VERY HONEST REVIEW…read more It's not the worst apt complex, and it's certainly not the best. Here are my thoughts after living in a 1-bedroom apt for 2 years. POSITIVES -they repaint and clean the carpets before you move in, so the apartment feels very clean -pool, gym, and laundry on site -relatively cheap -very spacious NEGATIVES -each apartment is varied in its renovations, and you don't know exactly what your apartment will look like when you move in. Mine, for instance, has a decrepit old kitchen, whereas my neighbor's is renovated -they make you pay for valet trash pick up even if you don't use it -the sub floor above me is TRASH. I can hear every step my upstairs neighbor takes, loudly. -the old windows leaked when it rained. They replaced them and they don't fit well again (lol) and bugs come in through the cracks -the AC bangs loudly every time it comes on. Sometimes it scares me in the middle of the night So, you could do worse. But there are bugs, outdated appliances, loud noises. But it's cheap and it has a pool.

This is my third year living at Vairo and overall I've had a great experience! The management is…read morereally friendly to work with and maintenance has been super fast with all my work orders! The community is safe and quiet to live in and the pool space is really nice. One thing I will say is that individual units can vary a lot. I've lived in a two bedroom refurbished unit and a studio refurbished unit that have been incredible. I almost moved into a one bedroom unrenovated unit but it was pretty gross and seemed to have a mold issue. Property management was incredible with helping me to change into a different unit quickly (within a day). While I highly recommend living here, I'd say make sure you tour your exact unit first (would recommend this at any complex in state college). Otherwise I feel that renovated units are definitely worth the price and Vairo has been a home to me!

This is my first experience living in an HOA. As someone who understands management and people I…read morecan say that KTFG/Blake Harper is a dedicated, committed problem-solver. He keeps clear and thorough financial documents, pays vendors on time, and generally makes people in this HOA smile. Although before my time in State College, the stories about the previous property manager did not hit any of these high notes. Five stars doesn't mean perfect - no one is - but as far as pros and cons the 5 stars are solid. Give Blake a call. You'll be glad you did.

Blake and his crew are wonderful and very attentive to any requests. They care about their…read moreproperties and their tenants.

Great place! Well maintained and kept very clean. Outskirts not right in middle of campus either…read more If I had to choose a place to stay, it would be here.

I lived here for my senior year at Penn State. The entire apartment was beautiful. I chose a…read morefully-furnished unit and when I moved in everything seemed brand-new and spotless. The staff was very communicative if they needed to enter your apartment for maintenance, the location was perfect, the price was definitely reasonable, and the entire complex was always well-maintained. I would live here again in a heartbeat.

A friend and I went to look at an apartment they manage on a Friday afternoon. It just came…read moreavailable and no one had looked at it except for us. We told him we would take it and asked what he needed from us. He told us we needed to fill out the application and drop that off with the deposit check. We told him we could take care of it that day, but he told us... "This place just opened up, no one has seen it yet and no one else is scheduled to view anything the rest of the day, so you don't have to rush. Just put everything in a folder and slide it through the mailbox slot in the door and I'll get it on Monday when I come in." Sounds like a done deal, except... I go into work on that Sunday and notice an email from him saying that someone stopped in at 4:30 on Friday wanting to look at it and filled out everything on the spot for the apartment, so unfortunately, it's no longer available. So let me get this straight, after telling you we could give you everything that day, you tell us that it's not necessary and to drop everything off over the weekend. Then you go and sell the place out from under us? That's what you would call "unprofessional". After that experience, they could offer me a place for free and I'd still turn them down.

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Great property management! My daughter and her friends rented from the Cedar Lofts property for 2…read moreyears. Rental office, especially Dani are responsive, professional and considerate. Highly recommend!

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You won't get your deposit back even if you have professionals come and clean…read more My windows were broken (couldn't open them) for 6months and after many emails and phone calls they still did not come to fix them. 2 Washing machines are awful and your clothes won't dry. Always smells like pot. If you don't have 4WD good luck getting into or out of your unplowed parking spot during the winter. Worst place I have ever rented from.

Michael Falk and his staff are great! We have lived in a Falk apartment for a year. He is a very…read moreaccommodating landlord and quite considerate of his tenants; one of his tenants decided she wanted to continue in her apartment after we signed a lease for the same apartment and he did not want to kick her out as she was an elderly single woman (ie little old lady), so he suggested another apartment to us and gave us some incentives to take that one instead. This is a college town, so he is usually swamped at work, but is always on top of apartment issues and easy to contact. Maintenance is quick too; our fridge broke in the middle of the night and we left a voice message on the office phone. He was on vacation but his staff sent the maintenance men over first thing in the morning (at 8.30am and I was still asleep) and by 10am we had a new fridge. Unfortunately your car will get towed if you don't have the parking pass, even if you are a resident, but that's the way the law of the land goes. Hot water has gone out in the apartments before and has been resolved relatively quickly.

Only giving three stars because the lady who showed us the apt was given the impossible task of…read moreshowing us a bomb of an apt and she did a fantastic job. We toured a townhouse that was inhabited by two "bros" and had a HORRENDOUS smell that reeked of protein shakes and dirty laundry. Immediately upon walking in the lady said we would replace all the carpets and a fresh coat of paint. We nicknamed the house the bro house. We ultimately did not sign because they didn't return with answers to our questions regarding appliances and we would have had to downsize with some of our furniture. New appliances were needed. The oven and fridge were disgusting.

Lived at Midtown Square (highly suggest) for 1.5 years and always had a positive experience with…read moreeveryone in the office! Loved being one of their tenants and would highly suggest getting to know the office staff- they're super helpful and friendly!!

I am really glad to find this place. I don't like living nearby those drunks or partiers. But so…read morefar people here, neighbors or staffs are all nice and polite. Plus I can't drive, so it is really convenient for me that I can walk to the grocery stores and take the express bus to school.

Just got done living here for 10 months, and the experience was not what I expected. Me and my…read moreparents got here to move in and absolutely nothing was cleaned by the owners in advance, we had to clean every room despite no one having lived there besides one roommate who got there before me. In no way had we indicated before we arrived that we were moving in early to move in our possessions or anything. I signed up for a normal move in date like everyone else. Also, not only did my bedroom and the kitchen have ants that were somehow not previously taken care of, but the thermostat actually had no effect on my bedroom at all, and I had to buy a fan for it in the early fall like I was still living in an unrenovated campus dorm with no AC. My roommates and my neighbors in identical units complained to me about this. Also the ants were written off by management as just being a State College thing, even though I've lived in State College for two years previous and never seen that, and despite the fact that there were no traps previously laid and the one treatment they gave my bedroom for ants completely solved the problem. Seemed like something that could've been done before move in, especially since they then had pest control do a property wide inspection in December. And one final thing about my bedroom, the wall between me and the adjacent bedroom was definitely super thin. I could literally hear every sound my roommate made, no exaggeration, which prevented me from sleeping many times. I went so far as to purchase ear plugs for this issue. There was a sizable space under the door that I thought was causing the issue, which would also be just as annoying, but I tried multiple times to put clothing and towels under it to muffle the sound and there was no difference in volume. With all the problems I had in my bedroom and the poor state of my unit when I arrived, I was already disappointed, but there was still more. Drawers in the kitchen scraped against the walls whenever I opened them, and the stove smoked every time I used it. I got maintenance to come by and replace every stove coil and they still emitted smoke. As for the problems with maintenance, the guy who came by was always nice, but I was rarely given any notice regarding when he'd be coming. I once came downstairs from my bedroom and he was literally just inside my home, working on something I'd asked about days before but received no communications about. In a survey following a maintenance request, I even asked to be given more notice on when someone would come by, but that never happened. Another thing, and perhaps the most annoying, is that they advertise themselves as a property that does Roommate Matching via a survey everyone takes to decide which tenants would be compatible with each other. Now I understand that in their lease they say that they aren't responsible for who you end up with, but why would you advertise something about yourself if you aren't able to follow through with it consistently? This is one of the things I chose this apartment for, and they couldn't come through for me. Another reason I bring this up is because my roommates were wildly incompatible to me. Of course my roommates could've exaggerated or lied on their surveys, but in that case I would just avoid Blue Course if roommate matching is what you're looking for, since their process for it certainly is not at all foolproof. To sum everything up, the apartment itself is just okay, but the experience was just awful. Management was nice enough most times, but the problems lie mostly in what you have to deal with in your own home, and that's the worst part and not something one should have to deal with while being stressed out enough about school. There are other options for off campus housing, and with the way this property keeps increasing their rent price while still having their utilities not included, I know for a fact (because I've seen it) that there are plenty of options downtown or closer to campus where you'll get more bang for your buck, or even for less.

they gave me a hard time on rent, trying to get more money out of me than they should. I had to…read moregive 3600 upfront bc I couldn't get a cosigner and then they tried telling me I didn't pay rent. But the problem resolved for now. I've only lived here 5 months but they haver't bothered me they're very lenient with young renters too!! that's why I'm here. I don't think anywhere else would take me with my low income and bad credit. They are scum lords. maintenance is iffy they come sometimes but others your waiting weeks and have to follow up Keep pushing to get any answers from them they will drag shit out. there's serious issues in the home Like mold and mice and cracks between the floor and the wall, humidity. but I'm willing to work with it so I have a home. maintenance fixed my dishwasher but not anything else. they don't care about their tenent but the way they stand away and let u alone is kinda nice except when they come up with odd fees and increase rent when their apartment is shitty

Everything needs improving. They don't care about their tenants. They don't keep up with…read moremaintenance and take forever to fix things. They settled plenty of law suits in the last couple of years regarding maintenance fees. They have strict requirements in their policy and are very uncooperative for when a tenant needs something. Look them up before renting from them. Hendricks has multiple properties and apartments in PA.