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.