriend or visitors she will be evicted. Oh and don't have a cop come out for any reason. The owner is a dick and doesn't like his female tenants to have a life. It's very sad been here almost a year and it's the worst home I've ever had.

Smith and royer was unfortunately a poor experience for me. If you live on the second floors they…read moredo not salt or shovel your steps or path. Also, when you move in, I would recommend that you request the form they give you in regard to getting your deposit back. When you move in they act like as long as you leave your apartment the same way it was when you moved in, you would receive your deposit back. This is untrue, they give you a three page cleaning sheet down to pulling out your washer and dryer and wiping the back sides...obviously when I moved in, I did not check things like that to see if they were done when I arrived. Also, I never used my stove or oven and was charged for them having grease stains. Additionally, they charge you for carpet cleaning which is taken out of your deposit, but you are not informed about this at the initial signing of the lease. They also will take your last month's water bill out of your deposit...this would be fine if it was not marked up 300%...no joke. I had my apartment professionally cleaned and ended up with at least $100 off my deposit, I would not recommend these people, and if you don't smoke, they do in their office so every time you leave you smell terrible.

The worst place to ever live. Terrible terrible people to live under. I had the worst experience…read moreever with them. I could write a 5 page paper on the terrible year it was living in their properties and all the things that went wrong.

Avoid these crooks! I have never been so frustrated with a company in my life. Their apartments are…read morefull of cockroaches and mice and they will do nothing about it. My grandson moved out in May and left the apartment far cleaner than it was when he rented it. We have contacted them numerous times about getting his deposit back and get the run-around every time. It's now been 7 months ! They say they have taken $149.00 off for cleaning and that's a lie! The carpet ( if you want to call it that) hasn't been cleaned in years! We turned them in to the better business bureau and they lied to them. We are taking them to small claims court. PLEASE save your sanity and stay away from them, they're thieves!

Extremely unprofessional by refusing to return phone calls to tenants. Allowing their tenants to…read morelive in pest infested houses. And refusing to do repairs even once the city is involved.

I had nothing but issues with this place. The house I rented was falling apart. Maintenance turn…read morearound was slow. Management was rude the second after I signed the lease. It took them nearly six months to return the deposit. There are plenty of other options for renting in Macomb. Save yourself the headache. Avoid Lotz.

Dan showed up on the first day, asked for more money for "unfor seen expenses", wasted time…read moreunloading, only to turn around and leave for the day. Fairly certain he was drinking heavily, and possibly on some serious uppers. After no progress being made for over 3 weeks, we asked Dan to leave and voided the contract. A day after we had him come get his tools and things, we found a glass pipe with what must have been meth or crack in it, under the ledge where Dan had put his phone, drink, keys etc. Very disappointed in what we had been so hopeful about. Hope the guy cleans up his act or closes down shop!

Dan got the job done to my satisfaction. There were several bumps along the way buy ultimately the…read morejob was completed and I am happy with the job that Dan did.