This should be the last choice of anyone needing an apartment in Hershey, even considering how close they are to the Hershey Medical Center (if that is your place of employment).
In a nutshell, outdated, overpriced, very unfriendly management, and sorry to say greedy. In addition to selling out their tenants private swimming pool to a day care center (more on that later), they tend to pass along repairs and upgrades to the tenant in yearly rent increases. Yes, we paid for their new roof!
And good luck getting any of your security deposit back. Unless you take about 1000 photos of every inch of your apartment, even counter tops, don't be surprised if they nail you with a "replacement repair," you would have never in a million years expected.
And if you do work at the HMC, and work a night shift, for SURE don' live here. They start the weed wackers or the snow blowers with the rising sun. It's a very noisy place, in addition to the non-stop screams from the Hershey Park Roller coaster crowd. Also in the summer, be prepared to be totally polluted with noise from the park.
I stupidly took my apartment unseen due to a quick hire at HMC. The bathrooms are soooo old and ugly I got to the point that I was embarrassed to have guests. My heat went out a lot, with repair men often coming in at 3am.
And if you love living in a day care center, you will LOVE it here. Despite Hershey having one of the most beautiful public swimming pools in the state of PA, Rosedale management rents out the Rosedale Apartment swimming pool a few times a week to a local day care center. That alone should tell you how much respect they have for their tenants. So if you are home during the day, be prepared for an already noisy place to be even more noisy with about 30 screaming day care kids (and a pee-polluted pool). Complaining does no good. I was told by the manager in Lancaster, "We can do whatever we want." Sadly, they don't even provide a lifeguard for these kids.
Needless to say, the pool situation was my last straw. There are a lot of nicer places to live in Hershey. Rosedale Apartments should be your last place on the list. Heck, for what they charge in rent, you would be better off buying a condo for the same monthly price.
There were a few nice people who worked in the Hershey office, but even a few nice people can't make up for horrible management and outdated, overpriced, good luck if your heat works, noisy apartments shared with a day care center. read more